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What are your top five favorite colors to wear and in general?

goldenpig

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The threads about color of the year and what the top favorite colors are by gender got me wondering what your top five favorite colors are to wear right now and what your favorite colors are in general, and whether those are the same or different. In general I tend to like "true" rainbow colors (like the Crayola crayons) but on myself I prefer muted autumn shades.

Favorite colors to wear:
1. Rust orange
2. Teal
3. Plum/eggplant
4. Red
5. Tie between Mustard yellow and Navy

Favorite colors in general:
1. Red
2. Orange
3. Yellow
4. Green
5. Blue

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ButterflyLady

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To wear:
1. Teal
2. Purple
3. Red
4. Dark green
5. Claret/deep red

Favourite colours:
1. Purple
2. Teal
3. Green
4. Hyacinth blue
5. Duck egg blue

Thinking about it, I don't have huge amounts of clothing in my favourite colours to wear - that's interesting *ponders*

Diana

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1. TEAL!
2. Wine/plum (I mean like a reddish purple)
3. True red
4. Cobalt blue
5. Green (this is cheating a bit, I couldn't decide between grass and emerald)

These are also basically my favorite colors in general.

Jewell

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Interesting question-

My favorite colors are:
1. dark blue
2. pink (any shade)

My favorite colors to wear are: (in no specific order)
1. pink
2. purple
3. navy
4. orange

Purple and orange were both added just last year. Before that, my wardrobe was 95% black & gray, 3% brown, and 2% pink & blue. Color frightens me, but I'm trying to get over that. I've been using the suggested color palette from my seasonal color analysis to experiment with new colors. My resolution for 2012 is to conquer my fear of color, and I just realized that I'm already failing miserably. I've made two purchases for spring and both items are navy- Dang it, this is harder than I thought it would be!

Jem

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I used to wear mostly black, but since I had my colors done last year, I've figured out that's not the best color for me. I've always liked color, but now it's easier because "my colors" mix and match together better. Anyway, my favorites to wear now are:
1. blue
2. green
3. grey
4. purple
5. burgundy
(all mid-toned cool) Funny thing, I've always loved blue, but quit wearing it much becasue it didn't work well with black--I know, some blues do... But turns out that blue is my best color! Yay for color!

lyn*

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To wear:
- Navy
- Black
- Burgundy
- Purple
- Off-White

In General:
- Pink
- Red
- Royal Blue
- Orange
- Brown

totally different.

RandomThoughts (Andrea)

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Hmm...

Well, to wear:

black
green (olive, emerald or forest)
teal
denim blue (I wear a ton of it!)
magenta

Though really I don't get excited about a color. I usually am about color combos. Lately I've been on about yellow/purple and orange/blue. Or orange/magenta. I love the complimentary nature. Oh, and magenta/brown. That looks like food to me. YUM!

My faves in general are:

lime green
red - all varieties
teal and it's greener cousins
orange
robin's egg blue

citygirldc

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Veteran

To wear:

Black
Teal
Blue
Grey
Reddish tone

My faves:
Blue
Purple
Maroon
Black
White

Jjsloane

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It changes once in awhile (and hues change seasonally), but right now:
Wear:
Orange (all variations from rust to safety), grey, red, blue, white (I know this is the absence of color but I count it)
In general:
Blue (sometimes turquoise sometimes peacock, sometimes royal), Red, green, orange, black

DeniseP

To wear:

Eggplant/purple
Dark blue
Cream/White
Fuschia/magenta
Burnt orange

In general:

Sky blue
pink sky
sunset sky
emerald green
red

RandomThoughts (Andrea)

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Denise, what are "pink sky" and "sunset sky"? Link??

Isabel

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I have quite a bit of black, just because it "goes" with everything.

But my favorite to wear are;

Teal
Deep berry
Deep purple
Charcoal grey
Olive
Navy

It struck me the other day that I don't wear primary colors much.

The following may make me happy :

Yellow
Orange/Saffron
Turquoise
Cobalt blue
Red

I will wear these as accents, leather bracelets, scarves, a shoe or bag, and so on.

