Creating a Personal Color Palette for Your Wardrobe Mechellet Armelin | MechelletArmelin.com
Color plays a crucial role in every properly designed closet. Adding fresh pops of color is one of the best ways to turn a plain wardrobe into something spectacular and memorable. KNOW YOURSELF When choosing a color palette for your wardrobe, the first thing you must do is ask yourself a few basic questions. What colors appeal to you the most? Are there specific colors already dominant within your wardrobe? And finally, what colors go best with your natural palette? (See below) BASE VS. ACCENT COLORS The base colors are the first colors one will choose for their wardrobe – foundational parts of your wardrobe. Base colors tend to lean towards a darker or more neutral color, but with intention. Once the base color has been established, it’s time to deal with the accent colors- a bright pop of color. COLOR THEORY There are three different methods for choosing; complementary colors, analogous colors, and monochromatic.
Complementary colors are colors that are on the opposite side of the color wheel. Examples would be any holiday color scheme: red and green, blue (black) & orange,.
Analogous colors sit next to one another on the color wheel. Multiple shades of purple and blue would be an analogous color palette.
Monochromatic consists of one dominant color. People typically picture black when considering a monochromatic color palette, but it can be any color of the rainbow.
SIMPLER OPTIONS
Pick a favorite color and play with colors that complement it and leave it at that or choose from a list of more universal colors. Universal colors include black, white, navy, taupe/beige, red, periwinkle, pastel pink, teal, and turquoise. WORKING WITH YOUR NATURAL COLOR PALETTE One of the most sophisticated ways to choose a color palette is by understanding the existing color palette – the undertones already available in your skin tone and hair. For cool undertones, try red, pink, yellow, purple, teal, and blue. For those with warmer undertones, consider using bronze, yellows, hunter green, and peachy shades of red.