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Textiles and Garment Construction
Hue is a name given to specific colours colour for garment making select one that
such as red, green or yellow. Value is compliments your skin appearance and
the lightness and darkness of colours. body shape as well as that makes you look
Intensity is the brightness or dullness of a good. For example, strong contrasting
colour. Light colours make a person feel colours such as black and white tend to
cool as it reflects the light. improve the wearer’s look
Effect of colours on different figure
types: Colours create an illusion of height
and size as well as emphasize a special
feature or the colour of the eyes. The
following are the ways in which colour
affects individual looks.
Warm and cool Hue (i) To look bigger: choose light, warm
colours and bright colours.
For example, a light coloured blouse
and a dark coloured skirt will make a
person look bigger at the upper part of
the body but smaller around the hips.
Hence, this combination is suitable
for a person with big hips.
Intensity Value (ii) To look smaller: choose dark, cool
and soft colours. For example, black
Figure 9.17: The quality of colour makes a person look smaller.
colours
(iii) To look taller: wear clothes with
Choosing colours
close value and intensity. In addition,
Choosing colours for garment making is the use of unbroken colour from the
of importance for an individual to look neckline to the hems gives an illusion
good. of height.
When selecting colours one needs to (iv) To look shorter: wear clothes with
consider several factors including the skin sharply contrasting colours either in
tone, body size and the figure type of the hue or in value.
wearer. Hence, when choosing a fabric
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