Color Meaning of the East and the West on Dyed Clothing Traditionally

전통 염색복에 표현된 동서양의 색채의미

  • 신정숙 (건국대학교 의상디자인과) ;
  • 이상은 (건국대학교 의상디자인과) ;
  • 정혜정 (서경대학교 패션디자인학과)
  • Published : 2000.03.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study were: 1) to understand the meaning of color according to the culture 2) to develop color and color arrangements in the thoughts of the East and the West.. The meaning of color on the dyed clothing was investigated through the book written classified with yin, yang, five color elements and Christian color system. The results were as follows; 1. Red wedding dress used the meaning of prevent badness and American used to resist for England in the War of Independence. 2. White wedding dress meaned innocent, gladness to the ancient Greece, Rome and Gothic Christian in the West, and it meaned a dead daughter in Japan, East, 3. Blue clothes meaned lucky in the East and meaned sacredness and love in the West. 4. Yellow was the color of the Emperor in the East, and it meaned death, betray in the West. 5. Black meaned badness in the East, and it meaned sadness in the West.

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