Tips: Let's Color Our Days!!

Hi all my lovelies,

I'm truly excited to share this post with all of you.  As seen from the title, this post will talk all about colors. 

Since last year, color blocking regains its popularity in the fashion industry. It basically means when an overall outfit is composed by finite blocks of color. I found it's a bit tricky at first, as I don't want to look overdone and unflattering on me. But I know there will always be a secret to tackle it. Since it is about color, surely we must know about the color itself. And yes, that's the secret... the knowledge of color scheme theory. You might find a lot information about color scheme over the internet. This theory is really a big help for you when deciding which color gonna goes together. 

That's why I want to summarize it for you. So let's just get start with this basic color wheel!!!

There are three primary colors: Red-Blue-Yellow. 

Combining blue-yellow, yellow-red, or red-blue could be two tones alternative    

Cool colors are those colors between violet & yellow-green

Warm colors are those colors between yellow & red-violet 

My favorite one is complementary colors, which basically using two colors directly across/at the opposite side.

example: Yellow (primary color) - Violet (secondary color); 

                       Yellow-green (tertiary color) - Red-violet (tertiary color)

Analogous colors are three colors in the same/ similar category. You could simply just pick three touching hues.

Example 1: Blue-green; Blue; Blue-violet are three hues from Blue category

Example 2: Yellow-green; Yellow; Yellow-orange are three hues from Yellow category    

Example 3: Red-orange; Red,; Red-violet are three hues from Red category    

Picking triadic colors is a three tones option. Triadic colors are basically three evenly spaced colors. At above illustration, I use a triangle shape to pick those three colors. Actually it turns out that all three primary colors will go together (blue,yellow,red), as well as the secondary colors (green,orange,violet). To make it not over color blocked, you could choose one of them as the main color and the other two simply as the accent colors.

A skinny Y shape colors, named it as split-complementary colors. Just as you could see, you just pick three colors where Y letter pointed. Similar to triadic colors, I normally use one color as the basic and the other two for complements. For example, I choose yellow shirt (primary color) as the base and blue-violet or red-violet (tertiary colors) for the accessories. 

Even though you love this trend, sometimes it doesn't always suitable for your lifestyle in real. Some of you might have a job in the place where you only could wear neutral colors. But don't worry, here is the solution! You still could experiment with colorful accents, such as color blocked handbags, shoes, jewelries, scarves, or other accessories. You might find tons of this trend in the retail stores. 

Lately, I wear a lot more colorful clothes, shoes, handbags, accessories, and nail polish. I especially adore pastels and neon colors, which are really big trend for this spring and summer. I realize that colors could be my mood booster, especially in the early morning before go to work. By seeing all the colors, it simply brighten my days. 

I suggest you all should try this trend out! I also hope above explanation could assist you all to be more confident to play with colors. So, let's add some pop of color throughout our days!!! Don't forget also to share your impression in the comment below!! xoxo...

Amour,