https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Tue, 19 May 2026 13:57:58 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644671 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:12:25 +0000 K. Period. 1644671@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally vote or fuchsia too, Suz! &nbsp;</p> <p>You all have been busy while I've been away. &nbsp;Lots of answers. &nbsp;I've been having a great time reading them. &nbsp;I'm seeing a common thread that lots of us who tend toward cool colors will wear purple as a neutral. &nbsp;I guess it is an easy leap from brown and taupe to purple! &nbsp;Hooray!&nbsp;</p> <p>BC, I wear light grey all the time as a neutral. &nbsp;My neutrals that I consider very very neutral to me (because I primarily have cool colors in my closet) are: &nbsp;grey (both charcoal and silver), black, white, navy, green (but specifically not too warm--cool greens), taupe, some tan (but taupe is better, because it is cooler), and wildcard colorful neutrals cobalt and purple. &nbsp;</p> <p>I might focus on pale blue as a summer neutral since it works so well for several of you! &nbsp;&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644605 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:41:46 +0000 Suz 1644605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fuchsia.&nbsp;</p> <p>Well, duh!! :)</p> <p>No, in all seriousness, in my closet, this is the case. I wear a ton of blues (of almost all varieties), white/ ivory/ cream/ taupe, grey, a bit of black and very little of any other colour.&nbsp;</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644593 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:26:28 +0000 rabbit 1644593@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Okay <b>Ginger</b> has got me wanting to try green. &nbsp;I know some greens are good colors on me, but aside from olive green and sometimes forest green in winter I rarely see it at retail. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644515 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:44:29 +0000 RobinF 1644515@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting topic. I'm another one who loves purple but I only wear it in limited amounts because it seems hard to use with other dark neutrals, which is pretty much my winter wardrobe. &nbsp;Maybe I need to try it with colors. I used to have some lime green Keens that went with a surprising amount of my outfits. I guess I used those as a neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644508 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:27:40 +0000 Ginger 1644508@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just about any green is a neutral for me. I've heard it called "God's neutral," which makes sense - it's<i> </i>everywhere in nature, and it works with anything!&nbsp; The other interesting thing about greens is that they very rarely fight each other.&nbsp; It's almost impossible to match different reds together, and the same for blues. They fight too much, and not in a good yay-I'm-clashing way. But greens work very well together. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644495 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:29:04 +0000 Helena 1644495@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brie, in this context I think of neutral as being a color that can be mixed with virtually any other color. For me, colorful neutrals are plum/deep burgundy, pale pink/blush, and pale blue. Navy is more of a color for me, oddly! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644494 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:14:48 +0000 AviaMariah 1644494@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I actually thought about this after I posted. &nbsp;The brights that I primarily wear are a shade of turquoise and bright/dark pink. &nbsp;So I guess just because that's mostly what's in my wardrobe, they mix and match so they would be a neutral. &nbsp;I purposely have stuck to those colors (because they are happy colors for me) and because I wanted to be able to mix and match. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644464 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:30:17 +0000 texstyle 1644464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Most deep shades of blue are my neutrals - indigo, navy, deep cobalt, etc. I use olive green as a neutral and sometimes deep plum as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644441 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 13:28:22 +0000 Anonymous 1644441@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm thinking of adding light grey (silvery tone) as a summer neutral. I don't know how easy that will be to find, either. As for white, I just have this one pair of jeans that I'm wearing today. I do have a pair of light blue denim (chambray color) jeans, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644433 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:58:28 +0000 Anonymous 1644433@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brie, that definition would work for neutral. I often use it as a column of color on which to wear other colors or prints.<br /> I forgot optic white, which feels very bright to me but works as a bright neutral with neons, brights and brightens up other neutrals and darks, such as a grey jacket with a crisp white shirt. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644416 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:30:29 +0000 BrieN 1644416@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Would someone be kind enough to define "neutral" for me? </p> <p>I have always thought of neutral as something that takes a back seat so another color can step out but not sure that's how you all are using it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644411 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:23:09 +0000 Dee 1644411@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cobalt and royal purple for me. I snap them up whenever I can because they work so well for me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644409 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:19:47 +0000 Anonymous 1644409@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would use purple as a neutral if I could find enough of it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644382 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:45:44 +0000 Summer 1644382@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Purple for winter, and shades of blue in summer.