The '3 Color' Rule

Can I share a personal pet peeve? Many of you already know it 😆👇🏽

Advice about color is so misplaced 🤨 Color gets a bad rep cuz color relationships aren’t understood.

I read a few posts/threads saying that neutrals & grayscale aka minimal color palettes are inherently more chic…and that’s just not true.

First off, chic is subjective but if I were to give a general definition 👇🏽
chic = subtle sophistication, less is more, timeless…

Colors easily get pegged as ‘loud’ or ‘too much’ but the flower and branches show how chic/ subtly sophisticated color is 🌱

The flower’s greenish brown stem, petals in shades of purple to white with a bright orange stamen… 🧡💜💚are secondary colors but it’s combining them in a variety of shades that makes it all ‘work’ together beautifully 😍

Or the tree branches in multiple shades of green and brown… show that it’s alive 💗

When style advice is oriented in a ‘what’s in, what’s out’ it fosters rigid concepts.
But all of these concepts from color theory to design elements & principles stem from nature. They’re not man-made but from the OG Designer ;)

✨They’re not rules - they’re descriptions

To help us articulate why something is pleasing to the eye. And because beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you can stick with the ones that resonate most. 😉

No shade to the 3 Color Rule 😅 it’s helpful for embracing colors more but it’s not something to live by.

Spend more time observing and learning about color relationships. 🎨

​If you need some help coming up with colorful outfit ideas, take the VIBE class. 

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