{"id":2920,"date":"2016-03-07T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=2920"},"modified":"2016-03-07T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T04:40:00","slug":"understanding-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lucyssewinglab.com\/?p=2920","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Color"},"content":{"rendered":"

Color Theory (history of fashion)<\/b><\/p>\n

Not the most entertaining part of creating apparel, but the most crucial when designing and sewing garments.[envira-gallery id=\"2923\"]<\/code>
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  1. Can you believe the first color wheel was invented by associating each color with a note one a musical scale? This was accomplished by Newton.<\/li>\n
  2. 100 years later psychological studies began on the effects on colors.<\/li>\n
  3. Goethe divided the psychological effects of colors into two groups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    *Plus side (red, orange, yellow) colors producing cheerfulness and excitement<\/p>\n

    *Minus side (green, violet, blue) colors of weakness and unsettled feelings.<\/p>\n

    THE REAL DEAL <\/b>(COLOR RULES)<\/p>\n

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    1. Any two colors opposite each other are harmonious.<\/li>\n
    2. Colors spaced around the wheel forming a triangle, or rectangle are also harmonious.<\/li>\n
    3. Color schemes\u2014\u2014also known as harmonies remain so no matter what the rotation angle is.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      BASIC COLOR SCHEMES<\/b>[envira-gallery id=”2926″]<\/p>\n