I'm a painter so I am VERY familiar with the color wheel -- what you're describing is a split complementary/analogous palette. Complements are by no means the only way to build a cohesive palette; in fact they work best for adding a "pop" or unexpected element to the piece. Pure, saturated complements tend to make people's eyes hurt. Complements make each other look brighter, which isn't necessarily everyone's goal in making an outfit. Just like the goal of music isn't necessarily to be AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE AT EVERY MOMENT!!! Blue, green, cool gray, and charcoal seem to dominate in your personal palette -- these are all near each other on the color wheel. Then you throw in some nice cool red, green's complement, as a little spice. "A Color Notation" by Albert Henry Munsell describes a sphere, not a wheel, with hue, value, and saturation on the x,y, and z axes. Playing with colors in the same family of hues and varying the value and saturation is a perfectly good way to build a palette -- you don't HAVE to go for the most jarring complements possible if that isn't your style.
In "artist talk" the stuff you're talking about in this video falls under the principle of design called "Unity and Variety." There is unity in the palette because the analogous/complementary colors have an inherent relationship to each other, but there's also variety in the values and saturation of each color. You are also describing rhythm and repetition, which again, I liken to music -- you might repeat the melody of a verse while offering something unexpected in the lyrics, a balance between giving the listener what they expect and surprising them. I think your issue with the "matchy matchy" outfits is that the red of the jacket is the EXACT SAME red as the shoes; it's repetition without variation. That's definitely a bold style that some people might prefer, but it's only one way to build an outfit. You might be more open to adding, say, a hat in a deeper brown-red color; this would HINT at the red in your shoes without exactly repeating it. It harmonizes without playing the exact same note.
Lastly, of course, it should be noted that the colors of YOU are included in the outfit. Your skin and hair are part of the composition. You could get into seasonal color analysis if you want, or you could just remember that someone with a very desaturated, delicate, pale complexion and desaturated, light brown hair will look somewhat overshadowed by an outfit built on fully saturated, contrasting colors. If you learn the language and theory behind the color wheel -- not just what complements are -- then you are equipped to make your own decisions without following someone else's interpretation of the system. It's like learning how to read and write versus just memorizing someone else's words verbatim. Knowledge is freedom.
I think you misinterpret the colour wheel a little. Those are not ’rules’ and complementary colours are not the only way to build a palette or the only colours that ‘go well together’ - on the contrary, highly saturated complementary colours are clashy and bright - you can use this if that is the desired effect! If you want a harmonious or sophisticated look you shouldn’t though. Colours and contrast also interact with you as a person, outfits will look different on different people because some people are flattered by dark colours or high contrasts and some by the opposite. You can make a cohesive outfit and it will still look bad on some people.
I know you're joking but in the case of dbk and naruto, it actually fits because of the color pallete from the anime. So the fits seems cohesive because what their wearing technically fits into to their world
@@zionechon169naruto, specially adolescent naruto looks so fire when he's walking around naruto land with all the green trees, sandy-looking ground (despite it not beign sand lol) and blue skies. The anime actually takes a big aesthetical hit with the final battle taking place at night in a brown ground/crater, not even keeping the sandy ground. Imagine if the final battle took place at day time in a grass field like the one from drunk rock lee vs bone man fight or a large body of water, that is the type of place that naruto shines aesthetically
There's proportionally way more orange in the fits which is how you're "supposed to" do that. But these colors always make you look like a super hero or a sports fan
"Objective" color theory is for like.. painting and printing. When it comes to fashion - you can't really look at the outfit separate from the person wearing it. Your skin tone and hair are also going to be a part of the whole context for the look. This is where seasonal color analysis is really helpful, imo. Makes it easier to narrow down on what characteristics of colors flatters your particular undertone, intensity, etc.
@@Snoozler all of the things you mentioned ARE color theory, its just that the general understanding of color theory people have is very basic. As you say color theory isn’t supposed to be objective, but is a combined pool of knowledge based on psychology, biology and communication. Seasonal color analysis is based on color theory, it analyzes colors in relation to someone’s phenotype according to “flattering” standards defined by what our psychology and biology deems harmonious. Like balancing contrast and similarity. Or in other cases conveying emotion through color, or manipulating spatial perceptions of rooms.
@@helenaap2042 Yes, I'm very aware that it is still color-theory -- my point was just that it's more nuanced compared to the sort of basic color-theory discussed in the video (the color-wheel, complementary colors, etc). Like yea, blue and orange are complementary, and this information can be used in certain painting techniques to really enhance lighting contrast for example. But this doesn't eqally translate to just puting on a bright orange and blue outfit and think that's gonna look good. x)
I'm a painter and I think it's cute that artists always end up accidentally wearing the same colors from their paintings... I started noticing it in art school and it still comes up all the time. Personally, I dress kinda ugly most of the time. I'm saving my aesthetic choices for the studio. I wear a lot of pink, green, navy blue, and brown. But I have one red shirt that I like. Almost all of my winter clothes are green -- I guess I miss the leaves, haha.
