Combine Colours from your existing wardrobe

Combine Colours from your existing wardrobe





Ever wonder how to combine colours together to create eye-catching and colourful outfits? Most of us cannot afford to buy a new wardrobe, I have great pieces in my wardrobe already so by playing around we can develop different colour combinations.

The colour wheel is an excellent wardrobe tool. You can download or use the colour wheel I have on this blog to help you colour right. Figuring it out isn’t too complicated.

Here’s a quick breakdown:

You can make the following combos using the colour wheel as your guide:

1. Colours directly next to each other (i.e. yellow and yellow-orange; yellow and yellow-green; violet and blue-violet, etc.)

2. Colours that form right (90 degree) angles with each other (i.e. yellow and red-orange; blue and violet-red; green and orange, etc.)

3. Colours directly across from each other (i.e. yellow and violet; blue and orange; red and green, etc.)

4. Colours that form a T (i.e. blue, orange, and violet-red; yellow, violet, and red-orange; yellow, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)

5. Colours that form an X (i.e. blue, orange, violet-red, and yellow, violet, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)




















Since brown is a neutral, it will go with virtually any colour on the colour wheel. For example pair a chocolate brown with cobalt blue or fuchsia or bright red—such a fun and bold combo. Of course white, black, and the hues of blue found in denim are also neutrals that go with just about anything.




As for accessories, go crazy with colour hats, bags, shoes, or scarves. When choosing jewellery, pair gold (or gold-toned) jewellery with your warm colour outfits. Warm colours have a yellow, gold, or orange undertone to them. Wear silver (or silver-toned) jewellery with your cool colour outfits. Cool colours have a blue, pink, or red undertone to them. Colours are broken down by hue, temperature, intensity, and tone any single hue can be either warm or cool. Just look at the undertones.



You can also use the color wheel when coming up with color combinations for your makeup. It can help you decide which makeup color to wear so that you don’t match your eyeshadow with your outfit.





And there you go—a breakdown of how to use color combinations to spice up your wardrobe..