Design process vocab by Jaela Mcknight

Analogous Color Scheme

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Colors side by side on the color wheel.

Asymmetrical Balance

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When a garment is divided into different parts.

Bell shape

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Both diagonal and horizontal lines combine in the silhouette. Cut height and add contour to a figure

Complementary color scheme

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Colors directly opposite of each other on a color wheel

Computer Aided Design

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Software used to combine and visualize design ideas and to make patterns and prepare them for cutting

Cool colors

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Blue, green and violet, colors of water

Croquis

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First rough sketch of a garment design

Curved line

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Bending line without angles – feminine

Diagonal Line

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Slanted lines that add movement and excitement to clothing.

Emphasis

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Focal point- drawing attention to area

Full shape

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More horizontal and curved lines, make the body look larger

Gradation

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A pattern changes gradually, size or color – small to large

Harmony

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Way of combining similar elements to accent similarities

Horizontal line

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Eye moves side to side, makes you appear shorter and wider

Intermediate colors

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Combining a primary color with a neighboring secondary color

Monochromatic color scheme

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Uses values and intensities of just one color

Natural space

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Follows your body’s outline, most classic and is worn most easily on average body sizes

Neutral Colors

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Non-pigmented colors – used to change value and intensity of other colors

Primary Colors

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Red, yellow and blue - basic colors from which all colors are made

Proportion

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How separate parts of a garment relate to each other and to the whole in size

Radiation

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Lines and patterns flow from a central location

Repetition

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A pattern repeats, as with rows of stripes

Rhythm

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Created when one or more elements are used repeatedly to create a feeling or organized movement

Secondary Colors

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Combining equal amounts of 2 primary colors

Shade

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A color plus black

Shape

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Outline, or silhouette, of garment

Silhouette

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The shape of a persons body created by wearing clothing of a particular style or period

Space

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Area within the shape

Split Complementary

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One color used with two colors on each side of its direct complement

Symmetrical Balance

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Everything is balanced- divided into equal parts

Texture

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Look and feel

Tint

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Color plus white

Triadic Color Scheme

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Three colors equally distant from each other on the color wheel

Tubular Shape

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Rectangular with vertical emphasis, add height and thinness to the body

Value

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Lightness or darkness of a color

Vertical Line

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Make someone appear tall and skinny- up and down

Warm Colors

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Red, orange, yellow, colors of fire