Color has three components: saturation (how rich or vibrant a color is), hue(what a color is, ie blue vs orange), and value (how light or dark a color is). What the color palette captures is saturation and value, whereas the color wheel only takes hue into account. Playing with saturation and value can make most hues work together if you get it right.
Yeah! Its more of a color sphere, with a balance between contrast and similarity. That is what brings harmony His color pallets definitely comply with color theory, he just doesn’t know enough about color theory to explain them
Here is an example to making things that wouldn’t work actually work: Green and blue. If you choose full saturation and base value they don’t generally match. But if you add value to the blue and remove saturation to the green, the blue becomes darker and the green has more white in it which the brain picks up as contrasting because of the grayscale difference. While also the less saturated the color the harder it gets for the untrained brain to pinpoint the hue and most light desaturated colors blend, making it seem that the green is more analogous to blue.
@@helenaap2042 this is it!!! i have been so frustated because the use of the color wheel has proven to be insufficient for reaching the style i want to achieve and while i always had the feeling the anwer lied in values and saturation it still is a hard thing to get around in terms of buying clothes. the theory is not helpful if you cant translate in to reality, thats when the "color palette" comes into play as a more organized view of this whole thing and am gonna tried it
@@treiz. yeah, its like speaking a language. Its easier for people to understand pictures (color pallets) than written words (pantones, cmyk %, rgb %, levels, gama curves, etc). Pictures are very efficient translating information but have more room for interpretation. And words are more precise but have to be applied in the right context and be readable by whoever needs to read them.
@@helenaap2042this is great info! I tried the color wheel thing and if you just pull straight from it most of the saturated colors are so bright to where the outfit looks too loud and cartoonish. So you are saying that you can pull the value down so that one is closer to white or black to make it easier on the eye?
The green hoodie/blue jeans combo works bc 1. the green is very soft, not oversaturated so it doesn't feel like it's burning a hole in your eyes and 2. green/blue is actually a pretty common combo in nature (think grassy fields and blue skies) and we generally find it pleasing, so I actually would call it "objectively solved". Colour theory isn't just "muh opposite ends of the wheel"; saturation and brightness, and proportions of colours are just as important! I generally try to keep small "pops" of deeper colours in my outfits so they stand out against the softer colours that take up most of the visual real estate. This helps avoid looking like a highlighter pen, but like everything in fashion sometimes that's what you wanna go for! The palette advice is on point too
"Colour theory isn't just "muh opposite ends of the wheel"; saturation and brightness, and proportions of colours are just as important!" I mean, it's literally why his example of "CoLoR tHeoRy nOt wOrKiNg" with orange jacket and blue jeans doesn't work. All it does show is incorrectly applied CT
The color wheel is only 1/3rd of the story. It shows hue relationships, but doesn't touch on value (brightness) and chroma (saturation). Orange and blue can work together insanely well, if there is good contrast in both chroma and value between the two colors. Impression, Sunset by Monet is a perfect example of this color combination being beautiful. Color composition and proportions are also extremely important. Calling back to the Monet painting, notice how the vivid color of the sun only takes up a tiny amount of space on the canvas. This emphasises that color. Generally you want more of your duller colors and less of your more vivid ones to have a nice harmonic look.
i watched this video like a personal attack, cause i, in fact wear orange and love orange. I especially love the autumny, kind of earthy orange with dark blue pants. IT CAN WORK I PROMISE, you just didn't try the right orange, bro, really, you just gotta try a different orange, i'm serious, please-
Me deadass watched this video thinking of ways to wear orange more than just with its complement blue didn’t expect the personal attack 💀 But yeah I also found dark/burnt orange is easier to work with and it pairs better with black, beige or white than blue really and I usually go for navy blue than a saturated blue 🤷♂️
@@seniraranasinghe645I think they just meant that they aren't watching any more *colour theory* videos because they are satisfied and know enough to never look at mother one ever again. Hopefully...
The guy in the light blue and white when u were talking about being matchy matchy looked clean. Just having one color pop with other neutrals is what I strive for in my outfits (when I’m not feeling lazy and wearing only neutrals)
Ik a bit about color theory, and when it comes to fashion, the muted versions of analogous or complementary colors are always easier to style since when you go down in chroma, they work better put next to each other. Complementary colors are just the most contrasting hues when paired. And in fashion you can also play a lot with patterns and different textures to get some interesting contrast in your fit. These can very well stay within the same hue, value and chroma and still look interesting. And to make a complementary color pop, you don’t have to go 50/50 in each complementary color like ex. yellow and purple. A 70/30 split would usually be more appealing. The same goes for the chroma, a good amount of muted versions of a similar hue will complement the similar strong chroma hue peice that you want to style. And make it really pop. I recommend watching James Gurney’s “gamut masking” video to understand better. peace ✌️.
