Tibetan Costume
( 2005-10-27 )

Gold and silver thread and compound colors are used alternatively to give the colors of the costume and ornaments an overall harmonious effect.

The disposition of contrasting and uniform colors on women's aprons is even more ingenious. Some aprons have broad colored stripes in sharp contrast, which produce a bold yet lucid style, while others have fine stripes of uniform colors that yield an elegant and mild effect. In some aprons, threads of a rather pure primary color or black and white colors are woven in between the laces of varied colors, and in some aprons the colored stripes are all based on one single color phase so as to form uniform colors of purple-red, black-gray, and so on.

In the selection of the width of the colored stripes, the density of the colors, the range of the color changes, and the proportion of the primary and secondary colors, one can see the boldness, ingenuity, and the painstaking efforts in the designs.