2.5.12

colour confident. purple edition.

The latest addition to my coloured denim collection are these awesome "orchid" purple skinnies. I absolutely love this shade. It's so unique and pretty and I'm finding that I can wear them with a bunch of different colours.

If you were here last week, I started a mini Colour Confident series... basically I pick a colour of denim and give you different ensemble options... in case you have no idea what to wear with your pretty brights!


Last time we talked about neutrals and how you don't want to look like a walking highlighter. Neutrals can really be worn with most bright colours, but what if you want to spice it up a bit more?  




Orange is purple's perfect counterpart. If you know your colour wheel, you know these are both secondary colours. If you're a little more advanced in your colour wheel knowledge, you might also know that the colours I am wearing are a triadic colour scheme (purple, orange, bits of green). Am I confusing you yet? Point is, they go together. Like bread and buttah.
I found yellow and white to be other viable options as well. What do you think about the purple/orange combo?
What are your favourite colour combinations for clothing?

jeans: f21
dress: romwe
messy hair : lazy me






28 comments:

  1. LOVE orange and purple! Just posted some earrings in both colours on my etsy shop and your post has made me want to keep them for myself for my own purple/orange outfit!
    timefortea

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  2. I love your orange and purple combination! that dress is very pretty!

    Sita xx
    http://buttonsapart.blogspot.co.uk/

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  3. Love the outfit...

    I know purple and orange go together, and rather well, because the college football team we pull for, colors are purple and orange...haha, love it!

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  4. Dana, your blog is awesome! And I LOVE these colors together - so gorgeous :)

    Annie
    The Other Side of Gray

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  5. I love purple with Cobalt too. Love. I'm wearing it right now with turquoise, mustard and gray :)

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  6. Love your dress and the purple leggings. =)


    http://sassychunny.blogspot.com/

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  7. Absolutely LOVE the purple! Adding to my must-buy-list immediately!

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  8. I'm loving the purple and orange combo!

    http://brightandsassy.blogspot.com/

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  9. what a great series! I love orange, but never thought about pairing it with purple before! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!
    xx

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  10. what a great series! I love orange, but never thought about pairing it with purple before! Thank you for the wonderful inspiration!
    xx

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  11. Love the purple and orange color combo!

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  12. the deer on that dress are so sweet! i may hafto buy this exact outfit. glorious! i remember my hubbie learning color wheel stuff in design school..

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  13. Love this look! I love flowy tops too :)

    <3
    http://kimberrleigh.com/

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  14. such a great shade!

    grace
    http://herumbrella.com

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  15. i'm always a sucker for purple. cute outfit!

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  16. You're cute, but I'm biased because I love you.

    Sidecarsally.com

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  17. okay, seriously, you are too fabulous! loving those colored pants on you!!
    still needing to get some colored denim!
    xo TJ

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  18. I never would have thought to pair those two! Looks great!

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  19. I love the colour blocking going on here, that dress is so cute though i was mainly working out the detailing on it! love stuff like that :) I did have baby blue and purple tights but i ripped a hole in them with my toe! :O
    http://www.fashionbreaksmyheart.blogspot.co.uk

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  20. Oh my god I love those. I just bought some red pants myself and I'm working up the courage to wear them.

    Seriously, such a cute outfit. Thanks for the color confidence :]

    -Rachel :]
    raxelradprojects.com
    (Crayon Art and DIY Inspiration)

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  21. I love the color combo! Your dress is too cute...love it!

    xo erica

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  22. I think purple and green look lovely together, but I definitely love dark blue (almost black) with cream the best. :)

    xx

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  23. thanks for the comment! you've found yourself a new reader.
    noticed you have two blogs, which one to follow?

    i love coloured skinny jeans but dont have the confidence to wear them! sometime soon. Somehow i think the bright colour will exagerate my epic bum even more

    Barnicles

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  24. Love it! This shade of purple is PERFECT! Think I need to look out for some of these for myself now... :)

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  25. love this outfit<3
    the print on your dress is adorable!
    keep posting these, you have awesome style!

    xox,

    http://simplycynnnn.blogspot.com/

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  26. I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE your top. I have never ordered clothes from romwe I am always afraid of the sizing's.

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  27. Love it! I was going to say it reminded me of the color wheel I learned in Interior Design!

    How are the quality of the F21 pants?

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