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TLE – H.E.- DRESSMAKING

Quarter 1 – Module 6:
COLOR HARMONY AND
PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
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TLE – Grade 7/8
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Quarter 1 – Module 6: Color Harmony and Principles of Design
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TLE
Quarter 1 –– Module 6:

COLOR HARMONY AND

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the nature of Hairdressing. The scope of this module permits it to be
used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the
standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can
be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module covers only one lesson:

 Lesson 1 – Color Harmony and Principles of Design

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. assess the appropriateness of design based on the client’s
features;
2. apply the principles of design and color harmonies;
3. draw and color one’s color wheel;
4. read specifications; and
5. give one’s recommendation about clothing choices base on the
principles of design and color theory.

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will help you in
guiding the learners. The following are information that
would lead to the activities and assessment. Some activities
may need your own discretion upon checking, or you may
use rubric of provided. Please review the activities and
answer keys, and amend if necessary.

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 What I Know

A.Choose your answer in the box. Use your notebook for your answers.

proportion emphasis formal balance informal balance rhythm

harmony balance gradation repetition radiation

1. It is the pleasing relationship of all parts of the object with one another.

2. It can be described as having equal "weight" on equal sides of a centrally placed

like a see saw.

3. When the structure decoration and accessories are different both sides from the
center of the design.

4. It refers to the relative size and scale of the various elements in a design. The issue
is the relationship between objects, or parts, of a whole.

5. This is an easy way of balancing but such balance lends monotony to the dress.

6. It is the center of interest.

7. These are smooth movement repeated again and again.

8. A kind of rhythm can also be created by the use of radiated lines.

9. It means a relationship of different portion of a design.

10. Eyes can move easily from one part to the other on the small lines created by
gathers.

B. Fill the blanks with words to create meaningful statements.

1. Primary colors are blue, yellow and _________.

2. Yellow mix with red is ________.

3. Red mix with violet is ________.

4. Tint or red is _______.

5. Maroon is ________ of red.

6. Analogous or adjacent color of green is _______ and ______.

7. Complement of orange is ________.

8. Split complement of red is _______ and _______.

9. Triad of violet is _______ and ________.

10. Neutral colors are ______, _______ and _______.

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 Lesson
COLOR HARMONY AND
6 PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

This Module is an exploratory and introductory course on Dressmaking

and/or Tailoring which leads you to Dressmaking/Tailoring National Certificate Level
II (NC II)1. It covers 8 common competencies in Dressmaking or Tailoring that a
Grade 7/Grade 8 Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) student like you ought
to possess, namely:

 Take accurate body measurements

 Read and record required measurements
 Apply systems of measurements
 Perform simple calculations based on the job requirement
 Demonstrate accurate reading measurements
 Assess the appropriateness of design based on the client’s features
 Read specifications and;
 Apply the principles of design and color harmonies.

What’s In

How do you choose your outfit-of-the-day (OOTD)? Do you consider elements

and principles of design? How do they help you make decisions on your fashion
style?

Since the clothes you wear will always affect the way you look, selecting
materials for your clothes will be a challenging task. In choosing clothing materials,
you need to know lines, shapes, and colors. Clothing design requires the arrangement
of these lines, colors and shapes to create a PLEASING effect.

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 What’s New

Meet Ivory. Every day, she faces

all the bullying and nasty
comments from people around her.
“Fat Ivory”, “Ivory Ugly”, “fashion
victim Ivory” were just a few of the
comments she received every day.
These have to stop! Bullying is not
a healthy treatment for any person.
Let us then help Ivory make fashion
choices that will enhance her
personality. Let us make her feel
loved and treasured!

What is It

The clothes you wear will always affect the way you look. Learning the color
theory and principles of design will help you pick the right choices for your
personality, skin type, and body silhouette. Hence, you are on the road of becoming
a sensible fashionista. Let’s get started!

The first thing you usually notice aboutCOLOR

clothes or anything is their color. Before you
start studying which colors look best together, you should learn the meaning of color
terms
Is theand the rules
radiant thatloosely
energy apply to colors.
terms light that produces sensation in our eyes. In
selecting clothes, color is very essential and our clothes should suit the occasion to
The Color Wheel
attend.

The fashion conscious women are excited to wear their choice in clothes that
complement their personality and mood. Color makes one taller, smaller, thinner,
stouter, slimmer, or bigger.

The first thing to consider to consider when deciding the colors of clothing materials
best for you is the color of your own skin, eyes and hair.

Colors that make the skin seem fresh and emphasize the color of the skin are
COLOR THEORY
becoming colors. A color may suit your mood but consider also its effects on your
figure. Remember that bright colored dresses make you appear larger and dark
colored dresses make you look smaller.

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Primary Colors – the sources of all colors, even though there are thousands and
thousands of colors in the world, they are all made up of these colors – red, blue and
yellow.

