What colors look good together?

Answer 1

pink and black red and black

pink and brown

yellow and blue

pink and white

red and white

light purple and light blue

-lime green and different shades of blue

dark blue and dark purple

black and orange

light purple and white

blue and orange(sometimes)

-blue and silver

green and white

orange and white

black and green

black and blue

black and purple

black and yellow

black and white

red and silver

orange and yellow

blue and green

-Red, pink, and black

Or you could even get colors that match the different seasons...... Just an Idea!! good luck

yellow and silver look horrible together

Color is a personal choice. Different people will find different colors personally appealing, but there are a few things that might help in making the decisions involved in creating your own work - whether it be for a painting, decorating a room, working with fiber arts, or whatever you are trying to do.

First a bit about color using a color wheel (you can find these online easily). This information is from my personal web site at Crochet Cabana.

The primary colors on the color wheel are blue, yellow, and red.

The secondary colors are those you can make using two primary colors. Those would be green (yellow/blue), orange (yellow/red), and violet (purple) (blue/red).

On your basic 6-color wheel the colors are laid out so that there is a secondary color between each two primary colors, like this: blue, green, yellow, orange, red, violet.

The tertiary colors are those made from a primary and a secondary, such as: blue green, yellow green, blue violet, red violet, red orange, yellow orange. Some people call this the intermediate group and the tertiary as those made by combining two secondary colors. Either way, you're combining colors to make new colors.

You can use this information to find colors that will go together well. A few color schemes/themes you might try include:

monochromatic - similar colors which are side by side on the color wheel - like three shades of red.

analogous - colors that are close together on the wheel. You might choose one color and use one or two colors on either side of it to go along. So you would be using 3 or 5 colors in that case.

complementary - colors directly across from one another on the color wheel, such as red and green, blue and orange, yellow and violet. One variation is to use three or four colors that are evenly spaced from one another on the wheel.

monotone - using colors with the same "tone" or brightness level, such as all pastel colors, or all bright colors.

Neutral colors can be combined with other colors as well. Neutral colors would be shades of white, gray or beige, also black, tan, brown - the earth tones.

One final note on color. Colors can be warm or cool. The reds are warm (red, orange, yellow). Think fire. The blues are cool (blue, violet, green). Think ocean. Also, in regards to temperature, dark colors usually are warmer and light colors cooler if you're looking for colors for clothing.