Tobe Report: Color Inspiration

C O L O R I N S P I R AT I O N

TOBE REPORT

FALL 2015 | 2016

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“MERE COLOR, UNSPOILED BY MEANING, AND UNALLIED WITH DEFINITE FORM, CAN SPEAK TO THE SOUL IN A THOUSAND DIFFERENT W AY S . ” OSCAR WILDE

S I N C E R E LY , COLORS ARE THE WORDS ON A BLANK PAGE. EVERY HUE CONCEALS A STORY. LIKE PURE POE TRY, A C OLOR HAS THE POWER TO EVOKE HUMA N EMOTI ON, TRIGGER A MEMORY, A ND GIVE MEANING TO THE MOST BASIC OF THINGS. TRANSCENDING BEYOND A MERE VISUAL S P E C T R U M O F L I G H T ; I T I S H U M A N S G R E AT E S T INSTRUMENT FOR EXPRESSION. A BEAUTIFUL STORY I S TOLD WHE N C OLOR A N D F A S H I O N M E E T. W I T H E V E R Y S E A S O N A N E W N A R R AT I V E I S W R I T T E N , N O T O N LY T O PROVOKE A MOOD, BUT TO DOC UME NT THE ESSENCE OF THE SURROUNDING WORLD. IN THIS REPORT I TELL MY TALE OF THE SEASON THROUGH FOUR COLORFUL STORIES: SUBDUE, MISCELLANY, GOURMET, AND OPULENCE. FIND THESE STORIES IN YOUR LIBRARY OF I M A G I N AT I O N A N D C R E AT E W I T H I T A N E W N A R R AT I V E .

MORGAN MCCARTY EDITOR IN CHIEF

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MISCELLANY

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P 455 C

P 721 C

P 478 C

P 7416 C

P 449 C

P 7538 C

P 440 C

P 7531 C

P 10364 C

P 481 C

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“REFLECTIVE STILLNESS HALCYONIC, LANGUID HUSH QUIETUDE ENGULFS SOFT AND INNOCENT A FLOWER PE TA L WHI SPER BREAKS TRANQUILITY ALL IN HARMONY RIPPLE S SE TTLE INTO SMOOTH PLAC ID, PEAC EFUL CA LM” REBECCA ASKEW

SUBDUE TELLS A STORY OF A HUSHED AND TENDER SENSUALITY OF HAIR AND SKIN TONES. AMBIVALENT HUE S HOVER BE T WEE N WARM AND COLD; FEMININITY AND MASCULINITY. A FEMININE AND ROMANTIC R O U G E P I N K AW A K E N S T H E SUBTLE SENSUALITY OF FLESHED HUES. NEUTRALS SHA D OWED BY ME TA LLIC T O N E S O F S I LV E R A N D B R A S S A RE GROUNDED BY A BI TTER C H O C O L AT E . A D I R T Y B R I G H T GIVES A SUBTLE SHIFT TO THIS PALETTE OF HARMONIZED NEUTRALS.

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T O B E C O L O R I N S P I R AT I O N F A L L / W I N T E R 2 0 1 5 P 7416 C

P 7690 C

P 7765 C

P 3278 C

P 143 C

P 432 C

P 7594 C

P 704 C

P 8660 C

P 534 C

P 442 C

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“WHY DO TWO COLORS, PUT ONE NEXT TO THE OTHER, S I N G ? C A N O N E R E A L LY E X PLAIN THIS? NO. JUST AS ONE CAN NEVER LEARN HOW TO P A I N T. ” PABLO PICASSO

MISCELLANY DEFIES ALL C AT E G O R I E S T H R O U G H F R E E LY COMBINING A MYRIAD OF TONES AND EFFECTS. THIS PALE TTE EVOKES A GLOBAL B E AT I N J E C T E D W I T H A C O O L CITY VIBE. A COCKTAIL OF COLOR IS HIGHLIGHTED WHILE COLD TONES OF CONCRETE A ND BLUE JUMP TO HUMID A ND JUICY HUES. AN ASSEMBLAGE OF CHILLED N AT U R A L S A R E B L E N D E D WITH UTILIT Y COLORS THROUGH CINNAMON, CEMENT, LODE N, A ND PR USSIA N BLUE. HIGHLIGHTED PRIMARIES AND BRIGHT ACC E NTS OF TURMERIC, KINGFISHER, AND GLASS GREE N GIVE E NERGY TO T H I S C R E AT I V E A N D E C L E C T I C PALETTE.

