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Make an impact, maximise your investment pieces and impress your sense of style, colour blocking has many benefits. Here's how to do it and how to it well...

What Is Colour Blocking?

Colour blocking is a styling technique that builds an outfit by pairing garments in contrasting colours together. Colour blocked suiting takes bold, tailored separates and mix n' matches them with other distinctly coloured separates.

Typically using two to three solid colours (not prints, which will dilute the impact), the effect of stacking a top in one colour above pants or a skirt in another colour creates a block effect. Using the power of contrast, the graphic impact of a colour-blocked look creates a statement outfit.

What's Colour Blocking Good For?

- Colour blocking is an easy way to update your wardrobe staples, helping you to make the most of your investment pieces.
Whether it’s workwear suiting, a luxurious pair of pants or a timeless jacket you bring out season after season, adding a top with a pop of colour can totally transform a well-worn look.

- Create maximum impact with minimal effort. The good thing about colour blocking is that the colours do all the work. Styles can be simple and comfortable, and more often than not, this look will work with much of your existing wardrobe.

- A colour-blocked outfit always looks modern. Blocks of colour create clean, graphic lines that can't help but look stylish and contemporary.

- Colour blocking works for women of all body shapes and sizes. Tall or petite, curvy or sleight, quiet or confident, colour blocking is a styling technique that translates for all!

A colour wheel to show the colour blocking possibilities of stylish colour blocking for bold-coloured women's pants suits. Whether it's pant suits for weddings, business suit sets or blazers for causal wear, best match colours to create strong stylish looks thanks to Australian and New Zealand women's clothing brand, Leina & Fleur.

How To Colour Block Women's Suit Sets

Colour Blocking Basics

Colour blocking works best at the simplest of levels so there’s no need to overthink it. Stick to the basics. 

The colour wheel is made up of the 3 primary colours: red, yellow and blue, and the secondary colours: orange, green and purple which come from mixing combinations of the primary shades.

THE POWER OF THREE
If in doubt, the power of 3 will not let you down. Primary pairings of red, yellow and blue team well together, just as combinations of the secondary colours complement each other.

A primary palette works best when colours are kept bright and pure, creating playfully bold outfits - think Cobalt blue and Tangerine red. With secondary combinations, you can best explore a greater variety of tones. For example, look at the many shades of green and purple and how well they layer together.

A tangerine red suit women will love, this images shows a an over 40 woman wearing a red suit set in a size 12. A tangerine red, 3/4 sleeve jacket for women is worn over a white bamboo jersey top and tapered leg, tangerine pants to create a full pant suit. MAde in Australia by Australian and New Zealand women's clothing brand, Leina & Fleur, shop this ladies suit set for work or casual wear in their online boutique.

Stylish Pant suits for women

Make A Bold Statement

Work the colour block to maximum effect by going for colours that have the greatest contrast. That’s colours that sit opposite each other on the colour wheel. 

Create a bold suit look with jackets and pants in a statement colour. Keep the top underneath simple in shape, but go for a contrast colour to up the impact.

Keep the look slick by sticking to two main colours and only add a third as an accent on a belt, scarf or other accessory. 

The truer to pure primary and secondary shades your palette is the brighter and bolder a statement you'll make.

Colours that sit opposite each other on the colour wheel create the most striking pairings. Orange and navy blue work well together for example, whether it's a Navy suit with an orange top or a Tangerine suit with Navy separates. Look for colours you already have in your wardrobe as a base then build your accent shades accordingly.

Showing a green suit for women, an over 40s woman wears a 3/4 sleeve green jacket, navy tie neck jersey top and wide leg, green trousers in size 12. Made in Australia by Australian and New Zealand women's clothes brand, Leina & Fleur, this green suit makes a great women's business suit set as well as being a great pant suit for weddings.

HOW TO COLOUR BLOCK WORKWEAR suits

Blocking In Colour Families

A safe way to enter into the colour blocking scene is by choosing colours from the same colour family. That is colours that sit next to each other on the colour wheel, which are more subtle in contrast than colours that sit opposite each other. 

Hues may still be bold but the harmony between the shades makes the colour block look easier to embrace for those tentative about wearing strong colour. 

How this would translate for your wardrobe is pairing for example, a Green suit with a top like the Michael Top in Navy (pictured). Or taking a Navy suit and matching it back with Amethyst separates.

A good blue business suit for women, a curvy woman shows how good this work suit looks as a workwear suit for plus size women. The 3/4 sleeve navy jacket is worn over a blue summer top for women and paired with a straight, navy blue midi skirt to create a skirt suit.

Classic Suit Separates Styled Your Way

Monochromatic Colour Blocking

Work with what you love, if you have a favourite colour to wear or your wardrobe is made up primarily of a single colour, then try monochromatic colour blocking. Choose your colour and seek out jackets, tops and pants or skirts in various shades or that colour.

By combining muted undertones with brighter notes, bold shades with pastel tones, and dark hues with lighter overtones you can create a colour block effect with just one single colour.

Work the colour block trend with your favourite palettes by playing off pastels and brights. Textural and tonal shades of one colour can create colour blocking pops. Tone a Cobalt suit with Navy or Mineral blue tops.

Top Tips For Colour Blocking Success

- Whatever shades you choose, keep the saturation of colour balanced. Avoid colours with a washed out look, and go for colours, whether they are pastels or primary shades, that are vibrant.

- Keep your look sharp with well-fitting jackets and pant shapes.

- Use darker colours on areas of the body you want to downplay and lighter shades in places you want to highlight.

- Keep it simple and colour block your outfits with no more than 3 colours.

Shop Coloured Suiting

40 year old womans wears tailored black blazer made of soft stretch scuba crepe fabric. Easy care blazer is a staple for any wardrobe. Black work wear blazer provides the perfect blend of work wear and off-duty style. Australia made clothing brand Leina & Fleur. Shop Soft Suiting in sizes 8-24.
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Image of a 40-year-old woman wearing work wear pants in Black Scuba Crepe. This easy care pant is made of scuba crepe fabric and gives a luxe stretch feel. Comfortable off duty pants are made in Australia for women sized 8-24. Pants are photographed with matching black blazer for a full suit look.
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Plus sized model wears classic black pants. The perfect work wear and off-duty style. Made in Australia, these pants are made from easy care fabric. Designed with a focus on slow fashion, Leina & Fleur prioritize sustainability and timeless elegance, making them a staple for any wardrobe. These versatile black pants ensure you always look effortlessly chic and pair amazingly for any occasion. Sizes 8-24 available online now.
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