Abbinamento Colori

Men's fashion color match

Learning what the best color combination is can, in fact, come in handy on any occasion.

Definition of color matching

By color matching we mean the combination of two or more colors in order to make the harmony and synergy between them perfect.

We have often talked about color matching as a simple and obvious thing, but I assure you that color matching can really be considered an exact science: in some cases, the contexts of high fashion, always looking of color combinations and experiments in order to create a superlative effect (and, as such, even beyond all logic)

The basics of color matching

Before addressing the specific color combination, it seems only right to open a big parenthesis about the Itten circle.

Itten's circle

Now I'll explain how this circle should be interpreted: it starts from the central triangle, all the possible color combinations imaginable come from here, from three colors.

To get a clear picture of the combination of colors and how the various colors are born, we divide the latter into three sections:

primary colors

secondary colors

tertiary colors

primary secondary tertiary colors

Primary colors

The primary colors are those that give rise to all color combinations, the basic colors, which as we can see in the figure, are those inside the central triangle, namely:

yellow

cyan

magenta

Secondary colors

The secondary colors are obtained by mixing in equal parts, with the same proportions and percentages, pairs of primary colors obtaining:

orange (yellow + magenta)

green (cyan + yellow)

purple (magenta + cyan)

Looking at the figure above, it can be seen that there is a relationship between a transverse primary color and the two neighboring secondary ones, that is: yellow belongs to both orange and green, cyan belongs to both purple and green and, finally, magenta belongs to both orange and purple.

Tertiary colors

Tertiary colors are obtained by mixing a primary color and a secondary color placed adjacent on the six-part color wheel.

With the three primary (yellow, cyan, magenta), the three secondary (orange, green, purple) and the six tertiaries, the twelve-part chromatic circle is created, and then one could proceed indefinitely in the mixing of pairs of colors.

Here is the list of the six tertiary colors:

red-purple

blue-purple

blue-green

yellow green

yellow-orange

Matching colors and compatibles

So, after explaining how color matches work, this app of mine allows you; through a beautiful color scale, to know in the blink of an eye, which are the related matching colors:

red

light green

light blue

beige

Orange

Brown

blue

dark green

black

grey

lilac

teal

purple plum

rose

purple eggplant

After having seen the Itten circle, the basics of color matching (and how they are born), what are the primary, secondary and tertiary colors, the various compatibilities of each single color, it is time to do another important distinction.

This distinction includes:

warm colors

Cold colours

Warm colors are those closest to infrared within the visible spectrum (red, yellow, orange)

Cold colors, on the other hand, are the shades closest to ultraviolet rays (blue, green, purple)

By mixing warm colors (red-orange-yellow) and cold colors (green-blue-violet) it is possible to obtain expressive values ​​that can be traced back to shaded-sunny, near-far, light-heavy, transparent-opaque effects.

It is possible to trace the color combinations (warm colors-cold colors), also according to the seasons in which we find ourselves.

- combination of warm or light and bright colors (beige, orange, yellow, white) during the summer period; and matching cold or dark and dull colors (purple, blue, dark green, black) during the winter.