&nbsp; Most of my colours work well with these shades. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644379 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:12:43 +0000 Anonymous 1644379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Red. &nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644364 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 07:25:31 +0000 plonkee 1644364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Plum, purple and blue-green are neutral for me. As well as several blues. I've tried red as a neutral a couple of times and it doesn't work for me - but I think it can be neutral on others. For shoes and bags, I also find small pattern in my favourite colours works well as a neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644301 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 01:35:34 +0000 Angie 1644301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>There might just be a correlation, K - and we both score high on that affinity.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644282 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:50:29 +0000 K. Period. 1644282@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rabbit, I'm exactly the same. &nbsp;I love luggage and cognac, but they are decidedly higher contrast/accent with my prefered cool colors. &nbsp;Non-neutral neutrals! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644280 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:46:27 +0000 K. Period. 1644280@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BC, I think that is true, that navy is a neutral and a color. &nbsp;Like greens. &nbsp;</p> <p>Aziraphale, I absolutely consider green a neutral. However, it took me a long time to feel that was true. &nbsp;Then my eye adjusted to the concept. &nbsp;(You should have seen my high school self trying to adjust to the idea that khaki and navy went together and were neutral to boot. &nbsp;But that was the '80s. Color was king. &nbsp;At least until my dress in black phase. )</p> <p>Joy, high five! I can see all of those as neutrals too. &nbsp;Hmm, thinking of summer now. &nbsp;</p> <p>Una, I love that for you neutral is not dark, but bright. &nbsp;</p> <p>Angie, yes, agreed. &nbsp;At least as long as the red isn't in the form for booties for me. &nbsp;:) &nbsp;Do you think there is a relationship between our color mixing tolerance and colorful neutrals? &nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p>AviaMariah, hmmm. &nbsp;See, I'm beginning to think colorful neutrals kind of lurk in our closets. &nbsp;It takes a bit to identify them. &nbsp;Are you sure you don't have a bright that goes with your other brights? &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644277 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:40:25 +0000 rabbit 1644277@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>High five, Chocolate brown, deep burgundy, deep plum are all equivalent colors to me and i use them as a neutral too. Interestingly any warmer browns like cognac I consider accent colors, and difficult ones with my cool tones </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644269 Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:05:58 +0000 Anonymous 1644269@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>From what I understand, navy is both a color and a neutral. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644265 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:55:53 +0000 Anonymous 1644265@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Red, blush, and pale blue are colorful neutrals for me. I also think of brown and olive not as neutrals as many do, but as colors...maybe navy too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644251 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:39:18 +0000 Angie 1644251@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Tomato red FOR SURE, Kathleen. I think of it as a neutral because it works with everything. And your version of it is plum - perfect!&nbsp;</p> <p>Citron, apple green and bright turquoise are also my colours - but none are as versatile as tomato red.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644246 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:28:21 +0000 catgirl 1644246@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Citron! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644238 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:07:17 +0000 Anonymous 1644238@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have been using navy blue as a neutral. I also have a few charcoal gray pieces. I'm phasing out black and dark brown, except for dark brown shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644237 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:06:27 +0000 AviaMariah 1644237@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to pick my colors besides neutrals for their "pop of color" quality so I guess that would be the opposite of a colorful neutral. &nbsp;I'll have to think about this. &nbsp;Maybe I need colorful neutral too. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644235 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 23:03:47 +0000 Aziraphale 1644235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree that tomato red works with just about everything, although I don't call it a neutral (even though Angie does) because it is so extremely colourful!</p> <p>Does army green count? &nbsp;It could be considered a neutral.&nbsp;</p> <p>How about cornflower blue?</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/colorful-neutrals#post-1644231 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:58:27 +0000 K. Period. 1644231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I know Angie has posted on the idea of colorful neutrals before. &nbsp;I remember her saying that, for her, tomato red is a neutral. And I can see it when I consider her outfits. &nbsp;</p> <p>This winter, I realized that plum is a colorful neutral for me. &nbsp;I bought a pair of plum jeans at NAS and was startled to realize how many things in my closet they worked with. &nbsp;In fact, I've started thinking of it as brown for people who like cool tones. &nbsp;</p> <p>Since we are in the midst of a seasonal shift, I'd love to hear what colors the rest of you consider colorful neutrals. &nbsp;Maybe there is a new colorful neutral for summer out there just waiting for me! &nbsp;&nbsp; </p>