When you were a child, one of the first questions people always asked was: What is your favorite color? For many of us, although we do have a color we absolutely love, that color may not be right for us. Colors have many different meanings and can effect you as well as everyone around you. Before we get to that do you understand what colors symbolize? Well if not let me break it down.
Blue
Blue comes in so many shades in the world around us. From the beautiful sky to the water of our oceans (technically) down to the color of some of our ink pens, the color blue is everywhere. Symbolizing peace, tranquility and being male, this color's claim to fame in fashion came with the development of denim. Nothing is like a cool blue pair of jeans to blend random colors together. Add the white tee from above and a blue Yankee fitted cap and you are good to go.
Top clothing items in Blue: Jeans, Yankee Fitted Cap
White
The ultimate color for your summer top, white is a symbol of pureness, newness and innocence. With the ability to reflect light, it helps to keep you cool on a hot day. Meshing perfectly with any outfit, you will look great all day until you get a stain. Susceptible to marks, dirty and food stains, your clean look will be ruined. Be careful when you eat while wearing white especially if its after Labor Day!
Top clothing items in white: Wedding Dress, T-Shirts, Sneakers
Pink
Totally a feminine color until recent years (shout out to Cam'Ron), Pink is gentle color. Naturally calming by nature, a pink shirt under a blue suit is a great blend for a young executive. For young ladies, why not try to blend pink with brown. Trust me it will work!
Top Clothing item in Pink: Dress Shirts
Red
When red pops up, passion and fire comes to mind. The color of love, red is by far one of the most intense and rambunctious colors. Supposedly this color increases the heart rate and hunger, red can bring the sexy out of you but it can also make you look heavier.
Top clothing item in Red: Red Pumps
Check out these pumps from Baby Phat
Purple
A symbol of royalty, purple used to be an elitist's color but has grown into a common color. Leaning more into a feminine color, purple is sure to make people stop and stare especially if you have purple shoes to match. Megastar Prince made the color popular with the song, Purple Rain.
Top Clothing item in Purple: Ties & Sneakers
Check out these MT580LLV sneakers from New Balance
Black
Black is a no-brainer color when it comes to putting an outfit together because black goes with everything. A symbol of authority, black absorbs light and is known to make one look thinner. With stains and dirt less visible than all the other colors, black transcends social status and is worn by everyone in one way or another.
Top clothing item in Black: Black Dress
Doesn't video model Tierra look great in her black dress?
Stay tuned gang because next week we will discuss blending colors in your outfit according to your complexion and eye color.
Let us know what your favorite color is and what clothing item you like to wear in that color.
1. My favorite color is purple. Although, I don't have many outfits of the color, I like it because it gives me a sense of royalty. I feel high and mighty when I am wearing it. I have never owned a pair of purplr shoes but I may invest in some.
Black is the ultimate because it does make me look slinder, I can wear the color with anything, and strangely enough, most of the "coolest" clothes are designed in that color.
tierra at 10:15PM on Aug 27th 2008