![]() Is more blue purple or red purple? Do you prefer acid greens or soft peaches? ![]() You should look around your home or your clothing and see what kind of purple you have near you. If you wanted it to be more muted you would use colors closer together on the color wheel! I don't like red-red-purples at all but my favorite purple is a magenta because it pops and it's complimentary is chartreuse (lime green) which is one of my favorite color combinations in my mixed media pages.īECAUSE they are complimentary colors, they jump off the page. There are so many fun colors of purple in the world, purple pink, red purple, purple blue, how do you pick the one that is right for you?įor me the first step is to know if you are warm or cool purple kind of gal. ![]() Seeing colors that work together in nature can give you an idea of what kinds of combos you might like in your colors! How To Pick The Right Purple For You If you are struggling figuring out what purple combinations you like, check out nature.įlowers are full of purple from the lavender of wisteria to the magenta of pansies. Here are the color wheels with the kind purple we are looking at… Purple Color Schemes Magenta Color Schemes Violet Color Schemes Purple Complimentary Colors In Nature Now you may say that is cheating because those are different KINDS of purple with more or less red or blue thrown in, but in actuality you want to find the color of purple that works best with what you are trying to match! Here is purple with all the colors of the rainbow! So if you can match purple with colors across the color wheel AND you can match purple with the same colors on the warm and cool sides of the color wheel, doesn't that mean purple can go with anything? YES! So if you think about colors that go well with those, you would think about the warm or cool side of the color wheel! Purple “Goes” With Everything Those kinds of colors tend to be on the some side of the color wheel as far as being warm or cool colors. ![]() So while we can swing around on the color wheel to pick colors that are complimentary (opposite), we can also think about colors that will match purple. Photo by Debra Kling Colour Consultant – Discover living room design inspiration Colors That Match Purple If you think about it we see these color combinations all over the place like in these purple and yellow logos… So if we think of purple being those 3 (“real purple”, magenta and violet), then the three colors that go with purple will be directly across from them on the color wheel, their complimentary colors… So purple of course “goes” with red and blue because they are part of its color properties.īut on a color wheel, between red and purple or blue and purple are other shades of purple, like magenta and violet. I am going to talk A LOT about purple today and colors that match with it, but first let's do a quick look at purple itself. ![]() Please note: This article contains affiliate links, and that means that I may earn a commission if you buy something. Read my full disclosure here. Today we are going to talk about colors that go well with purple and how we can figure out the best combinations fast and easy! From complimentary to secondary and everything in between… let's talk purple today! ![]()
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