ETA : I went over my limit to 6....but I just can't decide which to drop.

chewyspaghetti

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To Wear:

Olive green and warm earthy colors like rust, etc.
denim/navy blue
black
gray
white/cream

in general, it's the same with the addition of brown and purple

Kate

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To wear:
army green
plum/eggplant
brown/tan
olive green
mustard

In general:
lime green
teal blue
dusky blue/purple
bright sky blue
buttercup yellow

I'm also a big fan of black and white photography, but don't wear any white and very little black.

Vildy

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to wear:

saffron
bright white
raspberry
light creamy turquoise
lipstick red

can you tell it's been warm here and
I want to wear my summer clothes

in general:
black and white
leopard print
all metallics
blue violet
yellow

Aziraphale

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Gray, black, chocolate brown, navy, olive green (to wear).

JennyAnne

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5 favorite to wear, in no particular order - navy, red, cobalt, turquoise, yellow-orange.

What a fun question!

DeniseP

Andrea,

pink sky and sunset sky are not real names, I made them up.

They came to mind, though, when, sometimes in the early dawn hours of the morning when the sun is rising, there's a shade of pink against either a gray or blue sky -- it's awesome...

And sunset sky is when we vacation at FLA beach, and watch the sun drop into the water every evening, it lights up the sky with a firery coral, red, orange...and I'm awestruck.

Lisa

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To wear:
1. Blue
2. Grey
3. Black
4. White
5. Purple

In general:
1. Red
2. Fuchsia
3. Pink
4. Yellow
5. Green

Most are different. Interesting poll!

cciele

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To wear:
- Cobalt blue
- Fuschia
- Lime green
- Black
- Gray

My favorite colors:
- Orange
- Blue
- Yellow
- Red
- White

Very interesting! The colors I like to see in my environment are fairly different than what I like to see on myself

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

This is a fun read!

I do not have a colour twin yet. But perhaps as the thread progresses I will have found my colour twin

Natalie, have you always liked to wear rust?

Mo

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To wear:
greens from olive to forest
blues (sapphire or cobalt mostly)
true red
berry purple
blush to taupey pinks

Not sure I have any other color likings? Like car colors? Or your couch or something? Our cars are forest green and red and the house is purple, blue and red. Nothing different, I suppose.

I should add that the house we are renting is largely lemon yellow and like a faded lime green and we hate it!! Can't wait to move home

HelloKitty

Hmm...this is fun to think about! I've never had my colours done and have no idea what actually looks good on me. I wear what I like. But I wonder if those colours actually suit me? Anyway!

To wear:
Black
White
Orange
Grey
Pink

In general:
Orange
Yellow
Pink
Lime green
Chocolate

Ginny

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My favorites to wear:
purple
burgundy
brown
black
pink
Ingeneral:
green,
burgundy and all above

Anonymous

To wear:

Coral/Orange
Turquoise
Yellow
Warm Pink
Green

In general:

Yellow
Blue
Green
Lavender
Orange

goldenpig

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Angie, I think I have always liked rust. One of my very favorite tops is a mock turtleneck top from INC, it's at least 20 years old but I kept wearing it all these years, even now. Even though it's worn and fraying at the neckline I'm refusing to get rid of it until I find a perfect replacement. And I have an orange hoodie that I always wear when I go to the airport. But it wasn't till I started shopping for these new clothes that I realized how much I liked rust, since I kept accumulating more and more pieces in that color--two coats, sweater, poncho, jeans, cords, skirt, sandals, etc. I could wear an entire outfit in rust, head to toe!

Oh, and you didn't say what your favorite colors are...

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Sveta

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Let`s see...
Favorite colors to wear:
Purple in any shade (except pastels);
Deep teal
Cobalt or indigo blue (very recent acquisition)
Tomato red
Charcoal grey

Favorite colors in general:
Red
Orange
Turquoise
Yellow
Black - white

AJ

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To wear:
Black
Purple
Brown
blue
red

In general:
green
yellow
orange
red
white

nancylee

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Favorite colors to wear:

brown
black
orange/coral
blues
deep wine/purple

Favorite colors in general:

green
blue
deep wine/purple
golden yellow
orange/terracotta

DeclawedJaguar

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Favorite colors on me:
Purple
Turquoise
Red/Orange
Black
Grey

In general:
Red
Black
Walnut
Terracotta
Turquoise

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