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 Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 10:47 am
To get some more activity in this guild going, I'd like to have a friendly debate. The topic is below...
In Elementry/Middle School Art Class, I learned about the color wheel and how specific colors match and compliment each other. Your primary wheel had red, blue, and yellow. Your secondary wheel had green, purple, and orange.
This was some of the most basic elements of art. But should it also be applied to Kimono/Yukata dressing? For my outfit, I was adamant about using the color wheel in picking out my Obi. Meaning I followed the Primary Wheel and matched two primary colors red and blue.
But should Kimonos and Yukatas have a specific wheel combination? If they should, why? If they shouldn't, why?
I'd like to hear your answer.
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Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 11:09 am
The Japanese aesthetic is very different from the western one. Where else are you going to find a clothing style where fire-engine-red is considered a "neutral that goes with everything"? I think your yukata, for example, looks really great with the obi you chose. But it also would have looked amazing with a bright mustard yellow, or black and white hakata. For me the biggest challenge when it came to kimono was learning to "think outside the box" for colour combinations. Salmon pink and orange? Sounds gross, but works here:  Or maybe pastel minty green with dark grey-blue and bright red accents? How about bright purple and bright red? It's gotten to the point where a lot of my coordinations come from simply dumping everything into a big pile and going "Hey, these look like they'd work together!". Sometimes it works, sometimes it's a horrible failure!
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Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2010 5:34 pm
"Should" and "do" are different things. Of course they DO have rules. Incredibly strict ones, just like every other kimono rule, to be precise. Unfortunately, my book with a color wheel is in another country, so I can't easily scan it. But indeed, some people do and can use a color wheel to coordinate kimono. (The one I had used "traditional colors," rather than primary and secondary colors.) This site's is not nearly as nice as mine, but it is a wheel: http://miyaposi.com/kimono/talk01/ki018.htmAs for the rules, there is this site: http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/special/3.htmquick translation When you think about coordinating kimono, there are three basic principles. "similar color, opposing color, one color from the pattern" 『同系色・反対色（補色）・柄の中の一色』 When coordinating obi and smaller items with your kimono, you should follow those three rules. For example, for a blue-grey base with bingata (navy, azuki bean color, green, yellow ochre, red), you could have a coral lining, royal purple obi, lime green obiage, and a cheerful blue obijime. blah blah choosing similar colors will create a modern look blah blah choosing opposing colors will create a classical look Going back to the wheel again, you can use... same color, complementary color, two color (directly across), "clashing" color (the color next to the color directly across) more examples of using these 3 rules to some degree. http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~tomasan/iroawase.html You can also play around (on your own) with colors here: http://www.st87.com/japan/j/kisekae1/index.htmlLet me know if you want more info.
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Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:21 am
I just got into a dispute tonight over whether or not a blue yukata, orange obi, and brown and red geta matched. xd (ps. they do)
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:50 pm
Kansai_Gal "Should" and "do" are different things. Of course they DO have rules. Incredibly strict ones, just like every other kimono rule, to be precise. Unfortunately, my book with a color wheel is in another country, so I can't easily scan it. But indeed, some people do and can use a color wheel to coordinate kimono. (The one I had used "traditional colors," rather than primary and secondary colors.) This site's is not nearly as nice as mine, but it is a wheel: http://miyaposi.com/kimono/talk01/ki018.htmAs for the rules, there is this site: http://wabiji.web.fc2.com/special/3.htmquick translation When you think about coordinating kimono, there are three basic principles. "similar color, opposing color, one color from the pattern" 『同系色・反対色（補色）・柄の中の一色』 When coordinating obi and smaller items with your kimono, you should follow those three rules. For example, for a blue-grey base with bingata (navy, azuki bean color, green, yellow ochre, red), you could have a coral lining, royal purple obi, lime green obiage, and a cheerful blue obijime. blah blah choosing similar colors will create a modern look blah blah choosing opposing colors will create a classical look Going back to the wheel again, you can use... same color, complementary color, two color (directly across), "clashing" color (the color next to the color directly across) more examples of using these 3 rules to some degree. http://www4.ocn.ne.jp/~tomasan/iroawase.html You can also play around (on your own) with colors here: http://www.st87.com/japan/j/kisekae1/index.htmlLet me know if you want more info. Wow, I found this incredibly fascinating and exactly what I was trying to picture as the question was being asked. Fantastic resource. (:
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