PINSTRIPED TIE HOW TO

Blues and reds are the best examples of contrasting tones that work phenomenally well together. Contrasting colours are typically easier to team together, given they juxtapose and create a bit more dimension.

Complementary colours need to be paired thoughtfully, as they can be more difficult to team together – don’t match these colours in bolder tones, the look will be a bit intimidating. Take a powder blue shirt and a navy tie – the navy will pick up the light blue tones of your shirt and will work well because they are distinctly different. Similar colours can work well together, but ensure there is enough distinction between the shades of your shirts and ties. Ties should be darker than your shirts, so opt for deeper, darker colours of your shirts for your tie choices. The trick to perfecting similarly coloured shirts and ties is to vary your shades. Finally, colours that are three sections away from other colours are contrasting. Colours opposite to one another are complementary, but the shades of these tones need to be well considered. Perfecting tie and shirt combinations will come from experience! Colours besides each other in the colour wheel are similar, meaning they possess similar tones. The colour wheel is informative, but it shouldn’t be taken as gospel.

Whilst it can be used as a rough guide for pairing your shirts and ties, you should be aware that it is one thing to do something in theory and another in practice.

The colour wheel is useful when it comes to pairing your ties with shirts, allowing you to identify colours that are complementary, contrasting and similar.

PINSTRIPED TIE HOW TO

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