Improve your Outfits by Learning Color Theory Basics! | The Color Series
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
- Understanding the basic principles of color theory will be a game changer for your wardrobe!
There's a good chance you have things in your closet RIGHT NOW that you don't wear because you think they don't go with anything else that you own. What if you could see beyond the obvious and use color theory basics to try to find pairings new for that item?
In this video I walk you through a 'Color Theory 101' lesson, so you can start thinking about ways to get use color to get the most out of your wardrobe. You'll learn:
-How the color wheel is arranged, and why it's helpful to own one;
-How to manipulate colors to obtain different tints, tones, and shades;
-How to create a successful color palette for an outfit using the color schemes.
Give this video a THUMBS UP if you find it helpful and let me know in the comments what your go-to color scheme is!
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.-.-Contents of this video -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
0:00 - Intro
1:02 - Primary Colors
1:50 - Secondary Colors
3:11 - Tertiary Colors
3:51 - Colors vs Hues
4:32 - Tints
5:18 - Shades
6:09 - Tones
7:14 - Color Perception
8:17 - Warm vs Cool Colors
8:36 - Contrast vs Harmony
9:45 - Monochromatic Color Schemes
10:22 - Complementary Color Schemes
11:31 - Analogous Color Schemes
12:37 - Analogous-Complementary Color Schemes
13:28 - Triadic Color Schemes
14:44 - Split-Complementary Color Schemes
15:24 - Food for Thought on Color
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What other color questions do you have, and what videos are you looking forward to the most in this new series? 🌈
This was by far the most informative video I’ve seen on UA-cam on this topic! You never cease to amaze with the details! What I would love to know next is, even when following one of these color schemes, how one would decide which colors to modify and how much in order for the shades to harmonize like you did in your examples? Is there a theory or do you just go by feel? Thanks again for the amazing quality of content!
I'm looking forward to the video about skintones! I find that it is quite a challenge to understand which is yours and then quite frustrating when you noticed that most of your clothes doesn't fit it...
I know you've done something similar already, but I'd like to see additional examples of taking a core of neutral pieces and adding "accent" colors that are most flattering, according to one's "season". For example, a core closet of black, white, gray, navy, and beige, with the addition of "cool" colors, and then the same core pieces, augmented by adding "warm" colors. It doesn't have to be "real" clothing items on you, I think layout mages would suffice as inspiration.
Do you follow the colour seasons? Like are you a winter or autumn etc? If so, it’d be interesting to hear more about it.
@@mnoeliarc I recently took the quick and it says I'm an Autumn, but I don't love all of the colors. I have to look into it a little more.
This is so helpful and in depth, I was not expecting to learn so much! I’ve been on my color journey for a couple years and this is really the next level up for me, thank you!!
The color in your capsules is what attracted me to your videos in the first place!
When I first started capsule dressing I was nervous I would only be able to fit monochromatic pieces and neutrals. Learning this made a huge difference!
This was so interesting and made me look at my closet in a different, more analytical way. It turns out that I avoid almost all tints (apart from blue jeans) and go for shades almost all the time. I also don't own anything blue or organge that are on the opposite sides of color wheel. I can't wait for a video about temepature of colors! I am very cool-toned, pale skin, grey eyes, brown hair, but I suprisingly don't feel well in pure cool colors that I'm supposed to be thiving in. In these clothes I tend to feel unapproachable and distant, so maybe I unconsiusly try to "warm up" and make myself look more inviting and firendly? This is acualy super interesting subject, what impression we are giving with our clothing.
Yeah! It's so true that colors have psychological effects, regardless of whether they are the best colors for us or not! I did a whole video last year on the theory of enclothed cognition, the psychological effects that clothes have on our behaviour. The research was fascinating! I should see if I can do a part two with color.
I'm coming to this late, but I wanted to comment because this is by far my favourite video so far on colour, and I've watched quite a few. It's so beautifully and clearly explained.
