CMYK

In industrial color. Actually it is not easy to make a reproduction color that have a real sama color, tone, brightness. There is a standarization to make it easy. It is CMYK processing.

C = Cyan, M = Magenta, Y = Yellow, K = Black. In fashion industry ussually we use The Pantone Color Matching System. This is a way out for industry fashion. People can make a same color in a different manufacturers in different place. They can make sure about color. Refering to this system although they never contact directly.

WHAT IS COLOR

Color is a spectrum of light. Color actualy just a light that can de detected by our eye. Light have a range wavelength 380 -740 nm. Color are also associated with object, material, lightsource etc. So color have a specific physical properties including emmision spectra. absorption, and reflection. The complete spectrum and familiar with us is a rainbow. I think no body never saw a rainbow wherever you live. Rainbow is a simple object to explanation about it.

Color of an object depend on their physic of object, and also its environment. Human eye and brain also make a perception viewing it self. Object have a unique character on light. They make reflect, absorbs, transmit or emit about light. Their character make object color on human eye.

Many scientist have make observation and research about colour. Begining by Aristoteles, Newton, Goethe, Thomas Young, Maxwell, Helmhotlz etc, Until nowadays scintiests always make research more and more to make a knowledge about colour.

In the fashion industry, color always correspond with specific material. They are pigment. What are pigments ? Pigments are chemicals. They absorb and refflect some different spectra of light. If pigments are painted in a fabric (coloring process). Actually the fabric are refflect some light and absorb some light. The result is the color that human see in their eyes. It is a color of fabric.

Color

Color is the important thing in fashion.
Traditionaly we know the prime color are only three. Yellow, Red and Blue are the prime color. While you mix two prime color you will have a new color. Put yellow on red you will get orange. Mix Red and Blue you will find purple. Add yellow onto blue you will have green color. The result of new colors , we know as a secondary color. From the basic three color blue-red-yellow, we can make many colors. Lets you try with your traditional palets. It is a laboratorium colors that you own.