Group “types” of clothing together (ie. dresses, blouses, jackets, etc.) Within each group of clothing type, create color blocks. Use the rainbow (ROY G BIV) to color coordinate: White, tan, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, brown, grey, black.
Arrange pieces by item, then style, length, and color, so that you can see everything clearly. The same goes for shoes: style, color, height.
Duo Clea and Joanna frequently use color to organize, but specifically, it's the rainbow that guides them. They use the acronym ROYGBIV as a reminder of the colors they're talking about and the order in which they go: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
Arrange Clothes in Closet in Rainbow Order. This is where it starts getting fun. Begin with one pile and place it back on the closet rod then start organizing in this order. White, tan, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, purple, brown, gray, and black.
ROYGBIV – Roy-gee-biv! Sort by the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Many people believe it's the best way to go about color coding a closet—it's easy to remember and provides greater contrast between groups.
Group “types” of clothing together (ie. dresses, blouses, jackets, etc.) Within each group of clothing type, create color blocks. Use the rainbow (ROY G BIV) to color coordinate: White, tan, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, brown, grey, black.
Some people prefer to arrange their clothes by style while others sort their clothes according to season. Organizational experts will tell you that one of the best ways to coordinate your closet is by color. There are all sorts of benefits to organizing your closet by color, and it's a lot more than looking great!
"The most important principle in closet organizing is to group like things together," says professional organizer Barbara Reich of Resourceful Consultants. "Shirts with shirts, pants with pants." That way, there's no question about where to find those items when you need them.
When organizing by color, look to the rainbow. "Start with white, cream, pink, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, brown, gray, and black," says Melanie Walker, the owner of NEAT Method. There are some other hues that are harder to place when working on the ROYGBIV system, like gold and silver.
It's helpful to build your wardrobe around cool tones (such as blue, grey, and black) or warm tones (such as camel, ivory, and burgundy). Or you can create a minimal color palette by mixing all of the basics (such as black, white, grey, navy, and ivory).
Typically, there are 3-8 designated colors that create a color palette complimentary to the brand's personality and style. There are two different types of brand colors: primary brand colors and secondary brand colors.
Divide items by type: Jeans, sweaters, dresses, etc. Arrange items based on height and bulkiness: Tops go on lower racks or shorter shelves, pants go on a hook rack or mid-level shelf, and long dresses and bulky coats go on higher racks and spacious shelving.
The term for sorting items by color is called chromatic ordering.
The colors of the rainbow in order are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet (ROYGBIV).
Arranged in the order the colors appear in the light spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet), Sir Isaac Newton created the first color wheel in 1666.
The colour order systems are of three types (Wyszecki, 1986): The colourant-mixture system based on a subtractive mixture of colourants e.g. Pantone (Figure 2) The colour-mixture system based on an additive mixture of colour stimuli e.g. Ostwald system.
White has been one of the most popular living room colors as of late because it goes with all.
The underlying premise of the three colour rule is to not combine more than three colours in your outfit at any one time. The exception being black and white, which are technically not 'colours' but tones, and can be intermixed as a fourth colour in your outfit. An easy example is the outfit I'm wearing above.
The rule of 3 colors is simple: pick one primary color. Then, pick two other complementary colors. See the example below. We picked a main hue (a variation red), and complemented it with two different colors.