final Flashcards
Theme
topic for a fashion forecast that has a unifying, dominant idea
Inspiration for Theme
The News, Art, and Politics – newsworthy events, political shifts, architectural innovations, and art shows
The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibits
The Victoria & Albert Museum in London
www.fashionandtextilesmuseums.com
Middle East wars
Films such as An Inconvenient Truth or Before the Flood
Scientific approach
Scientific approach – forecasters research and collect tangible data from:
Artistic approach
Artistic approach – forecaster relies on creativity to access and record:
Color forecasting
gathering, evaluating, understanding, and interpreting information to predict the colors for the upcoming seasons
Color forecaster
specialist in the research and development of color prediction
Color Evolution
occurs from season to season
Color palette
a range of colors
Color story
a palette of colors used to identify, organize, and connect ideas and products
Color theory
the study of color and its meaning in the worlds of art and design
Color wheel/color circle
a visual representation of colors arranged according to their chromatic relationship
Primary colors –
Secondary colors –
Tertiary colors -
Primary colors – colors at their basic essence
Cannot be created by mixing others
Secondary colors – a mixture of two primaries
Tertiary colors – a mixture of primary and secondary hues
Complementary colors
– located opposite each other on a color wheel
Analogous colors
– located close together on a color wheel
Hue
the color itself
Value
– the lightness or darkness of the color
Intensity
– the saturation or brightness of a color