Development of Color

Every artist that uses color must take into account how and why they use the colors they do and where they apply that value on the object. Even fashion designers must be able to relate how they are designing, creating and executing an idea from all the different stages of development. This design is a Jean Paul Gaultier dress. Things to be taken into account when this piece was designed are things like symbolism, pleasure, mood, meaning, dominance and temperature. Gaultier uses color to communicate the ideas and feeling needed to be expressed. Another important component is looking at the cultural aesthetical that will be viewed by the audience when looking at the piece. Designers need to create communication between the audience and the artwork.

This dress and overall design is centered on earth tones. Earth tones concentrate on various ochre and browns. They are able to react with other colors the way that greys do. Which means they mix well and are able to create a wide variety of different values. This theme works very well with the model’s skin tone. The dress is a goldish ochre color while her skin is a little darker but resembles the color on the dress. The gold bracelets on her arm accent the overall image of color. Every component in this design plays off one another giving a nice earthy effect or feeling when viewed. This idea can be described as the temperature of the artist’s work. Temperature is described as being the psychological heat that is generated from the color. This earth tone design was executed very well with the body of the model adding accentual colors.