1937 Color Matching Wheel

[Dinerman]

Color matching from a 1937 "Style Chart" tie rack.

Tie: Purple
Shirt: White/Gray/Blue
Suit: Brown/Gray

Tie: Rust
Shirt: White/Tan
Suit:Brown

Tie: Gray
Shirt:White/Gray/Blue
Suit:Gray/Blue

Tie:Black and Red
Shirt:White/Gray
Suit:Brown/Gray/Blue

Tie: Black and White
Shirt: White/Gray
Suit: Gray/Blue

Tie:Tan
Shirt: White/Gray
Suit: Grown/Green/Tan

Tie: Brown
Shirt: Tan/White/Gray
Suit: Brown/Tan

Tie: Green
Shirt: White/Gray
Suit: Brown/Green/Gray/Tan

Tie: Blue
Shirt:White/Gray/Blue
Suit: Gray/Blue

Tie: Red
Shirt: White/Gray/Blue
Suit:Blue/Gray

Tie: Maroon
Shirt: White/Gray
Suit: Brown/Gray/Blue

 

[Dinerman]

Here that is visually. Really very mundane, especially when it comes to shirt colors.
But that's what you get when you take your style advise from a piece of hardware.

 

[John Galt]

Where is the hat column?

;-)


"Faint hat never won fair lady."

 

[scottyrocks]

And who wears all solid colors?

 

[Foxer55]

Just remember: two plain, one fancy.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

There is no such thing as fashion rules. Only guidelines.

 

[Dinerman]

Who said anything about rules?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Just remember: two plain, one fancy.

… Make Jack a dull boy.

 

[Tomasso]

… Make Jack a dull boy.

Not necessarily. From time to time I will take a hiatus (from a few weeks to several months) from patterns and go completely solid from head to toe. For me it's kinda like cleansing my pallet as I would between courses of a meal. Mind you, I often employ rather colorful solids (pinks, lavenders, violets, etc...) that when crafted into an outfit can be rather striking. And they usually have textures and weaves that add some surface interest as well.

Solids get short shrift in the textile world for being boring and uninspired which I think is undeserved. It's just that most people don't know how to make them pop.

 

[Giftmacher]

Quite interesting, where does that come from?

 

[Guttersnipe]

These color recommendations are pretty good, if a little limited. Barely any mention of pattern, though. What I find interesting is how often it recommends gray shirts, which reminds me, need to wear my '30s style gray shirt more often...

Three fancy can work, if you now what your doing. This illustration from Esquire is très magnifique, IMHO. Note that the colors (almost) follow the recommendations above: black and white tie, white detachable collar on a blue and white patterned shirt, gray suit.

 

[Dinerman]

Quite interesting, where does that come from?

A 1937 "Style Chart" tie rack.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Yes, of course. I agree! Just saying that rigidly sticking to the "two plain one fancy" rule would be rather restrictive, style-wise.

Not necessarily. From time to time I will take a hiatus (from a few weeks to several months) from patterns and go completely solid from head to toe. For me it's kinda like cleansing my pallet as I would between courses of a meal. Mind you, I often employ rather colorful solids (pinks, lavenders, violets, etc...) that when crafted into an outfit can be rather striking. And they usually have textures and weaves that add some surface interest as well.

Solids get short shrift in the textile world for being boring and uninspired which I think is undeserved. It's just that most people don't know how to make them pop.