@Suz, I think we actually have nancylee to thank for bringing this up again.
I think Euro chic has a certain sleekness to the silhouette with very little pouf. So the way I've been trying to work in the color is by maintaining that silhouette but having the clothing items themselves be colorful. Ex:
colorful scarf or shoes instead of a neutral scarf
tall dark green flat boots instead of black flat boots
purple trench instead of neutral trench
I am running into the color coordination issue though. There is the purse I love that comes in plum, dark green, black and grey.
The plum will clash with the purple coat
The dark green might be too matchy matchy with the boots?
Grey and black just feel too subdued.
Anyone else got any ideas? Or should we start a euro-chic with color thread?