Knowing what works for you.

Think of yourself as a half-painted portrait. The colors already on the canvas are those of your hair, your eyes, and your skin. The clothes that you pick can make you look picture-perfect. Or not.

"Think about balance, think about composition when you pick the colors of the clothes that you wear," says June Roche, corporate fashion director and color forecaster for Milliken and Company, a textile manufacturer based in Spartanburg, South Carolina. "Most men don't have that awareness, and sometimes it's very obvious."

The wrong colors can make a man seem like someone he isn't, she says. For example, a man with fair hair and skin who wears bold colors may end up looking too mousy, while a man with dark features sporting faded and muted colors will appear overly aggressive.