In yesterday's post I explained how we can mix our 3 Primary Colours to get 12 colours to work with. Today I'm going to talk about about how we can use these 12 colours effectively in our wardrobes. I will talk about neutrals another day, most of us have no problem with neutral colours. We live in them most of the time as they stay in fashion, go with everything and are generally flattering to everyone. But colours tend to scare people, which I think is sad. God made so many AMAZING colours for us to enjoy! Why not inject them into our lives, colours boost your mood and the right colours positively uplift the people around us. See my Rainbow Challenge to learn more about the Psychological Effects of colours.
We identify colours by hue, temperature and value. HUE is defined as the name of the colour, which is basically what we looked at yesterday. Examples are RED, YELLOW and GREEN.
VALUE is the lightness or darkness of a hue, which I also touched on yesterday. When talking about the TEMPERATURE of colours, we can look at the Psychological Temperature or the Relative Temperature. Psychologically, RED feels warm and BLUE feels cool, each colour gives off a psychological feeling but relatively there are warm and cool reds and there are warm and cool blues. When we look at the colour wheel above we can split it in half to get our psychologically cool colours- PURPLE, BLUE PURPLE, BLUE, BLUE GREEN, GREEN & YELLOW GREEN. Our warm colours are- YELLOW, YELLOW ORANGE, ORANGE, RED ORANGE, RED & RED VIOLET.
One of the easiest ways we can try out some new colours together is by using ANALOGOUS colour combinations. Basically ANALOGOUS colours are any colours next to each other on the colour wheel. Examples using 2 colours are-
BLUE GREEN & BLUE
RED & RED PURPLE
ORANGE & YELLOW ORANGE
You could try 3 (or more!) ANALOGOUS colours together. A few of my favourite combinations are
BLUE GREEN, GREEN & YELLOW GREEN
PURPLE, BLUE PURPLE & BLUE
What combinations can you try?
If you're feeling game, why not try COMPLEMENTARY colours? COMPLEMENTARY colours are colours opposite each other on the colour wheel. It's combining a cool with a warm colour so it's great if you've had your colours done and perhaps you prefer colours that are opposite to your colours. Here are the 6 combinations-
RED & GREEN
RED PURPLE & YELLOW GREEN
PURPLE & YELLOW
BLUE PURPLE & YELLOW ORANGE
BLUE & ORANGE
BLUE GREEN & RED ORANGE
These are very striking combinations. Because they are complete opposites, COMPLEMENTARY colours make each other seem intense. It can be difficult to wear them without looking a little child-like but you could try the pastel versions or deeper versions, eg. PINK & LIGHT GREEN
BURGUNDY & PINE
NAVY & ORANGE
AQUA & CORAL
Why not have a go!
Next post I'll be talking about TRIAD and SPLIT COMPLEMENTARY colour combinations, to give you even more ideas.
On Kasmira's blog "What I wore today", she mentioned her style mottos- The first is: “wear what you like.” The second is: “today only happens once.” She says, "why not take a risk with your outfit today? It’s only one day of the many you’ll have in life. Tomorrow, you can wear something different". That sums up why up why I love to try different colour combinations, life is full of so many beautiful things why not be one of them!
xx Vanessa.
p.s. Kasmira's outfit today is also a great example of COMPLEMENTARY colours with a neutral thrown in, check it out for inspiration.
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