Talk:Kokone/@comment-17388794-20140130225155/@comment-5051846-20140131174553

I think the colours on Kokone were a very poor choice, but it's not because of pscychology or themes. They mucked up their colour theory. Although colour theory are not rules set in stone and you needn't worry about it all the time, it helps to explain a lot about the commonly unpleasing combination of purple and orange in her design.

The disharmony is based in the violet skirt and the orange scarf. Violet blue and orange have no relationship on the colour wheel at all (it's a very chaotic choice, random and scattered). Of course, this doesn't take personal preference out of the equation – there's probably someone out there that likes the combination, but it won't be the majority. Basically, if you view either half of her alone, she is perfectly harmonious, but unfortunately they made a very unusual decision.

Here would be more average choices for colours like those on Kokone:

An anagolous colour scheme. (This means using colours all next to each other on the wheel, if you arn't familiar with it.) It would be pink, red and orange. She is so close to having this going for her, and I personally would have preferred it. orz Brown is orange-based, so it wouldn't mess up her hair.

A split complementary scheme. This involves having a standout colour very different from the rest, but one of the opposite side of the colour wheel to her other main colours. Violet blue is slightly off opposite, but too far away to be anagolous, meaning it is slightly awkward ont the eyes. Opposite colours would be cyan (She was compared to Eevee. Everyone loves Eevee's colour scheme, but Kokone's is controversial. The lack of cyan was where they differed) or a brighter shade of blue.

While I do love it when imagery is worked into a design I guess Kokone wasn't obliged to have Valentine imagery or anything, haha.