The most rewarding thing about about watching frug especially from the beginning of the channel is as you evolve on your fashion journey and learn/experiment with new concepts and theories, Christian drops a video about it and now you feel vindicated☺️
Bro! I’m from Hawai’i and I feel the exact same way! I tend to go neutral colors l, quicksilver shorts, baggy surfer style. Always going for shorts, even in winter. I feel uncomfortable in jeans to be honest, and when I’m in the house, I always take my footwear off, even socks. I spent my entire life in Hawai’i and that has shaped the way I see fashion.
3:32 I've had this thought, if your blue would look like what I call green you would still call it blue because since you were little you were taught that color is called blue, so if we would see the world in different colors we wouldn't know
You register colors/light wave lengths via things called rods and cones in your eye. There may be slight differences in hue, but all generally the same for everyone
I agree with the overall premise of the video, but there’s more to color theory than harmonizing hues with the color wheel. Color theory is ALSO about balancing values, chroma and saturation to get a good color pallete, it seems to me like you’re just intentionally picking an incomplete part of color theory and then complaining about it not standing up for itself, which it obviously won’t do because you decontextualized it. Looking at some of the examples provided in the video you can see this better, yes, that blue and orange combination can be too saturated for your taste, but you can shift the saturation and value while still keeping the complementary hues and you’ll get a much nicer result. The moodboard method for picking color palletes does not discredit the color wheel either, plenty of the palletes you displayed as “the good ones” can have their effectiveness explained with color theory, just not in a way that’s as simple or easy to reduce as “complementary or analogous” Great video regardless.
I recommend looking up seasonal color analysis to get some ideas of what kinds of colors, color combinations, and patterns might look flattering on you. I've found some surprising results this way.
So pick my favorite colors, consider the color wheel remember it sucks and combine what works because that makes sexy outfits, and make Pinterest boards of colors clothes and stuff that looks to cool to fit into your selection, very cool
Rules of color, two complementary colours will have the highest contrast possible, meaning, that to make it work there needs to be a primary colour, as un one being stronger or more saturated than the later, if both are intense the contrast will be off the charts and be way to jarring
I think the brand is Houston or 飛有棲屯 in Japanese. Look up Houston Sukajan. Don't think the brand's around anymore but you can find vintage ones getting around for a bit of money. You prob won't find his exact jacket but you might if you dig deep enough
there's a lot more to utilizing color theory than just "complimentary good, analogous bad" and I think understanding color theory in that shallow sense is why you think its bad. a vibes based approach to color is good but you have to also understand that knowing your theory will help you more consistently get your fits right.
Its actually make sense in color palette, every single mood board and reference you put together works on color palette. But it just more into it. Its about the dominant color and a percentage of complementary colors. Such as your green-ich jacket that has orange inside and it slip out a but when you move. Those details are still works in color palette. You reference board is also using red text which complement with green and blue. It all make sense! 🤯🤯 But i know you already know all this. Cool VDO and content btw. Love every single one of ‘em 🤘🏼
Thanks for touching on that whole "green shoes, green shirt, green hat - OUTFIT!" thing that was everywhere in the 2000's. I see it less now, probably because it's like what you described: baby's first fashion attempt. It's like how your mom would dress you for school when you were already running late. It works but there's zero thought put into it. Actually, no, there is some thought but that thought is "I'm really doing something here!" which is more embarrassing?!
Your skin is the orange tone (browns are desaturated orange). You wear a lot of desaturated blues and navy. So you actually are already doing complementary blue and orange palette naturally! Lol
i got the mood board tech from a youtube video i watched a few years ago and it was about as game changing as the uniform tech from one of your older videos
My impression from painting channels is that color theory is about focusing attention. The orange jacket puts SO much attention on the top half, and that's why it's weird. The 3 shots of you right after are more even in where the eye goes and thats my idea on what's so different about it. Maybe im full of it idk.
@@Anthonybrother it's because the top is visually screaming at you while the bottom is silent. there's no harmony, no balance. when you have a pop of color its best to minimize it so the eyes can rest.
@@septanine5936 Like what i wore today I guess. All-black running shoes, black kenneth cole dress pants, light gray fuzzy knitted wool collared longsleeve shirt. The textures probably don't fit well together either.
@@Anthonybrother the textures and colors probably aren't bad together. the outfit being all the same hue makes it softer on the eyes, and the texture difference creates visual interest
Bro, you can't say orange and blue outfit are an easy/safe/common choice when you propose a grey or black and white outfit. I mean, those are neutral tones, not even colors, everything will match with them more easy and safely than orange with blue jeans
Color palettes yes!!! You just figured out why I feel so good in my plain maroon tee. I mean I love the silhouette but it's completely ordinary otherwise.
As a student at a university whose main color is orange (and I've thus many orange shirts and hoodies), and who also primarily wears blue jeans, I feel extremely called out right now.