I've always been able to distinguish between warm and cool undertones - just as well, because despite dark brown eyes and golden brown hair, I actually have cool, pale skin and only look good in cool colours. So I have ignored a lot of makeup ladies over the years!
But this video is helping me to understand a lot of other aspects of colour, and has made me realise that a lot of the colours which I instinctively avoided are too muted for my skin. It also reassured me that I'm not going mad in thinking that grey can have a yellow undertone.
I shall watch this many times. Thank you.
🙋 Well done 👍 and educational 🙂 Thank you 💕
Check out the color analysis video if you haven't already! It build on this one
Thank you! You have open a whole new way to see colors and clothes.
As a designer who Works with colors, I can say this is an amazing vídeo. Congrats!
Thank you!! 🥰🥰
Super super helpful please keep making these!
I have a few more coming up!
Color makes me sing! I think I love fashion because it gives me the chance to get color in my life. This was great! I learned a lot👍🏽🌹
I'm glad you enjoyed the video Marion!
Great video ! I learned a lot ! Looking forward to the one with warm and cold colors ☺️ keep going ! 🌷
super informative, thank you! this has given me all sorts of ideas for my wardrobe and for decorating my house
You covered a lot in this video! As a graphic designer and someone with a pale olive complexion, I have been very aware of the effects of color in my wardrobe. Aging threw me curve as I have lost color in my face and my hair has gone silver. Black and white are too harsh on their own now and I wear more pure grays and even some lighter tints that I used to avoid. This is a complex subject. Good luck with the videos. I look forward to watching them!
You're right, it IS a complex subject, especially for olive skin tones. It sounds like you figured out what works for you very well though!
Thanks for watching, Ann! I look forward to your comments and perspective on the other Color Series videos!
Excellent explanation on colour.
🤩 looking forward to the rest of the series
Such an in depth video very helpful!!
New to trying to figure out my season and loving this videos - so helpful and well done.
Love it!
loved this!!! looking forward to your video about warm / cool colours! 👍
Thanks for eyes opening about colours that we're living with it and wearing them but did not realized how they were created and what were its effects to wear it.
It makes a HUGE (and I mean HUGE) difference when you wear your right colors!
Love this video and the color you bring into the capsule wardrobe!
Thank you so much! Happy to have you!
Excellent video.: you were so clear and simplified it :)
Glad it helped! Check out the Color Analysis video if you haven't already, perfect complement to this one: ua-cam.com/video/jLYpbkHT5wA/v-deo.html
This is such an amazing video! Thank you so much!!
It was really my pleasure! Such a fun video to make!
Fab video... thank you 👍🏻💕☘️
I'm glad you liked it! 🙌🏼
Very informative. Thanks for the information.
Thank you for the comment! ❤️
Enjoyed the information in this video.
I'm so glad!
Excellent video, new subscriber here from sunny Australia 😊 You broke this subject down so well. Really looking forward to your next in this series. Well done!
Hi Kate! Welcome! So happy to have you!
@@vazq_Fernanda 😊
This is, this is great! I need to study this video, LOL.
Color can be tricky! That's why we need a whole series on it. I learn new things about color all the time!
Thank you for the great content! 😍
So glad you like it!
This was so helpful and interesting! You’re great at breaking down big topics into easy-to-understand (and interesting/enjoyable) concepts!
I’ve begun shopping for “colors” (etc 😉) that match my undertone (cool, muted colors with some emerald greens [my favorite] and pure or cool red - based on a professional color analysis). Muted, cool colors weren’t ones I’ve naturally been drawn to, but now that I’ve started looking more critically at what I had and buying a few things in those colors, I do love/prefer how they on me.
One challenge of that has been finding the “colors” I’m looking for (especially ones that aren’t “trendy” right now). I’ve started with scarves since they’re right by my face and can help other, less-flattering-colored pieces I own suit me better (and I don’t want to just buy a ton of new things).
By far, the best selection of colors I’ve found was actually at a bridal/formal-wear store. I was thrilled (and surprised) by the beautiful colors I found, but the scarves are a little harder to wear/less interesting, since most were just intended as optional accessories for a dress and are solid colors in more formal (and sometimes stiffer - or excessively drapey) fabrics and shapes.
