Textile Design & Colour
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The official GTU curriculum for Textile Design & Colour (subject code 2132801) as prescribed for Textile Proc. · Semester 3 divides the course into 4 units, covering 35 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2132801)Unit 1 Elements of Colour
- - Light and colour phenomenon
- Physical basis of colour emissions
- absorption of light
- Secondary and Tertiary Colours
- Complementary colours
- Tints and Shades
- Colours in combination and colours in contrast
- Application of colour to woven fabrics
- Influence of fabric characteristics (weave) on appearance of colour
- Chromatic circle
- colour vision - Pigment theory of colour
- colour wheel, etc
Unit 2 Colour Harmony and Colour Modification
- - Achromatic Harmony
- Monochromatic Harmony
- Analogous Harmony
- High Key, Low Key, Mid Key Harmony
- Change in Hue, Change in Value
- neutralised colour
Unit 3 Elements and Principles of Design
- - Natural Motif
- Decorative Motif
- Geometric Motif
- Abstract Motif
- dominance and subordination
- unity balance
- Origin and basis of patterns from historic and modern fabrics
- Survey of designing methods
- studio and workshop Techniques
- Free hand sketching
- enlarging and arrangement of motifs
- All over repeating design
- half drop
- weaved line
- rectangular drop reverse
- sateens, etc
Unit 4 Effect of raw material, weave and finish on the appearance
- And ornamentation of fabrics