I've always had this idea to base the color of your clothes around the things you see in daily life. like a brown/black pants with a green or greenish shirt goes well because that's how trees are brown stems green leaves or like blue and white go well cause the sky and clouds or something like that you get what i mean. and something like orange and blue you just don't see much of that anywhere and that's why it looks shit. so yeah that's my theory
I enjoyed this video. You like more muted colors. There's nothing wrong with it. It's certainly better than orange anything. There's a huge fanbase for this color palette. As I look in my button up shirt closet I see mostly colors in your palette with a sprinkling of brighter colors and patterns that i sometimes enjoy in garments. The one observation I have is that every garment that you modeled looked a size or two too large for your frame but if that's what you like, then rock it. It's all subjective. I liked more oversized clothes when I was in my 20s than I do in my 50s and have never enjoyed super tight fitting clothes.
There is another factor - how colours look against your skin. I can't wear yellows, oranges or peaches. I look like I am going to die at any moment in them. But no one cares, really, what you wear. I wear colours that most people would not put together, yet I get loads of compliments on my outfits and how they look on me. Wear what makes you happy.
As an artist agree 100%, just pick whatever feels good but if you want some direction try not split everything in half, 50% black %50 white, go white 80% black - 20% white, or 70% blue, 20% yellow 10% red, this will bring some cool results.
This video feels like it solved a mental block I've had for awhile. Sometimes I try on an outfit and think "the shoes should be red because the undershirt is red!" or something, but I never like it as much because it feels so... ABC?
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@@BOPST666R yah this actually seems useful but it is youtube sponsor so its hard to trust
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I'm a painter so I am VERY familiar with the color wheel -- what you're describing is a split complementary/analogous palette. Complements are by no means the only way to build a cohesive palette; in fact they work best for adding a "pop" or unexpected element to the piece. Pure, saturated complements tend to make people's eyes hurt. Complements make each other look brighter, which isn't necessarily everyone's goal in making an outfit. Just like the goal of music isn't necessarily to be AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE AT EVERY MOMENT!!!
Blue, green, cool gray, and charcoal seem to dominate in your personal palette -- these are all near each other on the color wheel. Then you throw in some nice cool red, green's complement, as a little spice.
"A Color Notation" by Albert Henry Munsell describes a sphere, not a wheel, with hue, value, and saturation on the x,y, and z axes. Playing with colors in the same family of hues and varying the value and saturation is a perfectly good way to build a palette -- you don't HAVE to go for the most jarring complements possible if that isn't your style.
In "artist talk" the stuff you're talking about in this video falls under the principle of design called "Unity and Variety." There is unity in the palette because the analogous/complementary colors have an inherent relationship to each other, but there's also variety in the values and saturation of each color. You are also describing rhythm and repetition, which again, I liken to music -- you might repeat the melody of a verse while offering something unexpected in the lyrics, a balance between giving the listener what they expect and surprising them.
I think your issue with the "matchy matchy" outfits is that the red of the jacket is the EXACT SAME red as the shoes; it's repetition without variation. That's definitely a bold style that some people might prefer, but it's only one way to build an outfit. You might be more open to adding, say, a hat in a deeper brown-red color; this would HINT at the red in your shoes without exactly repeating it. It harmonizes without playing the exact same note.
Lastly, of course, it should be noted that the colors of YOU are included in the outfit. Your skin and hair are part of the composition. You could get into seasonal color analysis if you want, or you could just remember that someone with a very desaturated, delicate, pale complexion and desaturated, light brown hair will look somewhat overshadowed by an outfit built on fully saturated, contrasting colors.
If you learn the language and theory behind the color wheel -- not just what complements are -- then you are equipped to make your own decisions without following someone else's interpretation of the system. It's like learning how to read and write versus just memorizing someone else's words verbatim. Knowledge is freedom.
I think you misinterpret the colour wheel a little. Those are not ’rules’ and complementary colours are not the only way to build a palette or the only colours that ‘go well together’ - on the contrary, highly saturated complementary colours are clashy and bright - you can use this if that is the desired effect! If you want a harmonious or sophisticated look you shouldn’t though. Colours and contrast also interact with you as a person, outfits will look different on different people because some people are flattered by dark colours or high contrasts and some by the opposite.
You can make a cohesive outfit and it will still look bad on some people.
YES thank you, Great explanation of color theory!
Exactly
my man has me crying 1 minute into the video. Fuck the colours I want to find love.
