The purpose of this study is to compare the sense and sensibility evaluation tendencies of visual texture and tactile texture that fashion materials have. Consumers evaluate and purchase fashion material with the accompanied visual information on colo...
The purpose of this study is to compare the sense and sensibility evaluation tendencies of visual texture and tactile texture that fashion materials have. Consumers evaluate and purchase fashion material with the accompanied visual information on colors and texture. Therefore, in this study, a comparative analysis was conducted on the difference of sense and sensibility evaluations in the methods for evaluating the visual texture and for the tactile texture (including visual texture) of fashion materials according to the characteristics of materials and colors, and evaluation tendencies were compared and analyzed when different colors were applied to equal materials.
For the experiment of this study, basic colors (White, Black, Beige, Brown, Khaki, Navy) and a variety of textile materials which are basically used in the fashion industry were selected through theoretical background survey. As experimental samples, a total of forty eight samples classified on the basis of surface characteristics and weight were selected with color measurement and with the naked eye. Based on the previous research on fashion materials, eight pairs of evaluation vocabularies were chosen. This study had two experiments: the first experiment and the second experiment. The experimental results were evaluated with the seven-point Likert Scale. In the first experiment, material samples were evaluated visually. In the second experiment, the tactile texture based on visual and tactile senses was evaluated. Both of the experiments were conducted with equal study subjects. For better discrimination, samples were shuffled randomly in each one of the experiments.
The study results drawn from the experiments are presented as follows:
Firstly, the surface characteristics of materials was found to influence sense and sensibility evaluations. Regarding the evaluation tendency of equal materials according to visual and tactile texture evaluation methods, equal materials showed a similar evaluation tendency mostly. Some materials showed a different evaluation tendency in the sensibility evaluation of visual texture and tactile texture.
Secondly, the sense evaluation for visual texture and tactile texture was almost consistent. The sense evaluation results were drawn according to material characteristics and sense evaluation tendency.
Thirdly, a sense of gloss, a sense of ruggedness, a sense of thickness, a sense of density, and a sense of luxury were statistically and significantly different in the visual texture and tactile texture evaluation.
Fourthly, in the visual and tactile texture evaluation according to color characteristics, there was relatively similarity. Aside from that, the sense and sensibility evaluation tendency was defined according to basic color characteristics.
Fifthly, a sense of gloss, a sense of ruggedness, and a sense of thickness were statistically and significantly different in the visual and tactile texture evaluation. With regard to a sense of gloss, tactile texture tended to be recognized more strongly; regarding a sense of ruggedness and a sense of thickness, visual texture tended to be recognized more strongly.
Sixthly, when a diversity of color characteristics were applied to equal fashion materials, visual texture and tactile texture tended to be evaluated differently according to material and color characteristics. A difference in basic colors of fashion materials led to different evaluations of visual texture and tactile texture.
In this study, visual texture and tactile texture including visual texture were classified according to material and color characteristics, and a comparative analysis was conducted on the difference of sense and sensibility evaluations. Evaluation tendencies were diverse according to material and color characteristics. The result was meaningful in the point that sense and sensibility evaluation tendencies of materials work in a complicated way and are applicable to fashion material planning. It is expected to predict consumers’ sense and sensibility and plan the harmony of materials’ texture and colors in the fashion product planning step.