The Great Color Experiment

Color combinations can be tricky when putting an outfit together. What do you wear with that lime green sweater? What color compliments a coral blouse? What color goes well with purple? Inquiring minds want to know!

A great place to start is with a color wheel:

I found this one at www.fashionbombdaily.com and it’s a great, user friendly illustration. You can make the following combos using the color wheel as your guide:

1. Colors directly next to each other (i.e. yellow and yellow-orange; yellow and yellow-green; violet and blue-violet, etc.)
2. Colors that form right (90 degree) angles with each other (i.e. yellow and red-orange; blue and violet-red; green and orange, etc.)
3. Colors directly across from each other (i.e. yellow and violet; blue and orange; red and green, etc.)
4. Colors that form a T (i.e. blue, orange, and violet-red; yellow, violet, and red-orange; yellow, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)
5. Colors that form an X (i.e. blue, orange, violet-red, and yellow, violet, blue-green, and red-orange, etc.)

Brown, black, white, gray and any of the blue hues of denim are neutrals and can be paired with virtually any color on the color wheel. I like to pair chocolate brown with cobalt blue, lime green or even red.

Today’s outfit is a great example – The yellow blouse has purple in the pattern, so the purple cardigan was a natural partner.

How do you mix colors in your wardrobe?

Today’s Outfit:
Purple Cardigan: The LOFT
Yellow and Purple knit blouse: Old Navy
Levi’s Skinny Jeans: Urban Outfitters
Gray ballet flats: Target

Frugally and colorfully yours,

Lori