The feels
"Fuck your nudes, what's your colour palette"
mood
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Real
So you telling me Goku never had drip 😢
Yeah and also Naruto 🥲
I know you're joking but in the case of dbk and naruto, it actually fits because of the color pallete from the anime. So the fits seems cohesive because what their wearing technically fits into to their world
@@zionechon169naruto, specially adolescent naruto looks so fire when he's walking around naruto land with all the green trees, sandy-looking ground (despite it not beign sand lol) and blue skies. The anime actually takes a big aesthetical hit with the final battle taking place at night in a brown ground/crater, not even keeping the sandy ground. Imagine if the final battle took place at day time in a grass field like the one from drunk rock lee vs bone man fight or a large body of water, that is the type of place that naruto shines aesthetically
When goku wore red and back as a kid he had drip haha also I bet he loves kid gokus first outfit. It fits his color palette
There's proportionally way more orange in the fits which is how you're "supposed to" do that. But these colors always make you look like a super hero or a sports fan
"Objective" color theory is for like.. painting and printing. When it comes to fashion - you can't really look at the outfit separate from the person wearing it. Your skin tone and hair are also going to be a part of the whole context for the look. This is where seasonal color analysis is really helpful, imo. Makes it easier to narrow down on what characteristics of colors flatters your particular undertone, intensity, etc.
Those are all objective rules invented hundreds of years ago, people today just dont even know the term complexion anymore
@@Snoozler all of the things you mentioned ARE color theory, its just that the general understanding of color theory people have is very basic. As you say color theory isn’t supposed to be objective, but is a combined pool of knowledge based on psychology, biology and communication.
Seasonal color analysis is based on color theory, it analyzes colors in relation to someone’s phenotype according to “flattering” standards defined by what our psychology and biology deems harmonious. Like balancing contrast and similarity.
Or in other cases conveying emotion through color, or manipulating spatial perceptions of rooms.
@@helenaap2042 Yes, I'm very aware that it is still color-theory -- my point was just that it's more nuanced compared to the sort of basic color-theory discussed in the video (the color-wheel, complementary colors, etc). Like yea, blue and orange are complementary, and this information can be used in certain painting techniques to really enhance lighting contrast for example. But this doesn't eqally translate to just puting on a bright orange and blue outfit and think that's gonna look good. x)
I'm a painter and I think it's cute that artists always end up accidentally wearing the same colors from their paintings... I started noticing it in art school and it still comes up all the time. Personally, I dress kinda ugly most of the time. I'm saving my aesthetic choices for the studio. I wear a lot of pink, green, navy blue, and brown. But I have one red shirt that I like. Almost all of my winter clothes are green -- I guess I miss the leaves, haha.
you soooo got analogous zoned by a girl you found complimentary
Color has three components: saturation (how rich or vibrant a color is), hue(what a color is, ie blue vs orange), and value (how light or dark a color is). What the color palette captures is saturation and value, whereas the color wheel only takes hue into account. Playing with saturation and value can make most hues work together if you get it right.
Yeah! Its more of a color sphere, with a balance between contrast and similarity. That is what brings harmony
His color pallets definitely comply with color theory, he just doesn’t know enough about color theory to explain them
Here is an example to making things that wouldn’t work actually work:
Green and blue. If you choose full saturation and base value they don’t generally match. But if you add value to the blue and remove saturation to the green, the blue becomes darker and the green has more white in it which the brain picks up as contrasting because of the grayscale difference.
While also the less saturated the color the harder it gets for the untrained brain to pinpoint the hue and most light desaturated colors blend, making it seem that the green is more analogous to blue.
@@helenaap2042 this is it!!! i have been so frustated because the use of the color wheel has proven to be insufficient for reaching the style i want to achieve and while i always had the feeling the anwer lied in values and saturation it still is a hard thing to get around in terms of buying clothes. the theory is not helpful if you cant translate in to reality, thats when the "color palette" comes into play as a more organized view of this whole thing and am gonna tried it
@@treiz. yeah, its like speaking a language. Its easier for people to understand pictures (color pallets) than written words (pantones, cmyk %, rgb %, levels, gama curves, etc).
Pictures are very efficient translating information but have more room for interpretation. And words are more precise but have to be applied in the right context and be readable by whoever needs to read them.
@@helenaap2042this is great info! I tried the color wheel thing and if you just pull straight from it most of the saturated colors are so bright to where the outfit looks too loud and cartoonish. So you are saying that you can pull the value down so that one is closer to white or black to make it easier on the eye?
I've successfully invited 5 people to this cult.
How do I get out of this chickenshit outfit?
The green hoodie/blue jeans combo works bc 1. the green is very soft, not oversaturated so it doesn't feel like it's burning a hole in your eyes and 2. green/blue is actually a pretty common combo in nature (think grassy fields and blue skies) and we generally find it pleasing, so I actually would call it "objectively solved". Colour theory isn't just "muh opposite ends of the wheel"; saturation and brightness, and proportions of colours are just as important! I generally try to keep small "pops" of deeper colours in my outfits so they stand out against the softer colours that take up most of the visual real estate. This helps avoid looking like a highlighter pen, but like everything in fashion sometimes that's what you wanna go for! The palette advice is on point too
@@m.f.3347 this!!!!
that s light turqoise tho like v much on the blue-er side. what was this guy sayin about my blue looks like this and ur green looks like that and-
Basically: Yes, do make a color palette, but understand the color theory enough to know why your palette works. It's advanced color blocking.
was ugry tho
"Colour theory isn't just "muh opposite ends of the wheel"; saturation and brightness, and proportions of colours are just as important!"
