With special reference to fashion design, color can be used effectively to aim at the achievement of certain effects. Color is another vital element that can have an impact of merely conveying an emotion, to achieving harmony to identify the difference or in making a uniquely simple apparel piece utterly remarkable. 

An Overview of Colour Science

Color theory is a practical resource that points to the procedure of combining colors and the result of the interaction of a specific color or its combination with other colors. Thus the color wheel and the understanding of relationships between different colors can be used in creating the right colors with the right meaning. 

Primary Colors

The main colors are again red, yellow and blue. These colors cannot be easily produced from other colors by the process of mixing. 

Secondary Colors

Secondary colors of an object are produced if two primary colors are combined together. The second tier of color is the green, orange, and purple.

Tertiary Colors

Tertiary colors are those that are obtained when a primary color is mixed with a secondary color. There are six tertiary colors: The two color pairs which have the largest hue difference are red-orange to blue-violet and yellow-orange to blue-green. 

Warm and Cool Colors

Colors can be divided into two categories: light and dark colors; many divided warm colors from cool colors. These are the warm colors, which are the fire and sunlight of the world, including red, oranges, and yellow. The cool color temperatures are those that are like water and ice such as blue, green, purple and so on. 

Color Schemes 

A color scheme means a set of colors used in design or in other words color scheme is a combination of different colors used in a design. It is possible to distinguish between various types of color schemes and each of them has its own impact. Common color schemes include:

• Monochromatic: Monochromatic refers to the use of variations of a single hue which can include the shades, tints, and tones.
• Analogous: Complementary color is when two colors are selected from opposite ends of the color wheel while analogous uses colors that are side by side on the color wheel.
• Complementary: A complementary color scheme is the one that employs the color that is on the opposite side of the color wheel.
• Triadic: Triadic color scheme uses three colors that are at equal intervals on the color wheel in terms of their hue.

Colour and Fashion Design

Color can be used to create a variety of effects in fashion design, including: Color can be used to create a variety of effects in fashion design, including:

• Mood and emotion: That is, color can be used to convey a feeling, for example, joy, sorrow, rage or affection.
• Balance and unity: One more aspect that can be applied in a garment is color that may result in balance or unity of the garment.
• Emphasis: Colour can be used to highlight some parts of a garment like the neckline or waistline of the garment.
• Contrast: Contrast for instance; a light color can be used with a dark color.

Therefore, as it is evident through the various effects achieved through the fashion designs above; color is one of the most important factors in the fashion designs. In general, color theory knowledge allows the designer to combine harmonious colors which at the same time have a semantic loading.

FAQs

1. What is color theory?
   Answer: Colour theory is the branch of knowledge giving the practical guidelines for the mixing of colors and the appearance of a definite color or of a combination of colors.
2. What are the color groups there are?
   Answer: The of the elements is as follows: First elements: Red, yellow and blue.
3. What combinations of colors give secondary colors?
   Answer: When two primary colors are combined it generates the secondary color.
4. What are the differences between warm and cool colors?
   Answer: Those colors that are associated with fire, and the sun are the warm ones, that include red, orange and yellow. That is why cool color is the one evoking the images of water and ice – blue, green, purple.