https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:24:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1380116 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 14:51:32 +0000 kellygirl 1380116@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for enlightening me, Fabbers. I "get" cognac now and it totally makes sense. Toffee and redwood,&nbsp;too. You have also helped me clarify what I'm looking for and it really is cognac. How it will play with my coloring is a different question but I will have to order a pair to play with in order to see. Thanks to Una and Jackie, I think the Seychelles will work for my feet. On screen, they look closest to the color I am looking for--fingers crossed they aren't camel or toffee IRL. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1380065 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:21:55 +0000 Golden 1380065@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would have called Angie's sweater camel as well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379999 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:12:35 +0000 thimblelina 1379999@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yeah... I think of cognac in leather as having also a depth of color rather than flatness... Like the difference between an oil painting and an acrylic. My new frye riding boots are a vegetable died cognac or whiskey &amp; the color has a lot of dimension and depth. I'm surprised at Angie's sweater; I would have called that camel! So now I feel schooled on toffee!! When a boot color reaches mid brown, without much in the way of amber visible, I usually describe that as 'saddle' brown. Oxblood is a little darker and redder in my book. Some brands, like Frye, call that color redwood too. This was helpful for me... Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379997 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:02:27 +0000 Jjsloane 1379997@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What Dianthus said - below for consideration the sources themselves<br />Cheers!</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379972 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:31:03 +0000 Deborah 1379972@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The first two are what I would refer to as cognac. It's such a beautiful tone. I don't wear browns but am sorely tempted to add cognac booties to my wardrobe. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379956 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 05:37:25 +0000 Golden 1379956@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cognac seems like an orangey brown to me... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379910 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:37:23 +0000 cheryle (Dianthus) 1379910@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I try to think in terms of the drink they are named after to get the color. &nbsp;Most brandy or cognac has a golden or amber undertone. &nbsp;Actually, if you imagine amber jewellery and a few shades darker, &nbsp;that would be cognac. &nbsp;&nbsp;The darker red with brown&nbsp;undertones are more oxblood than cognac I think.</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379907 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 03:30:32 +0000 sarah 1379907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Kelly, I just ordered these "cognac" booties&nbsp;(that was literally the color they were labeled) and they arrived in a sort of muddy brown, so they're going back. I'm anticipating a lot of ordering and returning to get the mid-tone warmer brown that I'm after... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379731 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:56:54 +0000 MsMary 1379731@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'd call the ones Kristin posted "oxblood."</p> <p>Thanks, Angie, for clearing up the "toffee" question!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379724 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:42:25 +0000 rabbit 1379724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Are the&nbsp;Pantone color names mostly only used by Pantone? The names retailers use are mainly for marketing no?</p> <p>In common parlance, like <b>Angie</b> says, I've heard 'cognac' used to refer to a whole range of mid-tone browns. &nbsp; </p> <p>On the light end it if it gets really pastel it's no longer cognac and instead&nbsp;sand or camel or toffee. &nbsp;On the dark end it might be 'saddle' or 'luggage' (which overlap a bit with cognac I think)&nbsp;&nbsp;but when you get into really deep&nbsp;espresso or chocolate brown&nbsp;(think coffee bean color) it's definitely not cognac anymore.</p> <p>Anyways that's what I've been assuming, wrongly or rightly, lol.</p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379720 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:36:18 +0000 Janet 1379720@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've been wondering about this too, so thanks for bringing it up!&nbsp;</p> <p>I've looked at all the booties below, thinking about a cognac (or similar) color. I think the warm (but not too light or yellowy) tone would be a nice counterpoint to my blues and blacks. But then I wonder if I'd find it hard to bring in a similar tone higher up in my outfits unless I get a similarly colored belt or bag… I don't want to get into buying a bunch&nbsp;more things to make one new closet addition work!&nbsp;</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379704 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:14:22 +0000 Sharon 1379704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all these shade of brown, so I will definitely be mixing them up! Very excited to see this trend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379695 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:36:46 +0000 Meow 1379695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm confused on this too.&nbsp; On my monitor the bj1111 Pantone color swatches for Cognac look almost Mauve. &nbsp; And what about the color "Luggage" ? &nbsp; I see a lot of handbags with the color name Luggage.&nbsp; Is it acceptable to mix these shades up on one outfit?&nbsp; For example cognac boots with a luggage handbag or belt and toffee sweater and camel coat?&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/michael-michael-kors-medium-weston-shoulder-bag/3828031?recs_type=related&amp;recs_productId=&amp;recs_categoryId=6024190&amp;recs_productOrder=3&amp;recs_placementId=FTR&amp;recs_source=Rich_Relevance_Recs_API&amp;recs_strategy" rel="nofollow">http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/mi.....ype=relate</a>=</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379688 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:25:05 +0000 Angie 1379688@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>All booties are a&nbsp;shade of cognac - some lighter and some darker. Whiskey, Gin, Scotch - take your pick.&nbsp;</p> <p>Toffee is different. MUCH lighter than cognac, but darker and less yellow&nbsp;then Camel.&nbsp;</p> <p>Dark brown is darker than #3.&nbsp; </p> <p>Exhibit A below&nbsp;is toffee:&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379687 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:23:52 +0000 bj1111 1379687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>according to pantone...</p> <p>toffee vs cognac</p> <p>toffee is darker, richer with less of a pinky hue.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379685 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:20:47 +0000 Kristin SF 1379685@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>These just arrived, they were an Angie Find from last week, and are super comfy!<br /><a href="http://youlookfab.com/2014/10/14/fab-finds-fashionable-comfy-booties/" rel="nofollow">http://youlookfab.com/2014/10/.....y-booties/</a></p> <p>I can't tell if they are cognac or brown, so I'm leaning towards a dark cognac/red-brown, lol.</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379679 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:03:14 +0000 texstyle 1379679@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree, the first two (second in particular) seems more coganc and the third a dark brown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379678 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:02:10 +0000 MsMary 1379678@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I agree with Suja.&nbsp; And I think toffee and cognac are the same.&nbsp; Maybe Angie can weigh in on whether she thinks there's a difference. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379676 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 20:00:19 +0000 Suja 1379676@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I would call the first two cognac and the third dark brown. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/what-color-is-cognac#post-1379672 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:54:36 +0000 kellygirl 1379672@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Is it the same as toffee? I'm on the look out for a low heeled bootie and would like to try something along the lines of cognac. Do these qualify? I love Angie's Prada chelseas but would like something at a lower price point. Suggestions welcome. Thanks! </p>