I mean, it's literally why his example of "CoLoR tHeoRy nOt wOrKiNg" with orange jacket and blue jeans doesn't work. All it does show is incorrectly applied CT
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Who is Christian? Christian me crazy
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Chris Chan? 😨😨😨
Parasocial relationships are hilarious “Christian “ lmao
ny rent really got my mans crying out here
i’ve never seen a man hate the color orange so deeply before
Me with a collection of orange headwear :
"There's someone watching this that's probably from like ohio"
Please don't read me like that, I live in Pittsburgh now.
hey man at least you werent wearing an orange tee the whole time watching this (like me, flamed to ashes)
I’m from Ohio, wearing an orange hoodie, watching my life get picked apart 😐
Fellow yinzer! At least you aren't in the land of nothing to do anymore
The color wheel is only 1/3rd of the story. It shows hue relationships, but doesn't touch on value (brightness) and chroma (saturation). Orange and blue can work together insanely well, if there is good contrast in both chroma and value between the two colors. Impression, Sunset by Monet is a perfect example of this color combination being beautiful. Color composition and proportions are also extremely important. Calling back to the Monet painting, notice how the vivid color of the sun only takes up a tiny amount of space on the canvas. This emphasises that color. Generally you want more of your duller colors and less of your more vivid ones to have a nice harmonic look.
person from ohio watching this rn and I don't think ive ever felt more called out by a video before you were blessed with an amazing spawnpoint
After living in Hawaii, I learned that people can still be provincial and boring anywhere in the world
i watched this video like a personal attack, cause i, in fact wear orange and love orange. I especially love the autumny, kind of earthy orange with dark blue pants. IT CAN WORK I PROMISE,
you just didn't try the right orange, bro, really, you just gotta try a different orange, i'm serious, please-
Me deadass watched this video thinking of ways to wear orange more than just with its complement blue didn’t expect the personal attack 💀
But yeah I also found dark/burnt orange is easier to work with and it pairs better with black, beige or white than blue really and I usually go for navy blue than a saturated blue 🤷♂️
Maybe the color theory on clothes are the friends we made along the way......
“Who’s wearing orange”
Its halloween season, bro
Im so glad you made this, as a designer I see so many people blindly relying on the color wheel without actually looking.
it finally comes full circle. the first color theory video that i watched was christian's years back and the last one will be this one
Ayo if this means something bad, plz don’t do it.
The last one until now, right?
... Right?
@@seniraranasinghe645I think they just meant that they aren't watching any more *colour theory* videos because they are satisfied and know enough to never look at mother one ever again.
Hopefully...
@@SumitRana-life314 hopefully.
The fit of ur tees look good, the colors r nice, but u gotta change the logo. It makes ur shirt look like a coorporate company t shirt
i think thats what hes going for ngl
the point you made at 9:57 is something ive always thought of and have never been able to put into words
I’m stealing the colour palette
Me watching this video while matching black with black every day
I don’t know why but 9:30-9:37 is probably the funniest thing I’ve seen from this channel in the past year 😂😂
The guy in the light blue and white when u were talking about being matchy matchy looked clean. Just having one color pop with other neutrals is what I strive for in my outfits (when I’m not feeling lazy and wearing only neutrals)
Ik a bit about color theory, and when it comes to fashion, the muted versions of analogous or complementary colors are always easier to style since when you go down in chroma, they work better put next to each other. Complementary colors are just the most contrasting hues when paired. And in fashion you can also play a lot with patterns and different textures to get some interesting contrast in your fit. These can very well stay within the same hue, value and chroma and still look interesting. And to make a complementary color pop, you don’t have to go 50/50 in each complementary color like ex. yellow and purple. A 70/30 split would usually be more appealing. The same goes for the chroma, a good amount of muted versions of a similar hue will complement the similar strong chroma hue peice that you want to style. And make it really pop. I recommend watching James Gurney’s “gamut masking” video to understand better. peace ✌️.
Tyler reference😱 0:21
@@Cyborg-q6j Chromakopia
The most rewarding thing about about watching frug especially from the beginning of the channel is as you evolve on your fashion journey and learn/experiment with new concepts and theories, Christian drops a video about it and now you feel vindicated☺️
"Who is wearing orange dude"
how to offend all dutch people in one sentence 😂
You should make a video convincing me why jeans are a good piece of clothing
7:22 *Dutch cries in the distance*
2:59
LEGO power miners type palette 🔥🔥🔥
just need a bit of orange there my friend
Bro! I’m from Hawai’i and I feel the exact same way! I tend to go neutral colors l, quicksilver shorts, baggy surfer style. Always going for shorts, even in winter. I feel uncomfortable in jeans to be honest, and when I’m in the house, I always take my footwear off, even socks. I spent my entire life in Hawai’i and that has shaped the way I see fashion.
