Color is a powerful tool in fashion, and when used thoughtfully, it can create visual interest and enhance your body’s natural lines. Incorporating color to complement your shape is about knowing where to strategically place pops of color to highlight the areas that work best for your proportions. Whether you’re an apple, rectangle, inverted triangle, pear, or hourglass shape, the right color placement can balance your silhouette, accentuate your curves, and create a more flattering overall look.

In this post, we’ll explain why color placement works where it does in our head-to-toe styled looks for each body type. By placing color in certain areas—whether it’s around the waist, on the shoulders, or across the hips—you can draw attention to your best features and create harmony with your proportions. We’ll walk you through each styling example, breaking down the reasoning behind the color choices to help you understand how to apply them to your own wardrobe.

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