Monochromatic Outfits: Should A Gentleman Wear Just One Color?

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A quick look at any celebrity tabloid magazine will show you that various celebrities like Christian Bale and George Clooney frequently wear monochromatic looks on the red carpet and elsewhere. And lets not forget the tone on tone look popularized by Regis Philbin around the turn of the millenium. It even spawned a clothing line from Van Heusen. But our question today is whether these sorts of looks have any place in the wardrobe of a gentleman who follows the tenets of classic style and if there are other types of outfits that could still be considered monochrome that are better looks.

So what are we then considering a monochromatic look to be?

Essentially, it's a look that is, again, derived from one color. However, not all elements of the outfit have to be an exactly the same color like all black or all navy, for example, and can use tints or shades of that color.

A tint is where white is added to the regular hue and a shade is where black is added. By the way, if you would like to learn more about color terminology, you can find all of that in our video on using the color wheel to assemble outfits, here.

In addition to it being a misconception that a monochromatic outfit must feature pieces that are all in exactly the same shade, it's also a misconception that everything in the outfit has to be a solid. You can incorporate patterns and textures into different garments and we will be discussing that more, later on.

So while there are some kinds of monochrome outfits that we would suggest you avoid, there are other types that can look sophisticated and streamlined.

With that said, we will go over a few key dos and don'ts of monochromatic outfits in the rest of the video.

Our first big point here, don't try to assemble an outfit using garments that are all of exactly the same shade or tint. Again, using an all black or all navy outfit, as an example, one of the reasons why you should avoid attempting a look like this is that it is going to be extremely difficult to match the blacks and navys in the same outfit between different garments. This is because different garments are composed of different fabrics and are also dyed differently. If they are not coming from the same manufacturer or are in the same fabric treated with the same dye, color won't be exactly the same even if they are generally considered to be black, navy, or other colors like that.

With that major don't out of the way, we would advocate that you do try to choose a color that is not so bold as your base color for a more monochromatically inspired outfit. So for example, instead of centering a monochromatic outfit around black, maybe you could think about using grayscale more broadly.

Also, we recommend that you wear various shades and tints of your base color in a monochromatic outfit. Varying the brightness of your source hue in an outfit is going to keep everything in the same harmonious overall mode of color but it will also provide some definition and visual interest between the various elements in your outfit.

And as we said before, do try to experiment with textures and patterns in your monochromatically inspired outfits. Again, using my outfit today as an example, the texture of my cardigan sweater adds some visual interest and my shirt has a striped pattern.

Something else to avoid, don't wear too many layers in a monochrome look. As you're trying to maintain harmony between the different pieces but also stay centered around the base hue, the more pieces you add, the more difficult it is going to be to do this.

With all that said though, our final don't today is don't feel like you have to stick the rules we've outlined, rigidly. While we do think that the guidelines we've put forward will help you to successfully build monochromatic outfits that look good, at the end of the day, you can still wear whatever you think will make you look best. After all, if what you are wearing is making you feel confident and more like yourself, that is the main objective.