How to Choose a Color Palette That Makes Your Costume Unforgettable. Let’s start by the base, our color palette and build from there.
Why Start With Color?
Choosing color first gives you control over the character’s mood, makes everything feel cohesive with the setting, and simplifies decisions like makeup, accessories, and lighting even for a small house party, color helps you immerse yourself in the world you’re about to create.
Classic Palettes That Always Work
1. Maroon Speel
Rust + Scarlet Red + Maroon + Brown + Black
Perfect for witches, demons, or forest spirits.Go for textures like velvet, shiny lycra like our 5009, catsuit 5010 or opaque tights to add depth and dimension.
2. Moonlit Graveyard
Light Grey + Ivory + Navy + Dusty Green
Ideal for ghosts, zombies, or ethereal creatures. The magic lies in soft contrasts and how these tones come to life under cool or bluish lighting. Use our 1053 tights, our 5006 bodysuit, and add a special touch with our Sheer Opera Gloves 3207
3. Enchanted Poison
Neon Green+ Purple + Black + Light Grey (or Charcoal, for extra punch)
Perfect for mysterious hybrids, futuristic villains, or glam monsters. These colors shine under LED lights, strobes, or fog machines. Use our 5010 catsuit and complete the look with bold accessories that bring your costume to life.
4 Easy Steps to create your own color Palette
1. Start With Emotion
Is your character elegant, chaotic, sweet, fierce, scary or melancholic?
Every emotion can be translated into color. For example:
- Nostalgia: Orchid Pink + Maroon + Light Grey
- Power: Scarlet Red + Gold + Black
- Sweet-but-deadly: Lilac + Neon Pink + Pastel Mint
2. Pick a Dominant Color
This will be your main costume color—think tights, bodysuit, or gloves. We Love Colors offers over 50 shades to build your base. Check out the full color guide
3. Add Contrast
You don’t need a rainbow. Sometimes, just one unexpected color makes everything pop:
- Black suit + Neon Green lips
- Light Pink dress + Red accents like
Gloves or tights
4. Think About Lighting
Colors look different under club lights, on stage, house party or out in the street. Shooting photos or video? Test your costume under similar lighting before the event night.
Already picked a character?
Perfect! Now it’s time to make it yours.
You don’t have to copy the exact look, sometimes the best costumes are the ones that add a twist. A new color palette can make a classic feel fresh, fun, and totally you.
- Examples:
- Vintage Harley Quinn: Rubine + Light Tan + Black
- Glam Poison Ivy: Olive Green + Gold + Black
- A Dark Glam Clown: Total Black + White face
Do you need help choosing the colors for your next Costume or need a custom color? Feel free to reach out via email to info@welovecolors.com