Secondary Colors – are produced when mixing two equal amount of primary colors.
If you mix equal amount or yellow and blue you will have green, equal parts of red
and blue will have violet, and red and yellow you will have orange. Look at the color
wheel you will find these colors – orange, green and violet.

Intermediate Colors – are produced by mixing two equal amount of primary and
secondary colors. Example, if you mix equal parts of yellow (primary color) and green
(secondary color) you will have yellow-green. Noticed that yellow-green is found
between yellow and green on the color wheel.

The intermediate colors are;

Yellow + green = yellow-green Red + violet = red-violet Blue + green = blue-green

Red + orange = red-orange Blue + violet = blue-violet Blue + orange = blue-orange

Pure Colors – are the primary, secondary and intermediate colors because they have
no white, black and gray in them. Pure colors are also called “normal, true and basic
colors”.

Tints – when pure colors are mixed with white, they are made lighter. Example, when
white is added to red you have pink. In other words pink is a tint of red. The more
white you add, the lighter the pink will be. Tints are also called “pastels”.

Shades – when pure colors are mixed with black, they are made darker. Example,
when black is added to red you have maroon, a shade of red. The more black you
add, the more darker you have.

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Grayed colors – most colors we used in clothes are grayed colors rather than bright,
pure colors you see on the color wheel. Grayed colors are also referred to as “soft
colors” or “dull colors”. The more gray you add, the more duller the color will be.

Neutrals – are white, black and gray. They look well with another and with all other
colors. The more grayed colors becomes, the more different colors it will harmonize
with.

Warm and Cool Colors

Cool colors – are green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet. Blue is the coolest color.
They are adjacent to one another in the color wheel.

Warm colors – are red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, and orange. Red is the
warmest color. They are also adjacent in the color wheel.
Qualities of Colors

Hue – is the family group name of a color. It is the name of a color. Ones they are
combined differently and given new names.

Value – refers to the lightness or the tint or the darkness of the shade. The scale of
the value colors are from the very lightest tint to the very darkest of the shade.

Intensity – means the brightness or dullness of a color. When you refer to a color
as “bright” or “very bright” or “dull” or “very dull” you are describing its intensity.
Example, green peppers are bright yellow-green, while olives are dull yellow green.

Color Schemes

The beauty of any color scheme depends upon how well the colors harmonize. To
harmonize, colors must appear to belong together.

1. One-color harmony (monochromatic color) – the easiest color scheme to follow

is one that uses the same color in different values and intensity. Example, dark
blue suit with very dark blue accessories and a light blue blouse.

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2. Adjacent color harmony – or analogous color harmony. Since they are near each
other on the color wheel, neighbor color harmony. Example, yellow-orange,
orange, and yellow green are next to each other on the color wheel; therefore, a
pleasing adjacent color harmony may be made from them.

3. Complementary Color Harmony – these are colors that are opposite in the color
wheel. Using these colors may be very pleasing.
a. Complementary colors – directly opposite in the color wheel. Example, red
and green, blue and orange, yellow and violet.

b. Split complementary colors – a variation of the complementary color

scheme. In addition to the base color, it uses the two colors adjacent to its
complement.

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 c. Triad - A triadic color scheme uses colors that are evenly spaced around
the color wheel. Triadic color harmonies tend to be quite vibrant, even if
you use pale or unsaturated versions of your hues.

PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN

The attractive finished garment is carefully handled by the designer who applied the
elements of design such as lines, shapes and colors. However, art principle on design
should be utilized to produce a more pleasing effect on the clothing style.

PRINCIPLES

BALANCE- According to this principle, from the centered of the dress, design
should be identified on both sides may be achieved ways:

a. Symmetrically or the formal balance - can

be described as having equal "weight" on equal
sides of a centrally placed like a see saw. This
is an easy way of balancing but such balance
lends monotony to the design.

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b. Asymmetrically or the informal balance
When the structure decoration and accessories
are different both sides from the center of the
design. In this design attraction both sides is
created by using different accessories.

c. Proportion - is the pleasing relationship of all

parts of the object with one another. Proportion
refers to the relative size and scale of the various
elements in a design. The issue is the
relationship between objects, or parts, of a
whole.

d. Emphasis – every pleasing design has one part

that is more interesting than any other. This is
the emphasis or the center of interest.

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e. Rhythm – these are smooth movement
repeated again and again. Rhythm is an
important principle of art. It is created by
repeated use of the design. If there is rhythm
in a design, the eye would move easily from one
part to the other. Rhythm can be created in
three ways in a design:

f. Repetition of lines, colors, or accessories.

Parallel lines are formed by the use of seams,
buttons, embroidery, lace, etc. which helps
uninterrupted eye movement.

g. Gradation. Rhythm can be created by

gradual change of lines, shape or shade
of the color.

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h. Radiation. Rhythm can also be created
by the radiated lines. These lines are
created by gathers Eyes can move easily
from one part to the other on the small
lines created by gathers. Such lines can
be seen in gathers on neckline, arm and
skirt.

i. Harmony - means a relationship of

different portion of a design. Harmony
should be achieved through judicious use
of color, shape, and texture to give a
feeling of oneness.

