Colour and Design

Paper Code: 
MTX-124
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To create aesthetic sense through designing
  2. To understand the various aspects of colour and their effect.
     
9.00
Unit I: 
  • Concepts and specifications of colour
  • Light and colour phenomenon, physical basis of colour emissions, absorption of light
  • Chromatic circle, Primary, secondary and tertiary colours, complementary colours, Hues, Tints and Shades, colour intensity charts
  • Additive and Subtractive combinations.
  • Colour theories as light theory, pigment/ Brewster colour theory
     
10.00
Unit II: 
  • Warm and cool colours
  • Colour harmony-Achromatic, Monochromatic, Analogous, change in hue and value, neutralized colour
  • Application of colour to woven fabrics
  • Colour in combination and colour in contrast in fabric and garment design
9.00
Unit III: 
  • Design- Elements and principles of design and their application in designing
  • Types of motifs- Natural, decorative, geometric, abstract, stylized
     
10.00
Unit IV: 
  • Free hand sketching, enlarging and arrangement of motifs
  • Arrangement of figures – unit repeating design, all over repeat design, the drop device, drops reverse designs, sateen system of distribution (with reference to half drop), rectangular drop reverse, diamond base, ogee base, border patterns, all over patterns
     
7.00
Unit V: 
  • Symmetry- principle concepts, perspectives and its application
  • Effect of raw material, weave and finish on the appearance and ornamentation of fabrics
     
Essential Readings: 
  1. Clarke, W. ,An Introduction to Textile Printing, Newnes-Butterworths,Boston,1977.
  2. Miles, L., Textile Printing, (2nd edition), Society of Dyers andColorists, England,1994
  3. Storey, J., Manual of Textile Printing, Thames and HudsonPublication, London, 1992.
  4. Yates, M., Textiles- A Handbook for Designers, Norton andCompany, New York, 1996.
  5. Grociki, Z.J., Watsons Textiles Design and Colour, London, Newness Butter Worths,1998.
  6. Joyce, Carol ,Textile Design, Watson-Guptill Pubns, 1993
     
Academic Year: 
2015-16
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