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A Working Costume Designer's Guide to Color provides readers with the skills and knowledge to create coherent color schemes for costumes.

Drawing on decades of experience in the costume shop, the author guides readers through every step of the process, from finding inspiration for a color scheme and successfully working with the design team to understanding how lighting design can affect costume color choices. Filled with step-by-step illustrations of how to add colors to a set of renderings and color-block samples to illustrate color theory, terminology, and usage of colors, the book covers a wide range of topics, including:

  • How to add colors to a set of renderings to clarify characters and character relationships.

  • How color interacts with surface pattern and fabric textures.

  • Color theory and terminology.

  • How to combine colors to make a coherent color scheme using different methods, including

    Table of Contents

    1. Color Inspirations 2. Working with the Design Team to Develop the Color Scheme 3. Color Theory and Mixing 4. Color Harmony 5. Other Methods of Creating a Color Scheme 6. Color Temperature 7. Color Contrasts 8. Color with Pattern and Texture 9. Color from an Inspiration Source 10. Color Schemes from What Is Available 11. Color and Characters 12. Flattering the Actors 13. Costume Changes 14. Distributing Color

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 9/17/2021 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780815352150, 978-0815352150
      ISBN10: 0815352158
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      Theatre studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A Working Costume Designer's Guide to Color provides readers with the skills and knowledge to create coherent color schemes for costumes.

      Drawing on decades of experience in the costume shop, the author guides readers through every step of the process, from finding inspiration for a color scheme and successfully working with the design team to understanding how lighting design can affect costume color choices. Filled with step-by-step illustrations of how to add colors to a set of renderings and color-block samples to illustrate color theory, terminology, and usage of colors, the book covers a wide range of topics, including:

      • How to add colors to a set of renderings to clarify characters and character relationships.

      • How color interacts with surface pattern and fabric textures.

      • Color theory and terminology.

      • How to combine colors to make a coherent color scheme using different methods, including

        Table of Contents

        1. Color Inspirations 2. Working with the Design Team to Develop the Color Scheme 3. Color Theory and Mixing 4. Color Harmony 5. Other Methods of Creating a Color Scheme 6. Color Temperature 7. Color Contrasts 8. Color with Pattern and Texture 9. Color from an Inspiration Source 10. Color Schemes from What Is Available 11. Color and Characters 12. Flattering the Actors 13. Costume Changes 14. Distributing Color

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