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P 4975 C

P 4985 C

P 491 C

P 1807 C

P 7593 C

P 470 C

P 7571 C

P 4495 C

P 465 C

P 4665 C

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“SHE SMELLED OF RIPE FIGS AND BROWN SUGAR BUBBLING, RIC H, SWEE T A ND SOOTHING. DECADENT FEAST FOR THE SOUL S AV O R E D W I T H A L L M Y S E N S E S , ” PAUL GURRIERI

GOURMET IS A DECADENT FEAST FOR THE EYES. V A R I AT I O N S O F R A W A N D B A K E D B R O W N S M A R I N AT E WITH PINKISH AND CARAMELIZED HUES. S AV O R Y , F I L E T A N D C R I M S O N A R E D U S T E D AT O P B E R R Y , F IG, A ND PLUM. GA RNI SHED WITH CHARRED HUES AND DRESSED WITH BALSAMIC, THIS GENEROUS PORTION O F C O M F O R T I N G S AV O R S ARE PLAC ED UPON A DI SH O F L U X U R I O U S P AT I N A , T H I S PALETTE WARMS UP THE WINTER SEASON WITH ITS GASTRONOMIC DELIGHTS.

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P 487 C

P 7645 C

P 7631 C

P 188 C

P 1805 C

P 173 C

P 295 C

P 302 C

P 7470 C

P 5295 C

OPULENCE

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“SOON I T GOT DUSK, A GRAPY DUSK, A PURPLE DUSK OVER TANGERINE GROVE S AND LONG MELON FIELDS; THE SUN THE COLOR OF PRESSED GRAPES, S L A S H E D W I T H B U R G U N DY RED, THE FIELDS THE COLOR OF LOVE AND SPANI SH MYSTERIES.” ― JAC K KEROUAC, ON THE ROAD

O P U L E N C E M A K E S A R OY A L SHIF T FROM BLUE TO GREE N A N D B U R G U N DY T O B R OW N .

THE DEEP RICH TONES REVEAL AN ORNAMENTAL OPULENCE WITHIN THEIR MYRIAD OF E F F E C T S W I T H I N S AT U R AT E D MONOCHROMES AND GRAPHIC FLASHES. THE SPLENDID RICHNESS OF PLUMS, A ND DEEP OC EA N BLUE S REIGN WHILE TECHNO REDS HAIL TO THEIR SOVEREIGNT Y. A R OY A L A F F A I R O F C HIA RO SC URO PLUM I S K I N D L E D B Y M O O N L I G H T G R AY .

MAGNIFICENT TONES ARE GLORIF IED BY TA NGERINE A ND REGAL BRASS.

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CREDITS

MORGAN MCCARTY C R E AT I V E D I R E C T O R PERCLERS PARIS STYLESIGHT W W W . S T Y L E S I G H T.C O M WGSN WWW.WGSN.C OM PINTEREST W W W . P I N T E R E S T.C O M

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W H AT ’ S C O M I N G . . .

TOBE REPORT HOW SHE WEAR S I T

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THIS REPORT IS A PROJECT C R E AT E D BY MORGAN MCCARTY FOR FASM 419: CURRENT TRENDS AND FORECASTING AT THE S AV A N N A H C O L L E G E O F A R T A N D D E S I G N .

A LT H O U G H USED AS A MODEL OF REFERENCE, T H I S I S N O T A N O F F I C I A L T O B E P U B L I C AT I O N .