Do you have any tips/easy hacks for how I could make those more wearable with everyday clothes?
[World’s longest question! Thank you for your great videos!]
Hi Ashley! I love long questions with a lot of context! Yes - wearing scarves around your neck is great for color, and the drapey ones you can style them a bunch of different ways using belts to make them more of a layer. Have you looked into how to style blanket scarves? I feel like that may give you some new ideas. If they are thin and short silk or chiffon scarves, you can also wear them as headbands. What material are they? That will help me give you some better options.
Also, I would be curious to know what service you used for the professional color analysis!
Very informative ! I didn’t think of using tints of complimentary colors to create combinations 🤔
Two complementary shades would make for a pastel look - good for Spring or Easter! I would add something with a little more intensity for contrast, but I bet a complementary neck scarf or something like that would look nice with a pastel sweater.
Me encantó el video! Super informativo! Siento que es un video que vale la pena volver a ver cuando quiera crear nuevos outfits con mi ropa. Muchas gracias!
No hay de qué! Me da mucho gusto que te haya gustado! Cualquier pregunta, me avisas :)
Very informative! Especially 12:03 👍
I need a color “wheel” of the tints, shades and tones of my favorite colors :/
Looking forward to the rest in the series!
Ahh that would be nice! I know some color analysis services give you that as part of their package - it can be very helpful!
@@vazq_Fernanda if I knew how to photoshop or however you came up with the illustrations, I wouldn’t have to but I am ignorant about the design world 🙈😥
Yes! I shop this way. Great video.
Thanks Tracy! Have you ever gotten a color analysis done, or do you just instinctively know which colors work for you?
@@vazq_Fernanda yes, colors done. So worth it!
Yes, I only buy clothes in colors that flatter my skintone, and then vary the shades/tints/hues with the seasons. My "best" colors are red and blue (and their combinations) so I choose brighter versions of them for summer and spring (strawberry, cherry, rose, royal blue, chambray, Rosa Mexicano, French blue, cherry blossom pink) and darker ones for autumn and winter (burgundy, plum, indigo, eggplant, blueberry, mulberry, dusty rose, navy blue, deep teal). Colors like yellow mustard, tomato red, acid green, and pumpkin orange make me look sallow.
I have the same problem, but I'm pretty sure I have a neutral undertone, or maybe even warm. You mentioned you are cool toned? It makes me wonder if we are both olive instead? Obviously I don't know what you look like, but it's interesting to me that the same colors don't work for us and we think we have different skin tones.
@@vazq_Fernanda You may very well be neutral and have an olive undertone! Do you know Audrey Coyne, here on You Tube? She has about the same coloring as you, and she explained how she finally figured out she's light-skinned-but-olive, like actor Audrey Tautou, and neutral, not warm as she used to think. I'm a tiny bit more tan, like Penelope Cruz. The colors that flatter me are "cool" tones because the "blue" is more prominent in my blue + yellow = olive green" undertone, despite appearing warm at first glance. (EDITED to add: I found Audrey Coyne's video, I think you'll find your answer here! ua-cam.com/video/uEYWhFYTEcE/v-deo.html)
I find I can wear some colours in the summer that I can't in the winter. Living in Western Australia our summers are scorching hot and despite protection I tan quickly. In winter I am very pale by seasons end. I use different make-up (foundation) in summer and winter too for same reason.
@@katem3961 My color doesn't change that much anymore because I've been staying out of the sun for the last 15 years, but I 100% understand your predicament. I used to have "color adjusting drops" to make my regular foundation lighter or darker as the seasons changed. ELF, Revolution Pro, Nip + Fab, Smashbox, LA Girl, NYX, Physicians Formula, ULTA...all of them have a similar product. It might be more convenient for you to try one of those rather than having so many bottles of foundations in different shades, which is how it was for me before I discovered the "adjusting fluids". (And yes, when I used to tan, the yellow/warmth in my skin would intensify and I could not wear colors that suited me the rest of the year, like emerald green, royal blue, teal, dark camel, charcoal gray...)
