If you happen to’re studying this, you’re most likely a tad confused in relation to coloration matching your garments. There’s probability you requested your self sooner or later, “Does this coloration shirt go together with that coloration pants?”, or “Do these colours match, or do I look ridiculous?”

Don’t fear, you’re not alone. In actual fact, it’s one of the vital widespread questions I get! Normally, guys have a tricky time determining what colours go collectively in relation to garments. However hey, it’s not at all times so intuitive when making an attempt to mix completely different coloration shirts, pants, and sneakers collectively.

So I put collectively this text with easy-to-follow pointers and ideas, plus a coloration matching chart for garments, for those who’re extra of a visible individual, so that you’re by no means not sure match your garments once more.

Let’s do that!

Figuring Out What Colour Garments Go Collectively

So right here’s the essential thought. I’m retaining this so simple as potential. 4 issues to bear in mind.

1. #menswearneutrals. Menswear neutrals are the KEY to outfits that ALWAYS “match” and by no means conflict. Study these, memorize them, use them. Watch the video above to see what I imply.
2. Distinction is vital. Gentle high, darkish backside, gentle sneakers. Darkish high, gentle backside, darkish sneakers. You desire a good quantity of distinction among the many three.
3. Avoid tonal outfits (all three items being the identical coloration, or shut in worth). It can be pulled off efficiently, but additionally has the opportunity of trying form of horrible. It’s a extra superior fashion idea which we’ll cowl in a distinct article.
4. Keep away from tops which are too near your pores and skin tone. It makes you seem pale and washed out. Learn this text for a extra in-depth clarification.

Right here’s The Colour Matching Chart For Males’s Garments (Save It For Reference Later)

The entire thought is to indicate you the way simple it’s to pair shirts and pants, and end off the outfit with sneakers. Now you gained’t should always ask your self what coloration garments go collectively… simply use this chart and also you’ll have (virtually) countless potentialities.

How To Learn The Colour Matching Chart

• Prime Part: You could have your pants, shirts, and sneakers. This makes up your base outfit, with each coloration I’m utilizing on this instance. I labeled sneakers A, pants B, and shirts C. (You’ll see why in a minute.)
• Pants Out! For each outfit instance, I began every outfit with the pants as the bottom. I feel most of us select a pair of pants first, then the shirt, then the mid-layer, sneakers, jacket, and so forth.
• Backside Part: Every column = one pair of pants. Have a look at every column from high to backside to see the completely different choices for every pair of pants. I labeled every column B1-B5, one pair of pants per column.
• A small number of what’s potential: The alternatives that don’t make the checklist might nonetheless work, although I’m making an attempt to maintain this easy. In actuality, there are numerous extra potential combos! However strive these first.
• Interchangeable and versatile: Nearly each shirt / pants / sneakers combo inside every group of three is interchangeable, so don’t really feel caught with these actual match-ups.

Obtained it? Right here it’s:

Utilizing The Colour Matching Chart

Sure it’s simplistic, however that’s factor. Right here’s what you must consider:

Begin With The three outfits For Every Pair Of Pants

Within the graphic above, you’ll see these are fundamental solids, and technically, all combos can work. However, to make it simple if you’re beginning out, concentrate on the highest three decisions I put collectively for you (mainly all the backside part, 3 outfits per pant coloration).

When you get the grasp of it, you’ll now not want this text and also you’ll have the ability to work out put collectively any coloration mixture, not simply the fundamentals.

These Are Symbols (So Deal with the colours)

We’re discussing coloration, not illustration accuracy or degree of ritual. This visible information accommodates symbols representing tops, bottoms, and sneakers. These should not essentially consultant of any particular sort of shirt, pair of pants, or sneakers.

Why solely fundamental colours?

It’s good to maintain it easy, and to grasp the straightforward stuff earlier than you progress onto the extra superior coloration combos. Simplicity is finest! And in addition as a result of for those who’re following the Lean Wardrobe philosophy, you’ll have all these colours in your closet.

Moreover, for those who’re including mid- and top-level gadgets primarily based off the Lean Wardrobe pyramid, you don’t have to fret about matching these issues (as a result of it’s all about complementing, not matching).

Belief that these combos will look good, and…

Use your creativeness. If you happen to can’t, and visualizing all that is too tough for you, perhaps you must take into account my seasonal information, Easy Outfits. It’s 10 gadgets for the season, 10 outfit concepts, all laid out for you. No considering required, simply buy and placed on 😉

Experiment!

Go to your closet, pull related gadgets, and put them collectively for your self so you’ll be able to see how they give the impression of being collectively. It’s so much simpler than you suppose.

Begin together with your pants (then shirt, then sneakers)

I’ve began constructing these combos with the pants, however you can begin with any merchandise you need.

It gained’t be EXACTLY the identical (and that’s OK)

There might be various levels of darkness and lightness in your clothes’s colours, so use your finest judgement. It’s possible you’ll be coping with a darker impartial, or a shade of blue that’s lighter than the consultant image you see right here. Simply remember that distinction is vital.

What about patterned or multi-color shirts? Multi-color shirts—something from a fundamental distinction collar shirt to a tartan or multi-colored gingham—are finest dealt with by asking your self what the general hue of the shirt is.

Dangle your shirt in opposition to a clean white wall and stroll to the opposite aspect of the room. Does it “learn” blue? Extra pink / pink? Impartial? What’s the main coloration that exhibits? Base the remainder of your alternatives on how the shirt reads.

Khaki chinos, grey chinos (or trousers), and darkish blue denim are secure bets, regardless of the colour of your shirt or sneakers.

Matching Suggestions and Methods on this Video

On this vid I focus on a couple of matching ideas and tips that aren’t on this article. You’ll discover extra movies on EG’s YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe!

When Figuring Out What Colour Garments Go Collectively, Hold these items in thoughts

1. Experiment (all the pieces might be OK)
2. There aren’t any hard-and-fast guidelines (so you’ll be able to’t actually mess up)
3. Have enjoyable making an attempt out new combos (as soon as you are feeling comfy)

If you happen to keep in mind the 4 factors from the start of this publish (keep on with menswear neutrals, go for distinction, no tops too near your pores and skin tone, keep away from tonal outfits for now), placing collectively combos from these fundamental colours is tremendous simple.

Research the graphic FIRST, and when you have questions, let me know! You possibly can at all times DM me on Instagram.