5:05 im from ohio bru
Ikr I watched that part like 👀
SAME I FELT SO CALLED OUT
Currently living in ohio, I feel like i need to fashion duel frugal now.
Not cool 💀
Me too be
Bruh, my jaw dropped
ive been hating my orange hoodie for the past few months and you drop this😭
fuck orange fr
3:32 I've had this thought, if your blue would look like what I call green you would still call it blue because since you were little you were taught that color is called blue, so if we would see the world in different colors we wouldn't know
You register colors/light wave lengths via things called rods and cones in your eye. There may be slight differences in hue, but all generally the same for everyone
11:29 bad day to be a bomber jacket that doesn't like getting adjusted the same way six times
5:04 bro what i do to get called out like that 🤨
Same
Same 😂
we always the punching bag😞
ikr ontop the bragging haha.
I agree with the overall premise of the video, but there’s more to color theory than harmonizing hues with the color wheel. Color theory is ALSO about balancing values, chroma and saturation to get a good color pallete, it seems to me like you’re just intentionally picking an incomplete part of color theory and then complaining about it not standing up for itself, which it obviously won’t do because you decontextualized it.
Looking at some of the examples provided in the video you can see this better, yes, that blue and orange combination can be too saturated for your taste, but you can shift the saturation and value while still keeping the complementary hues and you’ll get a much nicer result.
The moodboard method for picking color palletes does not discredit the color wheel either, plenty of the palletes you displayed as “the good ones” can have their effectiveness explained with color theory, just not in a way that’s as simple or easy to reduce as “complementary or analogous”
Great video regardless.
Black, Grey, Navy Blue, Indigo, Military Green, and Beige. That’s all you need.
Man I never knew me and colors wanted the same thing 🥲🥹✨
I recommend looking up seasonal color analysis to get some ideas of what kinds of colors, color combinations, and patterns might look flattering on you. I've found some surprising results this way.
But we friend thooo at 2:13 😭😭😭😭 frl frugal is a comedic genuis
So pick my favorite colors, consider the color wheel remember it sucks and combine what works because that makes sexy outfits, and make Pinterest boards of colors clothes and stuff that looks to cool to fit into your selection, very cool
The best color theory video. I've been shifting towards way of styling, but I felt like I needed to hear about it.
My favorite philosopher just posted
Rules of color, two complementary colours will have the highest contrast possible, meaning, that to make it work there needs to be a primary colour, as un one being stronger or more saturated than the later, if both are intense the contrast will be off the charts and be way to jarring
Christian is uploading in a hustle manner and I am here for it
you are so real for this
Who up watching frugal aesthetic?
Who up frugaling their aesthetic?
@@poggers3218 frugal my aes till I thetic
Who up jorkin they willy?
She watching my frugal till I aesthetic
Me boi
dude what's that blue zip jacket at 11:23, it looks sick (and looks great on u)
I think the brand is Houston or 飛有棲屯 in Japanese. Look up Houston Sukajan. Don't think the brand's around anymore but you can find vintage ones getting around for a bit of money. You prob won't find his exact jacket but you might if you dig deep enough
@@bigjay6899 Thanks!
He getting deep with this one
there's a lot more to utilizing color theory than just "complimentary good, analogous bad" and I think understanding color theory in that shallow sense is why you think its bad. a vibes based approach to color is good but you have to also understand that knowing your theory will help you more consistently get your fits right.
this video reminded me to put my clothes in the dryer tha k you frugal🙏
"Stick to the f* talking points bro!!"
You may or may not be losing it dawg 😂🙏🏾
pink, mint green, blue, yellow all together is the best
0:10 as soon as there's he, he will not find no love
Incel detected, opinion rejected
This is one of the best videos you have ever made
Its actually make sense in color palette, every single mood board and reference you put together works on color palette.
But it just more into it. Its about the dominant color and a percentage of complementary colors. Such as your green-ich jacket that has orange inside and it slip out a but when you move. Those details are still works in color palette.
You reference board is also using red text which complement with green and blue.
It all make sense! 🤯🤯 But i know you already know all this. Cool VDO and content btw. Love every single one of ‘em 🤘🏼
Some of the best advice that applies to most people
gotta be my favorite video you’ve put out
“What if your orange isn’t my orange…” ah man this guy turned into the fashion VSAUCE !!! ‼️‼️‼️🤯🤯🤯
She frugal my aesthetic till I THE LAST FASHION COLOR THEORY VIDEO YOU’LL EVER WATCH
Thanks for touching on that whole "green shoes, green shirt, green hat - OUTFIT!" thing that was everywhere in the 2000's. I see it less now, probably because it's like what you described: baby's first fashion attempt. It's like how your mom would dress you for school when you were already running late. It works but there's zero thought put into it. Actually, no, there is some thought but that thought is "I'm really doing something here!" which is more embarrassing?!