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 What’s More

Activity 1

Direction: Let us exercise the artist in you by making your own color wheel. In a
long sheet of bond paper, fill the space with a big circle. Equally divide it by 12 and
apply appropriate colors of the color wheel.

RUBRICS FOR SCORING

Scorecard Points Score

A. Appearance
 Correctness of color sequence
50%

B. Workmanship
 Creativity 30%
C. Cleanliness
 Neatness of work 20%
TOTAL 100%

Activity 2

Direction: Choose at least two of the pictures shown below. Draw and identify what
principle is used in the pictures. Draw this in a short size bond paper.

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 What I Have Learned

Direction: Make a pledge by completing the statements below. Write it on your

notebook.
In the past I have been____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.

Now that I have learned the color theory and principles of design, I will
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________.

What I Can Do

The best way to flaunt your personality is doing self-test. In natural light (sun light),
check the appearance of your veins. If blue or purple veins are visible, you have cool
skin tone. When green or greenish blue veins appear, you have warm skin tone.
And if you can’t tell whether your veins are blue or green, you possess neutral skin
tone.

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Remember, warm colors are best for people with cool skin tone and cool colors look
good on those who possess warm skin. Luckily for neutral skin, warm and cool
colors are best donning! The same principle is applied considering your eye and hair
color.

MY PERSONALITY CHART

Skin tone: _______________ Eye color:______________ Hair color: _______________

What colors look best on me?___________________________________________________

Which colors should I avoid?___________________________________________________

Am I thin or plump? __________

______________________________________ will make me look thin.

______________________________________ will make me look plumb.

Am I short or tall? ____________________
I should consider the principles _____________, _________________, _______________,

_____________ and ______________ in my fashion choices.

Above all, I should feel confident about myself because it is the first step to
becoming beautiful!

Assessment
A. Direction: Fill in the blank with the correct answer. Use your notebook for this
activity.

1. Primary colors are red, yellow and _________.

2. _______ is a color formed by mixing yellow and blue.

3. When red is mix with orange, the color is ________.

4. Tint of red is _______.

5. Maroon is ________ of red.

6. Analogous or adjacent color of blue is _______ and ______.

7. Complement of red is ________.

8. Split complement of yellow is _______ and _______.

9. Triad of orange is _______ and ________.

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10. Neutral colors are ______, _______ and _______.

B. Identify what principle is applied in the situations below.

1. Celina is slim and frail. On her 18th birthday she decided to wear a garment with
bell-type sleeve to make her arms look fuller. The wide-colored belt seem to make
her waist appear smaller and the balloon skirt created a vision of full hips. Celina
applied the principle of _________________.

2. In the party, Celina’s friend Phelyn decided to wear a mermaid silk gown. She wore
no accessories except the dangling crystal earrings that revealed her angelic face.
The principle applied is ___________.

3. Her cousin Adelfa on the other hand, chose to don a black and white princess cut
gown. The gradation of golden flowers were visible from her nape down the hem
of her gown. She followed the _____________ principle.

4. Coline her sister came attracting the guests with her silver frock. One arm is
covered with long sleeve while the other is left bare. A long slit on the left side of
the skirt revealed her sexy long legs. She followed the principle ______________.

5. Everyone was happy most especially her mother dolly who chose to wear a dress
printed with leaves and flowers in different colors and shapes. She applied the
principle of ________.

Additional Activities

Direction: Cut 3 pictures of women wearing dresses and gowns. Assess their fashion
choices by answering the chart below. Use a short bond paper in every illustration.

ASSESSMENT PICTURE 1 PICTURE 2 PICTURE 3

Eye color
Hair color
Skin type
Did she follow the color
theory? Explain.
What principle is best
exemplified in her dress
choice?
What recommendation or
advise will you tell her.
Explain.

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Activity 2
1. Emphasis 2. Balance 3. Harmony 4. Proportion 5. Rhythm
Assessment A
1. Blue 2. Green 3. Red-orange 4. Pink 5. Shade 6. Blue-green and blue-violet 7.
Green 8. Red-violet and blue-violet 9. Green and violet 10. White, black and gray
Assessment B
1.Proportion 2. Emphasis 3. Rhythm 4. Informal Balance 5. Harmony
Pre-test
A. 1. balance 2. formal balance 3. informal balance 4. proportion 5. formal balance
6. emphasis 7. rhythm 8. gradation 9. harmony 10. radiation
B. 1. red 2. orange 3. red-violet 4. pink 5. shade 6. yellow-green & blue-green
7. blue 8. blue-green & yellow-green 9. green & orange 10. white, black & gray
Answer Key
100% TOTAL
20%  Flow of thoughts
30%
 Sound recommendation
50%
 Accurate Assessment
Score Points Scorecard
Activity will be evaluated using the criteria:
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