COLOUR AND DESIGN

·         Concepts and specifications of colour

·         Light and colour phenomenon, Additive and Subtractive    combinations.

• Colour theories as light theory, pigment/ Brewster colour theory.

·         Colour wheel-primary, secondary, sub-secondary   and tertiary colours, Rainbow colours

• Psychological effects of colours.

·         Warm and cool colours.

·         Colour harmony.

·         Colour contrast in fabric and garments.

·         Application of colour combination and harmony in designing of clothing/ fabric.

·         Modification of colours as formation of tint, shades & coloured grays etc.

• Colour intensity charts

·         Design- Elements and principles of design and their application in designing.

·         Composition of designs - by Geometric ornamentation by the conventional treatment of natural and artificial forms and by the adoption reproduction of earlier designs

• Geometric ornamentation, Construction of symmetrical figures, reversing inclined figures.

• Arrangement of figures – unit repeating design, the drop device, drops reverse designs, sateen system of distribution (with reference to half drop) diamond base, ogee base, rectangular base lines.
• Construction of designs from incomplete repeat.
• Symmetry- principle concepts, perspectives and its application
• Classification of motifs, border patterns, all over patterns, border patterns and all over patterns.