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The Cool Winter Before we jump into learning how to wear all of the exciting colors in your palette... it s important to understand your overall coloring and how to wear your colors in general. Your coloring is a cool winter... which means that you have cool eyes and dark hair. Your overall look is COOL. Your colors are cool and rich. Warm colors would look wrong on you. If you want to look your BEST... keep your colors in medium to high contrast. So... a maroon blouse with light grey pants would look very striking. A dark teal top with jeans and a mauvepink scarf would be lovely on you. A cool yellow t-shirt dark light jean shorts is perfect. Tops with low contrast patterns will be boring on you. Think cool and rich tones. For the rest of this book, I will be breaking down your color palette into different color combinations that you can use to create amazing outfits. I ve put most of your cool winter colors into a color wheel. This shows you how your colors relate to each other. Then, you ll discover 4 different types of color combinations for you to refer to. They are complementary, analogous, triad and monochromatic. With each of these color combinations, I ve provided color inspired outfits that will help you learn how to apply these exciting color combinations into professionally styled outfits! How fun! I highly recommend you use this color guide as a tool. When you want to change things up and you re not sure what else you can do... refer back to your color wheel. Say you bought a pretty green sweater that s in your cool winter color palette... refer to the color combinations that have that green and be inspired to try something new! Maybe it s layering a red plaid blouse under the sweater... or wrapping a bright pink scarf around your neck... you ve got lots of creative options! If you ever have questions or need some style advice, send me an email at jensoutfitideas@ gmail.com or visit my blog OutfitIdeas4You.com And always... wear what you love! Jen Thoden OutfitIdeas4You.com 2 Jennifer Thoden
The Cool Winter Color Wheel Your cool winter color wheel is pretty heavy on the cool side of the color wheel. Cool Winters can not tolerate warm colors like oranges, yellows and red-orange. However, you can wear a cool lemony yellow. Many other seasons have colors all the way around the wheel, but your cool palette takes up only half of the wheel. This tells us that you will look best in analogous color combinations... colors next to each other on the wheel. Don t worry, there s an entire section on your analogous color combinations. In the center are 2 of your neutral base colors that will go with any of your outfits. They are black and grey. You don t need to count these as a color when combining colors. They are your base or backdrop to display your colors. They are also perfect for your shoes, bags and jackets. Silver jewelry looks best on you. Stay away from gold. OutfitIdeas4You.com 3 Jennifer Thoden
Complementary Color Combinations Complementary color combinations are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The complement to red, for example, is green. You would typically choose this type of color combo when you want a dynamic and energized look. Pairing 2 colors that are opposite on the color wheel is not exactly a calming look. A cool winter only has two complementary color combination. This doesn t surprise me since your colors are all on one side of the wheel. Complementary color combinations are simply not the best for a cool winter. To wear a complementary color combination successfully, choose one color as your main color and accessorize with the second color. OutfitIdeas4You.com 4 Jennifer Thoden
Red and Green OutfitIdeas4You.com 5 Jennifer Thoden
Purple and Yellow OutfitIdeas4You.com 6 Jennifer Thoden
Triad Color Combinations Triad color combinations use 3 colors in the shape of a triangle on the color wheel. Red, blue and yellow would be a typical triad color combo. Your cool winter color wheel only allows for 1 out of 4 triad color combinations. I provided you 2 other combinations but these only 2 of the colors. Again, this is because the cool winter color palette favors only one half of the color wheel. Triad color combos are a bit more complex and interesting than a complementary color combination because you re using 3 colors. This is still a pretty dynamic color combo but not as dynamic as a complementary color combo.. To pull together a successful triad color combo, choose one color as your main color and then accessorize with the other 2 colors. An even distribution of three colors may appear a bit clowny. OutfitIdeas4You.com 7 Jennifer Thoden
Pink, Yellow and Blue-Green OutfitIdeas4You.com 8 Jennifer Thoden
Orange, Green and Mauve-Pink OutfitIdeas4You.com 9 Jennifer Thoden
Red, Blue and Yellow-Green OutfitIdeas4You.com 10 Jennifer Thoden
Analogous Color Combinations An analogous color combination is a much calmer color combo compared to a complementary color combo or a triad color combo. An analogous color combo uses colors that are directly next to each other on the color wheel. This is where you will see the most color combinations. Cool winters look amazing in analogous color combinations. The result is a unique, polished and elegant look. Not too many people know how to pull this look off... but YOU will! You re going to hear people say, I never thought to put those colors together! You re going to look amazing. OutfitIdeas4You.com 11 Jennifer Thoden
Mauve, Pink and Red OutfitIdeas4You.com 12 Jennifer Thoden
Purple, Mauve and Pink OutfitIdeas4You.com 13 Jennifer Thoden
Blue, Purple and Mauve OutfitIdeas4You.com 14 Jennifer Thoden
Purple, Blue and Blue-Green OutfitIdeas4You.com 15 Jennifer Thoden
Blue, Blue-Green and Green OutfitIdeas4You.com 16 Jennifer Thoden
Monochromatic Color Combinations A monochromatic color combination includes shades of one color. This can be a very stylish look. You would wear a monochromatic look when wanting to appear uniform, quiet and sophisticated. A monochromatic look says I m in control. I m elegant. I don t need much to look stylish. OutfitIdeas4You.com 17 Jennifer Thoden
Reds OutfitIdeas4You.com 18 Jennifer Thoden
Pinks OutfitIdeas4You.com 19 Jennifer Thoden
Mauve Pinks OutfitIdeas4You.com 20 Jennifer Thoden
Purples OutfitIdeas4You.com 21 Jennifer Thoden
Blues OutfitIdeas4You.com 22 Jennifer Thoden
Blue-Greens OutfitIdeas4You.com 23 Jennifer Thoden
Greens OutfitIdeas4You.com 24 Jennifer Thoden
Yellows OutfitIdeas4You.com 25 Jennifer Thoden
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