https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:24:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl#post-453515 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:46:47 +0000 catgirl 453515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Imogen, thank you so much! I've checked out the Academichic tutorials, now I'm off to check yours. Appreciate it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl#post-453337 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:23:42 +0000 ImogenL 453337@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've written a bunch of posts about colour, and made some videos - have a look here and see if there is anything that helps <a href="http://www.insideoutstyleblog.com/category/colour-guide" rel="nofollow">http://www.insideoutstyleblog......lour-guide</a> feel free to ask me anything specific too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl#post-453295 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:28:51 +0000 modgrl 453295@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hey girl! I think I'm pretty clueless on that too. I know the outfit got mixed reviews but I still enjoyed wearing it. It was fun and hip and cool irl. I felt like I could have used something warmer on top but I also wanted to try out some out of the box pattern mixing. I'll do some other variations of this outfit but I am not going to stick so closely to color rules in the future either. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl#post-453275 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:51:43 +0000 Diana 453275@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, I really liked Academichic's series on the color wheel (so sad that they are no longer posting) although to be honest most of the time I pick colors and color/pattern combos by intuition like you. Still, I thought the Academichic series was very interesting and helped explain a lot of things that I just know intuitively, if that makes sense.</p> <p><a href="http://www.academichic.com/tag/color-wheel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.academichic.com/tag/color-wheel/</a></p> <p>Regarding saturation or color value, one trick that you can do is take a photo and convert it to black and white to determine whether things are high or low contrast. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/color-theory-and-a-thank-you-to-ritamodgirl#post-453268 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:39:27 +0000 catgirl 453268@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rita, thanks for posting your grey jacket/red pants/leopard boots outfit! The opinions on it made me realize that I am clueless about color theory and especially saturation. I feel I am good with colors when it comes to quilting, as well as picking what looks good on me. But in terms of combining intensity or cool vs. warm, I just don't seem to see in these terms. That whole cool grey jacket with warm red pants issue didn't even OCCUR to me, much less bother me! And I'm happy about that in some ways.</p> <p>I'm wondering if once I learn more about it all, will I be able to see beyond it and still appreciate outfits that don't follow those rules? Or will it expand my creative horizons? </p> <p>Any ideas for where to start? I'm familiar with the color wheel (again, for quilting). </p>