Color Palettes Lloyd Boston recommends a concept he terms “identify your life palette”, that is, basing your wardrobe on the colors you just naturally love. If you aren’t certain about yours, you may find inspiration at wear palettes, a blog with a stunningly simple premise: taking The Sartorialist’s photos and extrapolating the color palettes. I …
When discussing color “temperature”, are we all talking about the same thing? There are, in practice, two different ways of understanding color temperature; that is, warm versus cool colors. I will attempt to oversimplify the explanation and uses of each. Psychological Color Temperature This is what you may have learned in elementary school: red and …
Two fabulous uses for complementary colors: 1) Substitution. For example, instead of shopping for a blazer (or sweater or coat) the color of your hair, as I often suggest, try the complement (the color opposite on a color wheel). Keeping the same color value (light or dark) moderates the level of contrast. Dark brown = …
