Many girls are afraid to buy clothes of bright colors for their wardrobe. Mostly because they don’t know how to correctly combine these colors, and believe that they will look ridiculous in them. Therefore, they usually choose things in calm tones. Although in many cases, bright colors would suit them incomparably better than quiet and neutral. In the article we will talk about how best to combine light, joyful shades in clothes. In addition, such color combinations are useful for designers.
The importance of the right combination
Since the secret to creating a bright and harmonious image is not in the selection of well-known brands, but in the manifestation of a delicate taste, it is important to be able to correctly combine colors, especially since they are the first thing that people around you see. Bright accessories and details of clothes are quite capable of raising the mood during the gloomy autumn-winter period, as well as reflecting the internal state in spring and summer, when everything starts to bloom and smell fragrant. If the colors are not chosen correctly, it is immediately noticeable and causes a feeling of disharmony.
Basic Rules
Let's go through the basic rules for combining bright colors. Firstly, they should be combined with neutral ones, this will almost always be a good choice, except for combination with black color. Formally, it is also considered neutral. But when you use both it and bright screaming tones, the image can turn out to be defiant and catchy. However, if your goal is to stand out from the crowd quite radically, then such a combination can suit you very well.
You can do it more elegantly: do not make black the main color in the composition, but combine it with a bright and neutral color, for example, white, beige, gray, navy blue or brown. By the way, the color that goes well with everyone else is considered neutral. Such tones are not taken into account when using the rule of three colors when creating the image, implying a limitation on the number of primary colors in the wardrobe, so they allow you to dilute it with various shades without violating the integrity of the image.
A particularly fresh and spectacular appearance is obtained by combining one bright shade and several neutral ones. Gray and beige, for example, blend perfectly with delicate pastel colors. For example, with pink, lilac, light yellow. There is no risk that you will look like a cream cake. The same goes for the combination of these base colors and neon.
In addition, neutral colors have the advantageous ability to make too bright images more restrained. For example, a gray cardigan can well adjust your appearance if other items of clothing are provocative in combination.
Color wheel rule
The second rule of color combination suggests that you need to combine colors that are on the diametrically opposite sides of the color wheel. Such shades are called complimentary. They complement each other very well. In the image, they will look perfect if you dilute clothes of the same color with a small accessory of a complementary color.
The third principle involves a combination of various shades of the same color. This is almost always a good solution, but the main thing is not to overdo it.
The fourth rule allows you to combine colors that are close to each other in the color spectrum. For example, blue and bright red are part of violet. Therefore, their combination looks spectacular and beautiful.
And still it is worth remembering a wonderful example, on which you can learn successful combinations of colors - natural natural landscapes. They sometimes have very bright shades, and you can hardly see how they tastelessly combine with other tones in the landscape.
Bright shades list
Here you can mention all the saturated shades of the color wheel:
- the main ones are red, yellow, blue;
- additional - blue, purple, green, orange, pink and many others.
Each of them is best combined with certain shades.
Combinations with bright red
Red color is the most saturated and strongly expressed in the whole color spectrum, therefore it has a powerful psychic effect on us. As you know, it has an exciting effect on the psyche. Therefore, a woman dressed in all red will certainly attract everyone's attention, but seem overly defiant. To make this shade more calm and muted will help soft blue.
The concentration of this color in the ensemble depends on how much you want to “calm” bright red. The beige color also performs the same function - a good combination will also come out with it. It does not become cold, but makes red more comfortable and calm. In addition, you can combine blue, bright red and blue, balancing this with the white elements of the wardrobe.
It is worth remembering that the bright red color well emphasizes all the flaws of the figure. Therefore, with elements of clothing of this shade should be careful. Perhaps it is not too suitable for everyday wear, unless you are 100% confident in yourself. But in the smallest quantities, it is perfect to start experimenting with combinations of bright colors in the wardrobe, as well as, possibly, in the interior.
Scarlet Combination
In addition, you can choose alternative shades of red, for example, scarlet color. This is a rich shade, but at the same time more calm. It goes well with the same rich shade of blue, because both of them are strong and energetic, and their combination only enhances a similar effect. In addition, the scarlet color looks good next to cool white. Due to the latter, he becomes richer and nobler.
You can also combine all these three shades and add brown accessories to get a very effective and “tasty” combination.
Hot Pink Combinations
By the way, scarlet, according to the modern canons of fashion, goes well with pink, but with its light and delicate shades - earlier this was considered a sign of a lack of taste.
But the combination with bright pink color makes the image both defiant and delicate. Milky shades of white will add lightness to the wardrobe, and plaster white will make it bold and bold, especially if you combine it with fuchsia.
Gray color can muffle hot pink and thereby balance the flashy image, since it is neutral. The gray-brown powdery shade looks especially good.
A denim tone also accentuates the beauty of bright pink. He, as well as black, can be a good option for an evening ensemble.
Combinations with bright yellow
Yellow is perhaps the most cheerful color of all. It is usually associated with the sun, summer, and warmth. Therefore, in our culture, it causes only pleasant sensations. But it also needs to be able to combine with other shades. One of the classic options: yellow and white. Such an ensemble is very suitable for a summer look.
Also goes well with bright yellow black. The image as a result is strong, but sometimes too strict. It looks especially impressive when the entire wardrobe is black, and one single accessory stands out with cheerful yellow, or vice versa. You can also combine it with black and white.
If the yellow color is softened, then it can be safely combined with gray. Very well, this outfit looks casual.
In addition, the combination of bright yellow with blue, turquoise and violet looks bright in summer. The easiest option is to wear blue jeans and add a bright yellow blouse or shirt to them. This will create a spectacular image.
Combinations with bright green
Green color, one of the most natural in all its shades, is well combined with almost all shades, if you select and observe the correct proportion. Bright green is the color of young greenery and spring, which goes well with other natural colors, for example, with pink, white and yellow. Details of clothes of such shades diversify the base green and give it a slight charm. The combination of yellow and green is very optimistic and joyful. With white, it looks more classic and calm, and pink brings a charm to green shades.
Bright green and brown look exactly the same. Such an image will look very natural and calm, so it is well suited for everyday outfits.
What else to remember
In addition to the basic rules for combining colors, it is worth knowing how to best combine multicolored accessories and wardrobe elements of beautiful bright colors. So, the shade of the shoe should be the same as the main shade of the image, but the accessories should be in the complementary color. In addition, you can visually make the legs longer if you choose shoes to match the color of trousers, stockings or tights.
Shoes, which in their shade are much lighter than the main color of the image, inevitably attracts attention to themselves much more than the person himself. This can be avoided. It is recommended to wear shoes one or two shades darker than the dominant color. And if your image is built on light or even pastel colors, you should not wear black shoes or shoes. It is much more reasonable to choose shoes of metallic shades - bronze or copper.
If the wardrobe for the most part consists of clothes of cold colors, then you can buy shoes in silver , and if, on the contrary, from warm ones, then golden. Such an image will look harmonious and elegant even with bright colors.
To summarize a short summary. Do not be afraid to experiment with appearance. To any appearance, you can pick up your perfect combination of bright colors. You can successfully combine each of the saturated shades with tones that suit it, creating an interesting and original image and thus emphasizing your personality. A riot of colors can and should be brought into your life, and in the conditions of our country, at least at the level of clothing.