The Research Journal of the Costume Culture (복식문화연구)

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A study on the change of traditional colors in modern women's Hanbok

현대 여자 한복에 나타난 전통 색상의 변화에 관한 연구

  • Park, Eunju (Dept. of Fashion Industry, Sungshin Women's University)
  • 박은주 (성신여자대학교 의류산업학과)
  • Received : 2022.06.05
  • Accepted : 2022.10.08
  • Published : 2022.10.31
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Abstract

Modern Hanbok tends to use new colors based on traditional colors and their symbolic meanings. In addition to the traditional colors, various expressions have been increased, it is necessary to consider the color and color trend used in modern clothing. This study focused on the period 2011 - 2020 and analyzed the main color and coloring method of top and skirt by year with 450 data from a total of 81 wedding magazines. The results of examining the characteristics of traditional colors during the target period are as follows. First, the main color of the Jeogori showed a distribution of various colors in the first half, but the main color of the skirt concentrated on black, white and light pink in the second half. Second, while the use of blue and green systems decreased, Dang-ui color changed to warm yellow, green, and red systems. The Baeja used plain dark white in the first half; however in the latter half, they changed to white or accented colors. The one-piece used various colors in the first half, but only black and white appeared in the second half. Third, in the upper and lower colors of Hanbok, the blue-red color, the traditional contrast color of the first half, decreased significantly in the second half. The appearance rate of proximity for the complementary color harmony of white-red color and the adjacent color harmony of white-blue increased.

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