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Clothing - simple advice on matching colours
Mistakes with colours are the most common fashion mistakes made, especially by men. Our fashion expert outlines simple, sensible colour combinations
As
a start you can avoid a lot of mistakes simply by matching pale clothes
with pale shoes, and dark clothes with dark shoes.
Pink is not a man's colour, and real men do not wear it.
| (Sports) Jacket colour |
Shirt | Tie | Trousers to match jackets |
Belt & Shoes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy | white, blue yellow, |
blue, gold yellow red, wine red purple |
gray, tan | black, brown |
| Black | white, yellow light gray, blue |
black, white grey, blue red, yellow olive, wine-red any pastel colour |
gray, tan | black ONLY |
| Gray | white, gray yellow, blue lavander |
black, white gray, green blue-green wine-red, navy red, yellow blue |
gray, black navy |
black, brown |
| Brown | white, blue yellow very pale green |
tan, brown rust, black orange, red wine-red, green gold, yellow |
tan, grey a lighter or darker shade of brown |
brown ONLY |
| Tan | very light green blue, white |
tan, rust, red brown, orange navy |
tan, brown gray, navy |
brown, black |
| Olive | white, grey pale yellow pale blue very pale olive |
rust, tan, green yellow, wine-red |
grey, navy tan, brown |
brown ONLY |
When
matching trousers to sports jackets use the colour of the buttons of
the jacket as a guide. You can choose trousers that match any of the
button colours and they will go perfectly.
Extra considerations: -
Always allow for your hair's colour: Count it as a colour when deciding 1) what colours to wear and 2) how many different colours to mix
Choose
colours to match the time of year: Pastels of yellow are summer colours,
while autumn colours are rusts, browns, greens, and burgundy.
Think contrast: Try one light colour with two dark, or one dark with
two lights, such as a charcoal grey suit, white shirt and red tie, or
tan suit with yellow shirt and green tie. Or cream trousers and a dark
blue shirt.
The visual effects of clothing colours: Dark colours recede thus making
you look thinner, and light colours project, which tends to bulk you
up. Dark colours are more formal than light.
