I'm very much a mood dresser, how about you?
Mood dressers are people who are in-tune with their emotions and dress accordingly. Do you feel pink today? Or, do you feel blue?
Colours are more than a combination of red and blue or yellow and black. They are non-verbal communication. Colours have symbolism and colour meanings that go beyond ink. Sometimes colours create a physical reaction and at other times it is a cultural reaction. When colours are combined each influence reflects off the other. Wearing green with red puts a different slant on the meanings. As green means stop and red means go, these colours together can signify a difficult decision, usually involving staying or leaving a situation. Wearing these colours can aid in the decision making process through the vibratory influence of each colour.
In addition to understanding colour meanings, it helps with mixing and matching colours to know the relationship of adjacent, complementary, and clashing colours. We also know that many times it’s all about the tones.
When wearing vibrant colours, I seem to feel better about how I look although I am a black and white lover, I seem to go bringing out the artsy part of me!
Yesterday I was reading an article about colours and the way to combine them. I felt that something was missing… the article only referred what I call “safe colour combinations”, for instance they suggested that green should be paired only with “shades of green”, “gray”, “black” and “white”.
I felt that so reducer, what about “brown”, “yellow”, some “blue shades”, “purple”, “orange”…
So I thought that I’m going to do a series of posts talking about colours in my point of view and some colours combination that in my opinion can work well.
Remember it’s just my opinion and I’m not an expert, I’m just an instinctive.
Since my today’s outfit screams “orange”, I’m beginning with it.
Orange is vibrant. It's a combination of red and yellow so it shares some common attributes with those colours. It denotes energy, warmth, and the sun. But orange has a bit less intensity or aggression than red, calmed by the cheerfulness of yellow.
If you want to get noticed without screaming, consider the colour orange, it demands attention. The softer oranges such as peach are even friendlier, more peaceful.
Some colour combinations with orange I like – blue; olive; violet; chestnut; deep brown; gray; crimson and green; crimson and blue; purple and scarlet; blue, scarlet and green; violet, scarlet, white and green; (always open to others…).
Orange is often synonymous with autumn yet the brighter oranges are a summer colour. Use shades of orange for seasonal-themed fall or summer materials.
Orange is mentally stimulating as well as sociable. Use it to get people thinking or to get them talking.
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Hair behind the ears… meaning bad hair day…
As I’ve told you before we’re living Saint John Festivities during all this week, meaning diversion, parades, people, lights, food, drinks, music…
Have a great weekend, lovelies!
black to gray shoes - local store
orange skinny pants - United Colors of Benetton (F/W 2008)
MimiMe (printed shirt) - Raffti (S/S 2009) detail
gray blazer - Acetato (S/S 2009)
onix necklace - gift from Hubby
cocktail ring - gift from Hubby
cocktail ring - gift from Hubby
bracelet - Bijou Brigitte (S/S 2009)
sunglasses - mainland store
lipstick - Esté Lauder
perfume - Amor Amor from Cacharel
