People’s Choice Awards fashion

Ariel Winter wears a short black dress by Smythe with Aldo shoes. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Jan. 8, 2015 12:23 PM PT

Black and white was a theme on the red carpet at Wednesday’s People’s Choice Awards, with a few pops of electric color brightening things up, too.

Chloe Grace Moretz wears Louis Vuitton. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Katharine McPhee in a sriped skirt and crisscross halter top by Balmain. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images)

Melissa McCarthy goes with a black tuxedo look. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Amy Adams lights up the red carpet in a cobalt strapless Gucci gown. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images for The People’s Choice Awards)

Kristen Bell wears a fuschia dress by Monique Lhuillier in her first red carpet outing since giving birth three weeks ago. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images for The People’s Choice Awards)

Stana Katic is glamorous in a Carolina Herrera gown. (Paul Buck / EPA)

Kaley Cuoco Sweeting wears a modern take on black and white. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Anna Farris, the night’s cohost, walks the red carpet in an amusing ruffled crop top and skirt by Juan Carlos Obando. (Paul Buck / EPA)

Allison Janney, also a cohost, wears a gown by Rani Zakhem. (Frazer Harrison / Getty Images for the People’s Choice Awards)

Ellen Pompeo is understated and elegant in an Elie Saab. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Gabriel Union wears a magenta gown by Honor. (Paul Buck / EPA)

Portia de Rossi in an edgy cutout jumpsuit by Zuhair Murad. (Paul Buck / EPA)

Sarah Hyland is among the night’s best-dressed in a crystal-embellished sheath from Christian Siriano. (Paul Buck / EPA)