Your skin is the orange tone (browns are desaturated orange). You wear a lot of desaturated blues and navy. So you actually are already doing complementary blue and orange palette naturally! Lol
Navy and orange is one of the most iconic clothing combos of all time!
There’s no question
I'm convinced that the editor is a car guy or a car enthusiast!!
i never thought about it that way, this is great!
Eyo man u actually cooked with this video, this is amazing theory
Where did you get that bomber jacket from at 8:00 ?
Aesthetically Engineering for the most frugally aesthetic prompts...
Interesting take. You put an explanation to something I intuitively understood. Reminds me of how a colorist would approach a film.
As an artist, this video is gold. Contrast is the key most of the time, two saturated colours doesn’t look good together most of the time.
Me, a white guy, watching from Ohio, knowing full well that I’d move to Hawaii or Japan in an instant. Love your content man!
I grew up in Hawai'i in the 80s. Gecko Hawaii has been relaunched, and they got my nostalgia money so fast.
i got the mood board tech from a youtube video i watched a few years ago and it was about as game changing as the uniform tech from one of your older videos
My impression from painting channels is that color theory is about focusing attention. The orange jacket puts SO much attention on the top half, and that's why it's weird. The 3 shots of you right after are more even in where the eye goes and thats my idea on what's so different about it. Maybe im full of it idk.
Is it weird to ''put much attention on the top half'' ? How? Can you please elaborate? I have no drip and i'm just genuinely curious
@@Anthonybrother it's because the top is visually screaming at you while the bottom is silent. there's no harmony, no balance. when you have a pop of color its best to minimize it so the eyes can rest.
@@septanine5936 Like what i wore today I guess. All-black running shoes, black kenneth cole dress pants, light gray fuzzy knitted wool collared longsleeve shirt. The textures probably don't fit well together either.
@@Anthonybrother the textures and colors probably aren't bad together. the outfit being all the same hue makes it softer on the eyes, and the texture difference creates visual interest
Diddy WAKE UP! FRUGl aesthetic just posted!!!
Nice to finally have a name I can attach to my favorite shade of blue. Late Blue enjoyer for life
Dude talks about fashion like it's music theory😳
1:44 objectively correct in a subjective media, poetic
10:00 i call these "sandwich fits"
Bro, you can't say orange and blue outfit are an easy/safe/common choice when you propose a grey or black and white outfit. I mean, those are neutral tones, not even colors, everything will match with them more easy and safely than orange with blue jeans
Color palettes yes!!! You just figured out why I feel so good in my plain maroon tee. I mean I love the silhouette but it's completely ordinary otherwise.
I’m sat here wearing light blue jeans and a burnt orange shirt and I feel personally attacked
This dude always makes me laughhhh but in the end it all makes sense! lol
just realized that Christen's videos are even better when ur drunk
As a student at a university whose main color is orange (and I've thus many orange shirts and hoodies), and who also primarily wears blue jeans, I feel extremely called out right now.
I've always had this idea to base the color of your clothes around the things you see in daily life. like a brown/black pants with a green or greenish shirt goes well because that's how trees are brown stems green leaves or like blue and white go well cause the sky and clouds or something like that you get what i mean. and something like orange and blue you just don't see much of that anywhere and that's why it looks shit. so yeah that's my theory
Christian we’re gonna need a “What’s cherry guys” before 2025 for the ogs😭
I enjoyed this video. You like more muted colors. There's nothing wrong with it. It's certainly better than orange anything. There's a huge fanbase for this color palette. As I look in my button up shirt closet I see mostly colors in your palette with a sprinkling of brighter colors and patterns that i sometimes enjoy in garments. The one observation I have is that every garment that you modeled looked a size or two too large for your frame but if that's what you like, then rock it. It's all subjective. I liked more oversized clothes when I was in my 20s than I do in my 50s and have never enjoyed super tight fitting clothes.
"Babe, wanna frugal around?"
There is another factor - how colours look against your skin. I can't wear yellows, oranges or peaches. I look like I am going to die at any moment in them. But no one cares, really, what you wear. I wear colours that most people would not put together, yet I get loads of compliments on my outfits and how they look on me. Wear what makes you happy.
I ain’t watch the video but I saw the thumbnail and all I gotta say, Mario? Iconic.
blue and green are analogous colors, even when they're desaturated.
As an artist agree 100%, just pick whatever feels good but if you want some direction try not split everything in half, 50% black %50 white, go white 80% black - 20% white, or 70% blue, 20% yellow 10% red, this will bring some cool results.
the real deal is saturation imo
This video feels like it solved a mental block I've had for awhile. Sometimes I try on an outfit and think "the shoes should be red because the undershirt is red!" or something, but I never like it as much because it feels so... ABC?
Next level fashion advice! Thank you...