COMPLETING YOUR PALETTE
Using the Oxford blue, white and stone palette as an example, heading to the opposite side of the colour wheel from your blue hero colour will give you oranges and corals. This pairing of colours is known as ‘complementary’ and will make each colour look brighter. This is a great technique for adding colour pops to your scheme.
If you look at colours either side of your blue, you’ll find greens and violets. Using these colours with blue will create a ‘harmonious’ pairing, a more relaxing colour scheme. Using more than five colours in your palette can make it difficult to create a coherent look, so Marianne advises sticking to three or five colours for a stylish, pulled-together scheme.