@@irairod5160 Thank you so much for the recommendations, I will definitely source them. I minimise my sun exposure as much as possible as Australia has a very high incidence of skin cancer. However, by summers end the change is obvious.
Feenanda, I love your makeup in this video. It’s very fresh, clean. and light looking. Please make a tutorial of your makeup routine.
I have a 'tutorial' (if you can call it that) already! The only difference is that I did a thin line of brown liquid eyeliner on my lid, and I'm using Cle de Peau undereye concealer. It's expesive-but-oh-so-worth-it.com. You can watch the video here: ua-cam.com/video/8Bs0MqXzKjw/v-deo.html
Have you ever heard of “dressing your truth” by carol tuttle would you try it and explain it to us and review it please I tried to understand it but couldn’t
I have not, but I'll look into it right now!
Yes it has some interesting things but I find it complex
Totally confusing....but I can't help thinking that I am missing out on something!!!!
Great video! I would now love to know how to find the best color for your skin tone/haircolor. Maybe you can do a video on that as well?
That's the plan! I'm trying to find a skin undertone test that isn't the usual vein or jewelry test, because those I find are often inconclusive for women of color 🤦🏻♀️
Really enjoyed your teaching method...I learned so much! And when I shop, I avoid color. Scared of it. But I am confident if I watch your series, I will loose my color/shade/tone/hue phobia 😎 "I will quit wearing Black when they create a darker color". In this content, I think I just learned black isn't a color at all. It is a shade. Is that right teacher? Grade school I was taught black is the absence of color, but they stopped at that quote and didn't go into shade/tone/hue. ALL NEW! Yippee.
What it really is is that black is the absence of light, so you're on the right track! I think it's good to keep in mind that when it comes to color, we don't have to use all the colors together at once, but finding one that works really well for you is a great place to start. I've heard some stylists use the term 'power color' and it's the color that really makes you pop. Having said that, it very well could be a navy or a deep burgundy - it does not have to be bright if that's not your style!
This is interesting, it takes me back to college where colour theory was briefly (and actually quite badly) mentioned. I was actually asked to come in front of the class so they could “test” me and see which colours looked best on me but it was done so clumsy that I didn’t really believe it. Like they literally decided that the colour of the jacket I was wearing was the correct colour for my skin tone and I was really wonder if they happen to “fall” on that colour just because they’ve seen me in that colour already and realised that it kinda suited me. 🙄 anyway, it would be very interesting to see if this helps me with colour choices. I really do hate several colours and I avoid too bright colours because I feel like they make me stand out (ex. I get called out on something because I’m wearing a brighter colour jacket or something and I know that because they use the colour of the jacket to call me out, like “why don’t we let the girl in the bright red jacket answer the question”) I absolutely hate that. I also find that white, black and grey don’t work for me as main colours. I’m really struggling with clothing and choosing what would work for me and what I feel happy with and maybe in time I might also feel good in them, who knows (like I said, not a great relationship with clothes 😅) I would actually love to talk to you about my wardrobe since I definitely need some advice (my sister has a very different style from me and she can’t see things from my perspective, my mom’s relationship with clothes is even way worse than mine and my grandmother just hoards weird clothing pieces in bright colours. Unfortunately I don’t have many (or even any at all) friends who are open to giving clothing advice.) So thank you so much for all these videos. Also I apologise if there are any mistakes. I’m not a native English speaker 😅🌸💕
No need to apologize, English is not my first language either! Do you have a public Instagram account or Pinterest board that I could look at? I'm curious to see what your current style is vs. your ideal wardrobe! Send me an email if you're up for it!
@@vazq_Fernanda oh, wow. I didn’t actually expect you to reply and offer to look at my style. I’ll see what I can find to show you since I don’t actually like having my picture taken so I’m not sure how much I can show you 😓
@@anarischia Whatever you are comfortable with! I wrote you back, let me know if you didn't get it
Fernanda. I really like your videos. They are arellau helpfull. I've got a question for you. Would it possible to have spanish subtitels on your videos?
