The Question of Brown vs. Black. (Part Three)...

A Few Successful Color Combinations

Pale Colors

• White: black and all the dark and bright shades
• Pale beige: black, browns, reds, greens
• Pale gray: browns, dark greens, dark gray, red
• Sky blue: browns, dark greens, raspberry, purple, beige, dark gray
• Pink: beige, purple, navy, gray
• Pale yellow: black, navy, brown, gray
• Mauve: plum, brown, navy
• Pale green: dark green, red

Dark Colors

• Black: beige, white, toast; clear shades but not pastels such as sky blue or pink (with the exception of yellow, but only for a hat worn with black shoes, bag, and gloves)
• Brown: white, beige, black, orange red, orange, dark green
• Dark Gray: Beige, black, all the pale and dark colors
• Dark green: sky blue, white, beige, bright red, pale yellow
• Navy blue: white, lemon yellow, turquoise, raspberry, bright green, mauve
• Plum: Sky blue
• Dark red: black, sky blue, beige

Bright Colors

• Blue (with violet overtones): black, white, bright green with a blueish cast
• Turquoise (blue with greenish overtones): white, beige, toast navy blue
• Green (blueish): navy, black, white
• Green (yellowish): beige, white, toast
• Golden yellow: black, white, brown
• Lemon yellow: black, white, navy dark green, pale pink, orange
• Orange: white, lemon, black dark green
• Raspberry red: navy, white
• Bright red (vermilion): brown, white
• Purple: brown, white, sky blue, pink, turquoise
  

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