I can think of two, maybe three, ways to wear brown and red together without looking like a blood clot:
- With khaki, which is actually a tint of brown.
- With white.
- Maybe with pink, the tint of red.
- Never alone with black.
- Okay, also in a print with other brights such as apple green, hot pink, or turquoise.
- For the extreme outdoors person only: with camo.
If you’re daring enough to try it with solid color separates, I do advise using the 60/30/10 rule and keeping either the red or the brown the 10% accent.
It kinda reminds me of the color scheme of this blog. Have you noticed the picture of me has a brown frame now?
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My house is decorated in these colors. Since I live in the Southwest, I wanted to resemble an adobe hut (ha ha) and I painted the walls a nice chocolate milk shade of brown. My favorite accents are hot pink, orange and sometimes teal. This suit top matches!
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It’s interesting that you mention brown and red together, because it’s a color combination I just recently tried out. I’m not sure I liked it, but I’ll give it another try wearing khaki next time. Thanks for the tip!
I like red and brown, but I do use yellows and other warm colours as accents. Red shirt, black pants and a brown jacket often works, or different shades of brown in the pants and jacket.
Icy, I liked red & brown, too, and I always thought it seemed normal. That is until I started getting the “blood clot” comments from the grow your own peanut gallery. ha ha.
Now I’m more careful to at least throw in enough white to resemble a coke bottle … 🙂
I like reds and browns too. Especially as the reds drift towards maroon.
I’m wearing brown slacks and a melon top – does that count? BTW, I quizzed out at Contemporary. Wha’da U think?
Brown slacks and melon sounds like a fool-proof combination. 🙂
I think that’s the third time you’ve taken the quiz and the third different answer. lol
For sure, you’re never boring!
A blood clot, hee hee! Every time I’m tempted to wear a red shirt with my khakis, I always think of how Target employees dress and change my mind….
Oooh. That’s almost a good enough reason not to buy a red shirt. 😉