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I am really learning something here, I did not realise that is how tints and shades worked, I thought they were all different colours ... whoopsie
Hahaha we all learn something new every day! It's so nice to see you over here from IG.
I wear almost all cool colors but miss a kyaki or camel as a bottom. Not a big problem and I'm hunting for the perfect taupe instead.
How do you know your skin undertone?
Your "violet" comment made me smile. When I moved to the USA, I would use the word "violet", and people would smirk and say, "oooooh, she's fancy, she doesn't wear purple, she wears violet". Little did they know that the word "violeta" is very commonplace in Spanish, whereas "purpura" (which sounds a lot more like "purple") is a very specific shade (that of some clergy robes, especially bishops), and also a skin condition. After some time, every time they uttered a silly comment about my use of "violet", I would turn around and say, "show me the colors of the rainbow. Where is purple? No? Nada? Oooooh, what's here at the end? That's right. V I I I O O O L E T.
Ha! That's interesting cause in Mexico, we use the word 'morado' for purple. Violeta and purpura are also not super common. Where are you from originally?
@@vazq_Fernanda I'm from one of the islands in the "Spanish Caribbean"...my apologies for not wanting to be more specific online. Yes, we "know" morado, but that would never be our "default" name for purple.
And "morado" is a fancy way of saying "red" or "colorado" in Argentinian Spanish.
What software are you using?
Is it not canvas?
@elizabeth davis Yes, it's Canva! It's free to use and you can purchase upgrades if you need. I have a yearly membership.
Oh my goodness! I see you have fans declaring undying love for you! That must feel strange, coming from people you don't know...
LOL! I never know what to do with those!
where does brown fit it?
It's a shade of orange/red!
OMG i'm european and I didn't know that mexicans use to say "mexican pink", it's so cute !
We say 'Rosa Mexicano'! There is a high-end Mexican restaurant chain here in the U.S. with that name as well. The logo, not surprisingly, is magenta.
@@vazq_Fernanda oh I'm sorry I didn't get it !
@@Yougaljuboja Nothing to apologize about! I just thought it was a fun fact!
@@vazq_Fernanda it is, thank you ! ^^ Due to my lack of skills in english, I thought I made a mistake by calling rosa mexicano, "mexican pink", and that your comment were meant to correct it, but the story is actually amazing ! I love when companies are trying very hard to find an interesting name, with a traditional background. Now I'm desperately searching articles about Ramón Valdiosera :-)
Your english looks perfect! English is not my first language either and I make mistakes all the time... 🤦🏻♀️ It's a pretty good restaurant! I hope you get to try it sometime. I think calling a different restaurant, or even a clothing brand "Mexican Pink" would be a funny nod to the culture.
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You are an excellent teacher except for talking a little fast- muy rapido!
I'm working on talking even slower!
I have to wear bright colours. White doesn’t suit me at all. I’d love to find a shade of white or cream that would work for me but they all wash me out and I look sick. However I do get to wear all the beautiful jewel toned blues, greens and purples. I love blue and green together. My mum always used to say “blue and green should never be seen” but, when mixed well they look fantastic. My wardrobe is all black and navy and bright colours. I can’t fight my cool undertones.
I hear what you say about feeling that white makes you look sick! I feel that is true too for my skin, but strangely only during some seasons. What did she mean by 'blue and green should never be seen'? She meant one should never wear them?
My understanding of that saying is they shouldn't be worn together, in same outfit. It's a very old saying my Mum used to say it too and she is in her late 80s.
@@katem3961 I can see how certain real vibrant hues would clash, but I think the right colors could look very beautiful! Especially like a navy knit with perhaps a green leather jacket I think could look great! I can picture something like that for the fall.
@@katem3961 there are others! Like black with navy, pink with red! 😁
@@vazq_Fernanda couldn't agree more, I wear blue and green 😊