Feeling troubled over what color to wear? What color makes you look good? Well, fashion is all about you. What you choose to wear every morning tells a lot about you and how you felt that day. Even your little handbag carries a little story.

Mixing and matching is a personal choice, you create your very own style. Let’s get to understand and have fun with colors.

White. A popular color in fashion. Light and neutral, it goes well with any color. Considered a summer color, a good choice for tops. Always have some in your wardrobe. It readily matches bottoms of any color: a pair of blue denim jeans, khakis, a gray skirt, and bright beach Bermudas. Associated with cleanliness and purity, innocence and gentleness…it gives you a feeling of freedom and uncluttered openness. Women just always look that lovely in their snowy white wedding gowns, don’t they?

Brandy Reese kicks off her shoes, adding an extra touch of lightness to her colorful summer outfit.

Tips: Add a little touch of white to brighten or lighten up your mood. For example, a white tank top with blue denim jeans, white cotton jacket over a hot pink velour smocked baby doll dress, or simply all white for a breezy look.

Black. Another popular color in fashion, always stylish and never out of trend. A good choice for bottoms. Directly opposite of white, it readily matches tops of any color. Nonetheless, it is also a popular choice for tops, making the wearer appear slimmer. A great complimentary color for accessories, like a pink sparkling evening bag or a diamond necklace. A mysterious color, it gives you a feeling of perspective and depth. Symbolizing elegance and refinement, it is always regarded as a prestigious color.

Tips: Pair up black with other dark colors for an attractive mature look, such as a brown wool button-front cardigan with a black pinstripe boot cut pants, or a gray tweed cropped blazer with a black stretch pin tuck pencil skirt.

Red. An expressive color extensively used in fashion. Most visible and lively of all colors, it creates attraction and excitement. The wearer naturally exudes excitement, energy, enthusiasm, and confidence. A physically inspiring color often associated with vitality and ambition, love and passion.

Tips: Pair up red with colors within the red family itself for various moods, such as a red retro style tee with a maroon pleated skirt, or a hot pink cotton V-neck tank with a red fleece collegiate miniskirt.

Yellow. A color commonly used in casual fashion. Similar to red, it creates attraction and excitement. However, it suggests a more fun and sunshine mood. The wearer tends to bring about amusing cheeriness to the group. Usually liked by those who embrace changes. The color of sunshine, it’s often associated with joy, liveliness, and optimism.

Tips: Pair up yellow with dark or lucid cool colors for a striking youthful look: a yellow ruched halter top with a black wool full skirt, or a yellow roll edge t-shirt with a turquoise polka dot tiered miniskirt.

Blue. A popular color liked by most. Emotionally opposite of red and yellow, it brings about a very soothing and relaxing feel, pleasant to the eyes. Naturally refreshing in mood, it’s a good choice for daytime wear. The color of summer skies and the sea, blue is often associated with calmness, affection, idealism, and inspiration.

Tips: Match blue with white for a refreshing and sporty look. For example, a bright blue cotton V-neck hoodie with white stretch cotton studded pants, or a white terry track jacket with pale blue faded jeans.

Pink. A feminine color for girls. Similar to blue, it’s soothing and pleasant to the eyes. Naturally sweet in mood, it has a lasting girly appeal. Girls in pink tend to portray a very sweet and pleasant image, always attractive to the guys. The color of cotton candy, often associated with warm, everlasting affection and tender love.

Tips: Add a little pink to bring out the feminine touch by matching your black satin strapless sash dress with a pink crocodile clutch, or a pink collar tee with black stretched cotton cropped pants.

In simple, when matching colors, play by the rules:

• Stick to one color (all white, blue, red…).
• Hot goes with cool (match yellow with green or blue, not with red).
• Use neutral colors to draw the looks together (white, gray, beige, and black are good neutral colors).
• Play around with color of the same family (pink with maroon, sky blue with navy blue…).

Remember that you create your very own style, and have fun.

Rick Valens is a freelance writer for www.fashion-in-style.com and www.polkadolka.com. This article is reprinted from valuablecontent.com.