How to mix patterns and colors
So you’re looking in your closet and wondering if you can wear that animal print cardi with your plaid skirt. Or your wine party dress with the teal clutch? It can be hard to mix prints and colors without looking like a rainbow threw up on you. Here are the rules.
- Complimentary colors are colors opposite each other on the color wheel. (green and magenta, blue and orange, purple and yellow.) They look good together, but in small doses. If you want to wear, say a yellow blouse and purple skinny jeans, make sure you stick with simple shapes and conservative necklines.
- Pattern mixing will always look wild, but you can do it well by doing small scale prints with more large ones.Pair a bright pattern with a neutral print. Above all, make sure they are different enough to offer variety,but alike enough to have a focal point.
Have fun mixing!