AUTUMNAL COLOUR EXPLORATION

As part of my course we were given a colour task, after looking into colours and how they compliment and contrast each other we were asked to choose a colour or theme and create a mood board presenting these colours.  I chose Autumnal shades and gathered my images using first hand and secondary research, the images shown directly above I found on Pinterest, I wanted to include a mixture of both secondary and primary research to show both the nature of the colour and how it can be converted in fashion pieces as part of the autumnal season. 

Autumnal is a colour trend that will always be apparent year in and year out, whether that be in classic chunky knits or the warm fiery browns of a trench coat, after doing my secondary research and looking into the fashion side of colour I decided to search through my collection of images i've collected over quite a long period of time as part of a personal colour exploration project. 

I tried to incorporate lots of different images as part of my primary research and an exploration into colour, as well as focussing on colour I also wanted to look into textures and strong lines and shapes. I took the first image of the bouquets of roses at a market in Rome when I visited last year, I found the repetition of the roses broken up by the soft blues and faded greys of the newspaper really complimentary and found it enhanced the bright fuchsia making it highly distinctive. 

As well as the naturally beautiful images of the roses and an old rusted skip I found when in Liverpool shopping, I also included images of typography I found whilst in Manchester, my home city! The bright pink and deep red of the H&M signage and the depth of the 3d text found on a Chinese restaurant in China Town I found really interesting as they both work as striking, eye catching signs although they have noticeably different qualities. For example, the H&M sign is made up of analogous colours as apposed to the Chinese text which is working with almost complementary colours, I find that both work just as well. 

becky x