I thought I would share my color schemes, for hose of you who are curious. I've told several I use this tool and they have asked for it, so here it is.
I use a six-part color wheel which consists of Yellow (Y), Orange (O), Red (R), Violet (V), Blue (B), and Green (G). I negate any shades or tints (adding black or white, respectively).
I also make use of the neutral colors. Obviously the neutrals all go together, but white tends to go well with the cool colors (V, B, G) and Black goes well with warm colors (Y, O, R) while Grey goes with all. You can also switch: put white with warm and black with cool, but that is often too bold or hard to round out with a jacket.
Schemes
In standard practice there are complementary colors and analogous colors. Monochrome is a scheme too, but gets boring if you do it too often. Conversely, it can become a very bold statement if you rarely wear a monochrome scheme. You can spice these up with a triad, a double, or a split. Thus there are eight schemes: Complementary, Analogous, Triad, Split, Split Triad, Double, Split Analogous, Split Complementary.
Complementary
Complementary means the colors are directly across from each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly three complementary color combinations.
- Y/P
- G/R
- B/O
Analogous
Analogous means the colors are right next to each other on the wheel. That means there are exactly six analogous color combinations (you can also make it an analogous triad).
- G/B/(V)
- B/V/(R)
- V/R/(O)
- R/O/(Y)
- O/Y/(G)
- Y/G/(B)
Triad
Triad means choose the colors that make a "Y" shape on the wheel. That means there are exactly two triad color combinations.
- Y/B/R
- G/O/V
Split
Split means you take out the middle color from the triad. That means there are exactly six split color combinations
- B/R
- G/O
- O/V
- V/G
- Y/B
- Y/R
Split Triad
Split Triad means you take out the middle color from the triad and add the color that is one step warmer or one step cooler. That means there are exactly six split color combinations. BUT once you venture outside of the complementary, analogous, triad combinations, you start getting repeats. SO, then, there are only four split color combinations that cannot be classified any other way.
- B/R/O
- G/R/O
- Y/V/B
- Y/R/V
Double
Double means you combine two complementary colors with one analogous color. That means there are four double color combinations that are not able to classified another way.
- B/O/G
- G/R/B
- G/R/Y
- Y/V/O
Split Analogous and Split Complementary
These are the categories where the above combinations found their repeats. Split Analogous means you take your split triad and remove the last color and replace with the original middle color from the triad. Split Complementary means you take two complementary colors and add one analogous color. There are four Split Analogous or Split Complementary colors that cannot be classified any other way.
- B/O/V (Split Analogous)
- V/G/Y (Split Analogous)
- B/O/Y (Split Complementary)
- G/R/V (Split Complementary)
Danger
I mentioned earlier how you can be bold with a color scheme, but you could also be too flamboyant with colors, which makes others feel uncomfortable. In order from least dangerous color scheme to most dangerous they are:
- Monochrome (B/B/B)
- Split (B/R)
- Triad (Y/B/R)
- Complementary (G/R)
- Split Complementary (B/O/Y)
- Analogous (Y/G/B)
- Double (B/O/G)
- Split Triad (B/R/O)
- Split Analogous (V/G/Y)
Obviously you can pull off a very dangerous V/G/Y split analogous combination by changing the tints and shades.
Table
Here is a quick-reference table to all the schemes and combinations. I also have given all the combinations a name. They are sorted by danger rather than by scheme.
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| Scheme | Combination | Danger | Name | |||
| Complementary | BO | 1 | Boot | |||
| Complementary | GR | 1 | Great | |||
| Complementary | YV | 1 | Wavy | |||
| Split | BR | 1 | Cold | |||
| Split | GO | 1 | Go | |||
| Split | OV | 1 | Done | |||
| Split | VG | 1 | Lady | |||
| Split | YB | 1 | Bib | |||
| Split | YR | 1 | Rye | |||
| Analagous | OYG | 2 | Goya | |||
| Analagous | VRO | 2 | Rover | |||
| Analagous | ROY | 2 | Roy | |||
| Analagous | YGB | 2 | Big | |||
| Split Complementary | BOY | 2 | Boy | |||
| Split Complementary | GRV | 2 | Hard | |||
| Triad | BYR | 2 | Bird | |||
| Triad | GVO | 2 | Grover | |||
| Analagous | BVR | 3 | Brave | |||
| Analagous | GBV | 3 | Bum | |||
| Double | BOG | 3 | Bog | |||
| Double | GRB | 3 | Grab | |||
| Double | GRY | 3 | Gravy | |||
| Double | YVO | 3 | Mom | |||
| Split Analagous | BOV | 3 | Bye | |||
| Split Analagous | VGY | 3 | Girl | |||
| Split Triad | BRO | 3 | Bro | |||
| Split Triad | GRO | 3 | Grow | |||
| Split Triad | YVB | 3 | Mad | |||
| Split Triad | YRV | 3 | Hot |
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