Basic Color Schemes
Monochromatic: The first thing you'll want to do is Google Image search "color wheel" (that elementary school-looking one sans text will do just fine). Monochromatic color schemes are, perhaps, the easiest to pull off, because they involve isolating one slice of the color wheel and working with the hues and shades within it. Translation? Let's take the color blue: straight-leg dark-blue (shade) jeans and chambray (hue) button-down layered under a navy (shade) two-button blazer = success.
Complementary: These are colors that are directly opposite each other on the wheel. That's why when men's fashion sources (including ours) praise navy suits worn with brown shoes, this isn't some fashion editor pushing crap on you; this is simply how color coordination works.
Split Complementary: This refers to one base color (say, blue) and the two colors adjacent to its complementary one (in this case, red-orange and orange-yellow). These adjacent colors can easily be incorporated into a tie, pocket square or socks.
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