CHOOSING CLOTHING
• The clothes we wear are not only practical but
also give people an impression about us
• Some reasons for wearing clothes include:
1. to look good and feel good
2. to be decent or socially acceptable
3. to keep warm and comfortable.
• Our choice of clothes is influenced by many
different factors.
Factors that affect our choice of
clothes
1. Job/occupation: This includes clothing which
offers protection.
2. Climate or weather conditions:
3. The attitudes of people around us: (e.g.
traditional or modern)
4. Money: The wealthier a family, the more
money they have to spend on clothing.
5. Religious beliefs:
Factors that affect our choice of
clothes
6. Lifestyle: e.g. interest in sports or the outdoors.
7. Whether or not people can make their own
clothes.
8. Type of occasion:
9. The clothing in which one feels comfortable.
10. The self-image a person wants to portray.
11. The fashion trends of the time.
12. Care of the fabric
13. The type of fabric
FASHION
• The reason why people’s preferences in
clothing always change is because fashion is
always changing.
• What is the disadvantage of following fashion
trends?
• Name or list people or things that set fashion
trends
• let us look at how can we look fashionable
without following fashion trends
TIPS ON CHOOSING FASHIONABLE
CLOTHES
• Choose clothes that are not too wild or extreme
• Always consider what suits you. E.g body shape, colour
and design prints or lines
• Choose clothing that highlights your good qualities
• Buy basic clothes that can be mixed or matched with
other items
• Check care labels on garments to avoid item that are
expensive to care for
• Choose clothes that are your precise body
measurements (it is important to know your
chest/bust measurements for top-half clothes and
your waist/hip measurements for bottom-half
CHOOSING THE RIGHT COLOURS
• Have you ever noticed that certain colours of
clothing suit some people but look awful on
others?
• What colours do you think suit fair-skinned
people and what colours do you think suit
dark skinned people?
COLOUR COMBINATION
• It is important to know how to choose colours
that look good together so that we can choose
suitable colour schemes for our clothes.
• The colour wheel therefore is the best teacher
and illustration of the different colours.
• Learning the colour wheel will further enable us
to make good colour choices when garnishing
and decorating food, decorating our homes and
flower arranging in homes, and in arts and crafts
projects.
THE COLOUR WHEEL
• The colour wheel gives us an arrangement
of the twelve main colour hues.
• Hues simply means the name of the
colour.
• The twelve hues are divided into three
groups: Primary colours, Secondary
colours, and Intermediate or Tertiary
colours.
PRIMARY COLOURS
• These are colours which all other
colours are made (except for white), by
mixing them together in different
proportions.
• The primary colours are red, blue, and
yellow.
SECONDARY COLOURS
• These are made by mixing two
primary colours together in equal
quantities:
1. red and blue = violet
2. red and yellow = orange
3. blue and yellow = green
Intermediate colours
• These are made by mixing equal quantities of
a primary colour and the secondary colour
next to it on the colour wheel.
• The six intermediate colours: red-violet, redorange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, greenblue, and blue-violet.
• As a general rule, colours close to each other
are similar and thus create harmony, such as
blue, blue-violet, and violet.
• complementary colour scheme: if you want to
create contrast, then you need to choose
colours that are opposite to each other on the
colour wheel, such as violet and yellow or red
and green.
Neutral colours
• Black is a neutral colour. It is made by mixing
equal quantities of the three primary colours
together.
• White is the true neutral colour.
• Grey is made by mixing different quantities of
white and black together.
• Neutral colours can be used as the
background or main colour scheme to soften
the effect of other colours.
Warm and cool colours
• The warm colours such as red, orange, and yellow are exciting and
gay,
• The cool colours, such as blue and green, tend to be restful and
calm.
• Warm colours makes objects, shapes and areas look larger and thus
emphasises the body shape and size.
• Cool colours on the other hand, make the shape and size of the body
look smaller.
Contrasting colours
• such as very light and very dark colours used
together – draw the eye to the area where the
contrasting/complementary colour is being used.
• For example, if a black top is worn with white
trousers, the hip line is emphasised,
• However, single-colour outfits or dresses are more
slimming than those made up of several sections
of different colours.
Tints and shades
• Tints are made by adding a bit of the colour with
a bit of white (e.g. ivory is made by adding very
small amounts of orange to white)
• Shades are made by adding black (e.g. brown or
dark brown is made by adding black until the
darkest shade of orange is achieved).
• Note: that tints, warm, light colours make objects
and body seem large. On the other hand, shades,
cool, dark colours make objects and body seem
slim
Colour affect mood
• A list of the different moods that are expressed by
certain colours:
1. red = anger, excitement, heat, strength, passion
2. yellow = brightness, happiness, summer, warmth, joy
3. blue = coldness, peacefulness, sadness
4. green = life, freshness, coolness, jealousy
5. orange = warmth, fun, fire
6. purple = rage, passion, excitement
7. white = purity, coolness, simplicity, softness
8. black = death, fear, coldness, emptiness.
Other types of colours
Monochromatic colour scheme: is
also known as one colour plan. Here, one
colour is used as the key colour
Analogous colour scheme: In this case, one
uses a related colour plan. This means that the
colours used are next to each other on the colour
wheel. An example is yellow, yellowgreen and green-blue. Different values and
intensities of these colours can be used to create
an interesting effect.