5. Blue and a Dash of Red. A characterful color pairing that is sure to turn heads; might blue and vivacious red be your joyful color match? If so, you will be following in the footsteps of Dorothée.

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.