Colors - Matching

[Liam]

I had a good laugh when I came across the following statements.

MacLowlife here:


The Wizard on another thread:


Edit:
Obviously if you want to read the context, both quotes link to their original place.

Have a look at my avatar.... I am wearing a blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

[OC Richard]

blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

Those accessories quite literally compliment the kilt! (Blue and orange are complimentary colours.)



This is the precise opposite of matching colours.

[Stan]

A complementary color is simply described as (and is) the opposite on the color wheel from another color. It may in fact BE complementary by definition, but is it "visually" (by perception) a "complementary" color?

Yellow is (by this definition) complementary to Purple, but it may still not be visual pleasing and there by, even though it's "complementary" by definition, it may not be visually considered by some to be "complementary".

[MacLowlife]

A complementary color is simply described as (and is) the opposite on the color wheel from another color. It may in fact BE complementary by definition, but is it "visually" (by perception) a "complementary" color?

Yellow is (by this definition) complementary to Purple, but it may still not be visual pleasing and there by, even though it's "complementary" by definition, it may not be visually considered by some to be "complementary".

There are phenomena that can be measured. A color placed next to its complementary color will be more striking. If you stare at a red square for a minute and then look at a blank white space, you will see a green after-image. Those are scientific facts.

What is pleasing and what is perceived to be harmonious comes down to taste, or opinion, if you prefer. Fashions change and different cultures treat different colors differently. We can say the same for architecture and geometry or for music- how many tones does your musical scale have?

I once heard someone say that you can make a pretty good color scheme by picking up three or four rocks and shells from a beach. Right now, the view out my window looks a lot like the Buchanan tartan. Pastel blue walls with beige pillows and grey upholstery works for some people, just as rust and gold and green does for others.

Here is a yellow and purple sport coat- in fact, two of them. http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLO-RALPH-L...item51b4ec356b

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=111220052501

Someone can be presumed to have liked the effect. It may not be visually considered by SOME to be complementary, but the same can be said for any garment or color combination. de gustibus non est disputandem.

[Carlo]

Some time ago the BBC showed an episode of Horizon about colours. It seems that language might have a bigger influence on how we see colours than taste. So count me out on that topic .
I like my orange with white and green and with an added portion of blue.
(Just realised that I should be Irish with my colour taste)

[OC Richard]

A complementary color is simply described as (and is) the opposite on the color wheel from another color. It may in fact BE complementary by definition, but is it "visually" (by perception) a "complementary" color?

Yellow is (by this definition) complementary to Purple, but it may still not be visual pleasing and there by, even though it's "complementary" by definition, it may not be visually considered by some to be "complementary".

I was indulging in a pun, I suppose, but yes, to my eye the blue jacket and hose do very much compliment that orangish kilt. Colour theory helps explain why it works.

Yellow and purple, by the way, seem to be regarded as quite pleasing to many; they form the basis of the Culloden tartan, and are the team colours for the Los Angeles Lakers amongst others.

[OC Richard]

As far as complimentary colours go, here are a couple tartans I made up a while back, as part of a discussion on some other thread. Each tartan is based on complimentary colours. Each only took around 10 minutes to design.

[TJ Kelley]

I am kinda with KiltFitz on this one, I tend to be MatchyMatchy.
I dont know if I could sport the entire color wheel in one outfit.

I do admire checked/patterned hose and the combinations some of you gentlemen pull off.
But have to be honest... this look doesn't have the same effect on all, some look very clown like.

Something inside of me says the Kilt is enough of a stand out, all on its own.

[Carlo]

Have a look at my avatar.... I am wearing a blue tweed jacket, lovat blue hose, light blue shirt, navy blue tie, blue tam with... horrors, my ancient red (orange) MacDonell of Keppoch tartan kilt.

No horrors to see there. You look great as far as my colour sense goes.