How do you know what colours work together?

[Crazy8]

I'm in a bit confused about which colours work with each other. I know the basics and know how black and white works with other colours but I don't understand others.
For example I know black would work with khaki but what other colours work with khaki? What colours work with camel?
I saw the lady on "does my bum look 40" wear khaki and camel together which really confused me.
Any help would be appreciated.

[senua]

AFAIK, yellow is the key.
Yellowy colours are either spring (clear) or autumn (muted).
Non-yellow are winter (clear) or summer (muted).

So spring/autumns can do yellow, orange, peach, mustard, gold, etc. Winter/summers need to steer clear of colours like this and be careful of which shades of green or brown they use.

Camel / beige is also tricky because it can have brown / yellow / sandy / grey / pinkish overtones. Chose carefully!

[Lucked]

It depends a bit on what you mean by khaki, it can be beige like chinos or quite green. I have chinos that I mix with lots of colours as I consider them quite neutral but it would depend on the exact shade.

[Crazy8]

I just wondered if there was a trick to figuring out colours that go with out her colours really.

[Kahu]

Colour theory if you ignore the pineapples and oranges, this might be helpful.

Instyle magazine does a colour crash course feature which is pretty good. I found this on pinterest. Apparently they do a colour crash course app too.

[mowglik]

Good info on this page on colour combinations - you can pick colours that clash or colours that go together depending on what look you are after:

Colour theory

[Nabootique]

I don't know if I'll get slated for this, but I love Trinny and Susannah's book What You Wear Can Change Your Life. Really nice chapter on working out which colours suit you and which colours go with which.

[Crazy8]

Thanks for the great advice. I think I need to sort out my wardrobe and play around with the colours. The colour wheel and Pinterest is great.