Colour

Colour is an important feature to any item of clothing as it's the first thing that attracts you to it.  Any colour you wear accentuates the same pigment colours in your eyes, hair and skin tones.  For example, a blue-green eye will appear bluer when wearing blue and greener when wearing green.  The colours in your skin, hair and eyes are affected by the colours you wear so you will look your best when wearing the right colours for your tone.

Colour theory

Basic colour theory states that complementary colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel, when paired together, visually “pop”.  Red and green appear brighter together than they do apart.  So do purple and yellow, and blue and orange.  To achieve this look:

1) Start with the neutrals: a grey drapey blouse and a black and white textured pencil skirt.

2) Adding to the neutral base, slip on a pair of grey tights and a pair of black boots.  If you're feeling it, you can also try wearing a neutral coloured headband.

3) Layer on the colour: a gorgeous green overcoat and a bright orange textured clutch.  Remember, red and green are opposites on the colour wheel - but move one shade over from red and you get orange.  You get most of the visual pop, but none of the Christmas associations of the red-green pairing.  

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It is very easy to be attracted to a colour that you like but is not necessarily suited to your tone.  At the same time a lot of us know what suits us naturally but don’t necessarily know how to mix and match and instead get comfortable with one particular neutral colour to play it safe.  It’s worth finding out what your colour tone is to save yourself buying a ton of garments that don’t suit you.  A great and fun way to do this is to book a personal shopper session at Debenhams.  They go through your body shape, colour and your likes and dislikes to find the right outfits to suit you.  It usually takes about an hour and a half and it’s very informal with no obligation to buy anything (unless you want to of course!).  You can take a friend and they offer you drinks as well and the best part is it’s free! 

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