A Brief Description Of The Long History Of Clothing Color

As an aspect of human civilization.

As early as in the primitive times, people wore animal skins and hung leaves to protect the body against cold. However, I wore bright bird feathers and shells, and it was purely for color decoration.

In order to get the original beauty, people also use the ochre powder and flower juice different from the skin color to smear the body directly, or even pierce the skin with sharp tools.

After entering the slave society and feudal society, the practical and aesthetic function of clothing color has attracted more and more attention, and it has always been regarded as a sign of distinction between responsibility and rank.

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The differences between the ceremonial dress and the Royal dress, the position and the season are expressed in five colors: green, red, yellow, white and black.

Throughout the history of clothing color, yellow always symbolizes central power. It is the exclusive color of imperial families, while red and purple are the costumes of dignitaries.

In the Tang Dynasty, the clothing colors of civil and military officials were more clearly defined.

"Three products above purple robe, four, five products red robe. Six, seven products green robe. Eight, nine products green robe" and so on.

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In short, until the Qing Dynasty, the feudal dynasty used the colors of official embrace, Chao Zhu, and Daping to distinguish the official positions. Ordinary people still did not extricate themselves from the confinement of clothing color.

This is also true in the West and other countries.

Purple has almost become the special clothing color of the royal nobility and the responsible woman. Red is the religious costume color of the Virgin Mary, the father and the son. The purple red symbolizes the combination of the secular power and the religious spiritual power.

Aristocratic aristocrats have their own emblem and clothing color.

On the eve of the Renaissance and the bourgeois revolution, it was a little bit rid of the bondage of the church and the feudal aristocracy.

It was not until the end of the eighteenth Century that the Industrial Revolution ended that the history of luxury color for aristocratic costumes was really over.

On the one hand, with the invention of textile machinery and the rapid progress of textile technology, inexpensive and standardized clothing materials are greatly enriched.

Later, organic chemistry has made amazing progress. It produces bright and beautiful synthetic dyes.

Coupled with the advent of sewing machines.

For the largest proportion of citizens, Jia Min's daily clothing.

Xinhua provides a strong material foundation for style and color.

On the other hand, due to the success of the bourgeois revolution, human civilization has entered a new historical era. People are no longer bound by feudal consciousness, breaking through the strict concept of clothing color hierarchy.

Paying attention to the combination of fashion colors and popular aesthetics has become an important part of social civilization and people's aesthetic enjoyment.