I love patterns, but when looking for a specific color in an item of clothing it is really hard to know when there is enough of the ‘right’ color to balance out the ‘wrong’ colour. Can you point me in the right direction? – thank you!
Jessie
Here in this picture I’ve found some two prints that are harmonious, all the color contained have similar color properties, so you can see that they blend with the color swatches that they relate to.
Sadly, the third picture on the right is a print with a mix of both warm and cool colours (though all are on the brighter end of the spectrum).
The orange, warm green and brown work well with the swatch on the right, but the circles of cool green on the bust and hips are not in harmony.
There is a rule that as long as the ‘wrong’ color is less than 20% of the pattern don’t worry about it, but you also have to consider where it is on the garment and how dominating it appears. Overall the garment is warm, as the background of orange is warm. But, these green circles are large and dominant, and they are on the bust and the hips, and so draw attention to those areas of the body. Should you feel that this is not where you want attention, I would avoid this garment.
Here is a skirt with elements of both cool and warm, but cool is the dominant, and it fits well with this Refined palette. As the peach elements of the skirt are more subtle and 20% of the pattern (so 80% of the pattern is cool) then it could easily be worn by a person who has this kind of cool colouring.
