Evaluative Words, Colors and Classification of Fashion Images

패션 이미지별 평가용어, 색상 및 분류체계

  • Park, Sook-Hyun (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University) ;
  • Lee, Su-Jin (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University) ;
  • Lee, Su-Hyun (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University) ;
  • Song, Mi-Young (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University) ;
  • Song, Nam-Kyung (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University) ;
  • Lee, Hyo-Sook (Dept. of Fashion Design & Merchandising, Kyung Sung University)
  • Published : 2003.09.30

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to find out the proper evaluative words and colors according to various fashion images and to classify the fashion images according to certain criteria. 13 books which included the content of the fashion images were selected to draw evaluative words and colors. Evaluative words and colors were found out as follows: classic image-traditional, classical, conservative and brown, wine, dark yellow, modem image-intelligent, rational, westernized and achromatic color, cool colors, elegance image-dignified, graceful, chic and greyish tone, pale tone, romantic image-cute, lovely, girlish, natural image-natural, comfortable, gently and brown, ivory beige, khaki, casual image-energetic, comfortable, active and red, yellow, blue family. The classification of fashion images according to various criteria were as follows. According to sex: feminine-elegance, romantic, pretty and masculine-mannish, dandy, military. According to time: past-conservative, traditional, classical, and present-modern, contemporary, sophisticate. According to formality: formal-formal wear of classic, elegance, mannish, dandy style and informal-natural, casual. According to intelligence, the elite style-modern, elegance, classic, sophisticate and the public style-casual, natural.

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