Happy 4th of July to my gorgeous USA readers and Bastille Day to my French ones. To celebrate in style I thought I’d do it in red, white and blue. Why has this become such a classic color scheme? It relates back to the color wheel – it’s 2/3 of a triad, which we find is a very pleasing, plus 1 neutral.
colour schemes using the color wheel
As you can see from this color wheel – when you draw an equidistant triangle on it, red and blue are two points of that triangle. Some of the other triadic based schemes that work really well are:
- Blue, Yellow and Chocolate
- Green, Violet and Grey
- Violet, Orange and Chocolate
- Magenta, Turquoise and Charcoal
Have a play with the color wheel and see what schemes you can come up with. Remember, when you’re putting outfits together you don’t want equal parts of each colour, instead you can work around a formula that is closer to: 60% – 30% – 10%.
So wherever you live, this perennially classic scheme works for both smart and casual wear, just remember to avoid equal proportions for the most stylish look. What are your favorite triad based color schemes?
