Cameron Diaz's Recent Color Combo

Posted by Maire Loughran Aug 16, 2007

Over the last two weeks I have noticed that you can not pick up a fashion magazine without seeing that stunning picture of actor Cameron Diaz in the fuchsia (hot pink) Dior by John Galliano gown paired with the chunky turquoise necklace and earrings.

In Style magazine had two pictures of Diaz in it's latest edition (August 2007) - previewing the combo in it's Sneak Peek with a follow up in The Look section. As In Style puts it: "Two brights don't make a wrong."

Quite true but how do you know when it is too much and which brights to combine? My latest article discusses the hot colors for Fall/ Winter 2007. In that article I also give a link to my article on using a color wheel. A color wheel is an invaluable aid in combining colors for your wardrobe, jewelry and home furnishings.

Combining hot pink and turquoise is an example of combining triad colors on the color wheel. This means two colors that are three apart from each other on the color wheel. Hot pink and turquoise are both tints - a color plus white. In this case red + white and blue + white.

Combining two strong colors such as pink and turquoise is only successful if one color is dominate. In this case, the hot pink dress is dominate. Check out my Cool Color forecast article for more info on combining colors.