Red’s Color Me BFF

Another day, another post … who’s REDDY!

Yeah thats right, we’re still in our first month of color where we cover RED and why I love it. Today we’re talking color combos aka what to wear red with.

I’ll be listing out the color combos in order from easy peasy to pull off (level 1) up to GIRL YOU CRAZY I CANT WEAR THAT (aka level 5) so you can try the color level that works for you. The only color combo I WON’T SHARE RN is my favorite one (I know, I’m the worst) which isn’t actually the hardest to pull off but is my favorite to wear. I will be taking about it next month so stay tuned for that.

Okay, let’s dive on in.

RED + BLACK / RED + WHITE / RED + BROWN – Neutrals booo-ringggg, right? Here is how to rock the easiest way to wear red without dozing off. BC Just because you’re only playing with one color doesn’t mean you have to loose your natural sense of style whimsy right? Right!

Try a red fur coat with a back and white turtleneck – is there anything more chic that black & white? OH YEAH black white and red

Alllll black I’m talking pants, top, purse, shoes & one pop of red

Red laces in your brown boots

Lots of red accessories with a white sweater & jeans

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RED + BLUE – You can’t go wrong with Red & Blue. Light blue, dark blue, royal, navy, turquoise THEY ALL LOOK AWESOME.

ANYWAY

With blue jeans

With a navy striped tee

With all blue and a pop of red (or all red and a pop of blue if you’re bold)

With baby blue & neutrals

With nautical styling

I MEAN THE LIST GOES ON….

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RED + YELLOW – Opposites attract, so why not apply THIS theory to your outfits? I say go for it.  I love a red and yellow combo but a lot of people think it’s too “mcdonalds”. I don’t like to give brands that kind of power of me #rebel so I wear it anyways, plus the fact that a giant organization choose these two colors to work together proves that they’re meant to be together

Try a red top + yellow accessories (sunglasses, bag, earrings) this way you don’t have to invest in as many yellow pieces since this is a color so many fear

Style a yellow sweater with a red lip

Rock Red & yellow printed piece

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RED + PURPLE – Feeling regal? A red & purple combo make a great pair because of where they land on the color wheel. These have been the colors fo queens for like ever, so its perfect for you, your majesty. Because this combo can be SO BOLD many fear it, but when done right it will look sassy but not costumey

Try all red with a pop of purple – letting the red be the star works best for this combo

Find a red printed dress with pops of purple, pull out those pops in your shoes or accessories

Dress up a purple coat with all black styling and a red lip

Still Level 4…

RED + TURQUOISE/TEAL – Another really fun (but kind of hard) color combo is turquoise or teal with red. This is one of the most unexpected combos and something you never really see, so naturally I love it. Just like how blue and red work so well together, turquoise & teal (in the blue family) look great too.

Play with textures by pairing fur with knits to keep your look separate and interesting

Gold bold with a bright turquoise and offset it with ruby red

Wear all red & make your bestie wear all teal so you look greattttt together (see below photo of me & lex, I think its from 2014 lol)

Dip yourself in teal, but add a red pop south of your ankles or as your handbag.

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RED + GREEN  Aside from my favorite favorite combo (wait for it) this is my second favorite color combo and the hardest one to pull off. I’ve always been obsessed with Red & green but people fear it because it’s “christmasy” … but let me let you in on a secret, it doesn’t have to be. The key here is to stay away from traditional cherry red & everyone’s go to kelly green, at least together. Pair a unique shade of red with a classic green color, and vise versa.

Try a green sweater + Jeans + Red lip

Pair a emerald green dress with ruby anything

Rock red orange with anything kelly green

Try light or mint green with classic red

Work anything cranberry with a unexpected emerald or forest green

Pair army green with ruby red, or even red orange.

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&WHO SAYS YOU CAN ONLY HAVE TWO? Wanna be really hard core? