How to Match Colours In Your Outfits ✨*5 Techniques*

If you've ever had trouble matching colors in your outfits or wondering if your colors are looking cohesive then this is the video for you. Today I'm going to take you through around five different techniques to match colors in your outfits. Knowing these color matching techniques will hopefully help you to simplify putting outfits together as well as help you if you are shopping for new pieces to add to your wardrobe and knowing that those colors will be the correct colors to add into your wardrobe. And lastly if any of you guys are looking to create a color palette you can use these techniques that I'm talking about today as a guide in when you're creating your color palette as well. So to start off we're going to start with four different ways of using the color wheel and I've spoken about the color wheel before so if you have heard me speak about the color wheel before and you would rather skip then feel free to skip to this time stamp here and from that time stamp I'll be sharing a few different techniques. But even if you have heard me talk about the color wheel before it can be helpful to hear it again and it might bring up new light bulb moments or might get you thinking about things differently and I am sharing all new outfit examples for this video today so there's that as well. So let's start with the color wheel and let's jump into my computer. Okay so here we are inside my computer and this here on the left is the color wheel and we're going to talk about four different ways of matching color in your outfits using the color wheel. So firstly complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. As you can see here pink is opposite green. So here are a couple of examples from Pinterest. Over here we have a pink and green color combination and over here we have orange and blue color combination and as you can see things can be more bright or things can be more subdued. They're not exactly going to match the same colors that I have on the color wheel over here as all colors come in different shades and tints and tones so just keep that in mind. As you can see with this outfit over here the green is very subtle compared to the over here. So a really easy place to start is complementary colors. Colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. Next we have split complementary colors. This is an example of split complementary colors over here. So we start with orange. Orange's split complementary colors are blue and green. Often with split complementary colors I've noticed that a lot of people use these two colors here like blue and green and then the orange is more of like an accent color. So you can see that over here with these examples of blue green and red. The red is quite subtle. So over here if we go back to the color wheel we've got blue green and red being the one on the opposite and often people use that opposite color as that little pop of color in the outfit. These split complementary colors here are blue purple and yellow. So when we look at the color wheel we've got purple blue and then yellow across from purple and blue and as you can see the purple and the blue dominate and then the yellow just pops up in the shoes and the handbag here. The next is triadic color combinations and as you can see already like this is a much more bold page and triadic colors are basically the colors that sit in an equal triangle away from each other on the color wheel and it makes for quite a bold statement looking outfit usually. So this color combination is blue yellow and pink and both of these ladies here have done that in a different kind of way and this triadic color combination is purple green and yellow. So we've got purple green and yellow and this lady over here has done that in a really bright and vibrant way and then I just wanted to show this outfit here which is purple green and orange and it kind of is that same triangle but instead of yellow they're using orange and I would still consider this as a triadic color combination as well. And now we've got analogous color combination. So analogous is anything that sits next to each other on the color wheel. So they can be all from like the oranges and the yellows or they could be a mix of some of the yellows and some of the greens and some of the blues. They're just going to be from the same area of the color wheel. So we've got some examples over here of green and blue. So from this kind of area here and as you can see these three ladies are all doing it in different ways. These two images here are very bright and vibrant and then I wanted to show you a more like classic everyday outfit that is a bit more subdued with a really dark navy cardigan and khaki trousers. Over here this lady down here is wearing purple and pink so you can kind of see those colors next to each other on the color wheel too. And then these three ladies here doing a combination of pink and orange and it kind of sits around this area of the color wheel as well. So speaking of pink and orange I wanted to now play with an example which is an old image of mine. This is me years ago when I used to play around with block colors a bit more. I'm wearing an orange top and I paired it with bright pink trousers going for that color blocking look and this is like playing around with these kind of shades on the color wheel. So an analogous color combination. Now I just paired it with white shoes to be safe because that's always a nice safe option and I've got some black sunnies but I was thinking we could try to add a handbag here because it kind of looks like I'm missing a handbag. So obviously we've learned that there's a few different ways that we could use the color wheel to help us choose what color bag to wear. I could choose something within a similar color palette to the oranges and the reds. However just to try something different seeing as we're using pink and orange already let's use green and turn this into a split complementary color combination. So here's my outfit again and let's add a green bag. Boom. Done. It's now split complementary and I think that's really fun. It's color blocking technique. It is bold. It's making a statement and that's just a fun way to play around. You could do stuff like this with your own images. There's a new feature on Pinterest called Pinterest collage. You can choose just random bags from Pinterest and add them onto your images if you wanted to play around with seeing what colors would match with your outfits that you already have at home. Okay so now we know how the color wheel works let's talk about a few different color matching techniques. Another favorite technique of mine and one that I have used for years is what I call the print matching technique. This technique involves using one patterned or printed item to then dictate the other colors that you use in your outfit. So what you want to do is start with one piece that has a pattern in it of various different colors and then this can help guide your color choices for the next pieces that you add. So let's look at some examples to make this a bit more clear. So this very first example is an example for me. I wore this secondhand Beckenbridge orange dress for a wedding earlier this year and the dress has green and white in the pattern of it as well. So when deciding what bag to add to my outfit I decided to use the green within the pattern of the dress. I found a secondhand green bag on Depop as well. It was such an easy addition and an easy way to ensure that my bag matched with my dress. So let's look at a few example outfits from Pinterest as well. So this first example is one that I share in my ebook. The patterned piece here is the striped sweater and I love this sweater because it gives so many options to choose from for the other pieces that you can wear because the sweater has so many different colors in it. So this lady has decided to pair it with green trousers because there is the green in the sweater and then there is also a little bit of mustard yellow in the sweater. So she has then chosen a yellow bag and even yellow tinted sunglasses to match. And then this is another really fun example. The trousers are the fun patterned piece in this outfit and this lady has chosen to tie the green into the outfit by adding a green headband and green coat. And for reference this is also an analogous color combination because she's got that yellow in there as well. This example from Alexa Chung is just another example to show you some more subdued colors. She has chosen a navy sweater to match the navy in the dress which is a nice subtle way of matching the colors in the outfit. If she wanted to be a bit more bold she could have chosen red, yellow or even green in a similar brightness as all of these colors are within that pattern as well. The next technique I want to highlight is monochrome dressing. So monochrome dressing is choosing various shades, tints and tones of the same color. As I personally wear a lot of blue in my wardrobe I often love pairing different shades of blue within one outfit. I don't actually have blue shoes but I usually just add in any shoe with blue pieces. Monochrome can obviously also be achieved with neutral colors as well and there are so many options with monochrome. I love pairing black and gray together for my neutral outfits. I think that's a really nice classy look. A lot of my everyday outfits involve simply pairing neutrals with a colorful piece. This can be done in a really subtle way like my outfits here on screen now or this can be done in a more bold way where you have an entirely neutral outfit with bold pops of color popping up often in accessories. Honestly pairing a colorful piece with a neutral piece makes up the bulk of my wardrobe as I don't tend to wear like a lot of really bright bold colors anyway. I find that pairing a color with a neutral is just a really simple and easy technique to use and almost always works. So if you like that it's a really easy technique to keep things simple and cohesive in your wardrobe as well. I want to take a moment to talk about some different tones. I have a tendency to lean towards more earthy tones as you can see. My wardrobe is full of colors that kind of feel like they come straight from nature and I've curated my wardrobe like this on purpose because I know that those colors look good on me and that I love wearing those colors and I love matching those colors together. Another common pairing is pastel tones and if you enjoy wearing pastel tones if you think that they look really good on your complexion then working out how to pair them together by using the color wheel could be a really helpful idea to help put those cohesive outfits together in your wardrobe. The color wheel might also help you figure out what pastel pieces may be missing from your wardrobe. For example playing around with the color wheel and creating collages on Pinterest could for instance show you that pastel green trousers would make a really great addition to your wardrobe and would then allow you to pair five of your current pastel tops in a completely new way with those pastel trousers. Once you know what colors match well together understanding a few color dressing rules could be helpful as well. So I talk about the three color rule and the sandwich dressing color rule in my video that's up on the screen now and in my next video I'm also going to be sharing my go-to color combinations that I currently love to wear so do subscribe and look out for that one and I'll see you in the next one. Bye! I hope I'm not out of focus I can't see