How to correctly match colors in portrait photography?

In portrait photography, besides composition, the position, light or posture of the subject, and the choice and collocation of colors are also important elements. Let's introduce the actual combat case of 15, so that you can choose the right color to make people's photos look more beautiful and outstanding.

To choose the color to use, you can look at the color wheel to see the color you want to match. Between warm and cool colors, it is used for high contrast images, which helps to attract attention and create a more vivid and interesting atmosphere in photos.

Case 1

Clothes: white lavender lavender

Bag: light brown (beige)

Background: Pink-light brown (beige)

Generally speaking, this painting will have main colors, such as purple, pink and light brown, which are all light colors and feel light and comfortable.

Case 2

Clothes: pink and purple

Hat: green

Background: pink and green

The main colors of this painting are pink and purple. As you can see from the color wheel, these two colors are very close together, which makes the whole picture look very harmonious, and there are some pink flowers on the background, so the hat is green, which may look like the color jumping out of clothes, and perfectly blends with the picture.

Case 3

Clothes: blue-green (turquoise)-white

Jewelry: blue and green (turquoise)

Background colors: blue and white.

Blue-and-white tone is a bright tone, which is suitable for taking pictures of the ocean, ponds and summer themes. It is a refreshing and lively tone, and it can be seen that the blue and white color scheme is also reminiscent of the sea.

Case 4

Clothing: purple and yellow

Background color: pink

Purple and yellow are relative colors on the color wheel, or they are complementary colors, which make people stand out and attract many people's attention to the model.

Case 5

Clothes: red and pink.

Hat: purple,

Background: pink

Select adjacent colors or similar colors in the color wheel. Look at the colors in the picture. They look very harmonious. The three colors in the picture line up.

Case 6

Clothes: blue-gray

Hat: blue

Shoes: blue and pink.

The main colors of this painting are only blue and pink. Blue is the contrast between cool color and warm color pink, which makes the subject stand out clearly from the background, but in this picture, the photographer wants the whole body to stand out. By making the model wear blue and pink shoes, the whole picture in this picture is made. The model looks outstanding, but the overall picture has a kind of integration and harmony.

Case 7

Clothes: pumpkin yellow

Background: blue

This picture hopes to present a high-contrast image by using contrast colors, so that the picture looks eye-catching, and the model is separated from the background and clearer.

Case 8

Decoration: red

Background: red-black-green

The color used in this picture is a color with strong contrast between red and green, which makes the whole picture stand out in color, but it is also connected with the whole picture in the same way, that is, the decorations used by the model are red, which matches the background color of red flowers.

Case 9

Clothes: pink

This image uses pink tones, clothing and a pink rose background to color the whole image. Color is integrated into the whole image, but a yellow lens prop (yellow is almost the antonym of pink on the color wheel) is added, even a small ornament is very eye-catching.

Case 10

Clothes: yellow, red

Accessories: yellow

Background: green

The color of this painting conveys a feeling and attracts people's attention. With contrasting colors, green, yellow and red enter the picture, giving people a strong feeling.

Case 1 1

Clothes: light brown

Jewelry: red

Background: light brown

The color tone in the picture is reddish brown, which is considered as the same color tone. Although the hue is close, if you want it to stand out everywhere, you can use it to enhance the intensity of the color, and then give it a dark color in this area and make other colors lighter.

Case 12

Clothes: green-blue-light brown

Hat: light brown

The color of clothes even uses different warm colors, of course, it can also be matched with cool colors, but the photo does not have high contrast, because light colors are used, in which case light brown is recommended.

Case 13

Clothes: green and red.

This is a color that is obviously opposite to hue. Choose a color to achieve high contrast, but use black to help mix colors. On the whole, it looks more harmonious. Additional props are added, and the background color is adjusted with orange, red and green leaves to make the picture look more peaceful and the color will not be too prominent.

Case 14

Clothes: white

Hat and bag: light brown

Background: white-green-light brown

Although white does not belong to the color wheel, matching white with other colors or taking white as the theme can make the picture stand out.

Case 15

Clothes: white and black

Hat: black

Background: white

Black and white are not on the color wheel, but they are classic colors. Because white is an object that reflects all colors, and black absorbs all colors, we need to determine the shooting theme when we see whether the object is white or black. This is a color that is easy to understand and communicate. It is considered as an eternal tone, and it also gives people an elegant Leng Yan appearance. So black-and-white or black-and-white photography is still very popular until now.

Through the introduction of the above 15 case, people have different feelings of different colors and colors, but please consider the relationship between shooting location, background, clothing and accessories before shooting, and make a good overall shooting plan to avoid being in a hurry.