The Effect of Coloration Type on the Image of Korean Dress's Wearer - on the Tone-in-Tone Coloration -

배색방법이 한복 착용자의 이미지에 미치는 영향 - 톤 인 톤 배색을 중심으로 -

  • Kang Kyung-Ja (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, GyeongSang National University) ;
  • Choi Su-Kyung (Dept. of Beauty & Care, Masan College)
  • 강경자 (경상대학교 생활과학부 의류학) ;
  • 최수경 (마산대학 뷰티케어학부)
  • Published : 2005.12.01

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify the effect of three clothing cues(jacket color, skirt color, and tone of dress) on female impressions. The experimental materials developed for this study are a set of stimuli and response scales. The Stimuli are If color pictures manipulated with three clothing cues by drawing. The 7-point scale designed for visual evaluation of female impression formation includes 24 bipolar adjectives. The subjects were 192 undergraduate female students in Jinju city. The results of this study are as follow: As analyzing the impression of female figure by the jacket color, skirt color, and tone, three factors including youth${\cdot}$activity, attractiveness, and visibility were identified. Among these factors, youth${\cdot}$activity and attractiveness were proved to be more important. Some interaction effects of clothing cues were found. Jacket color and tone had significant effects on the impression of visibility. The combination of skirt color and tone had significant effects on youth${\cdot}$activity, attractiveness, and visibility.

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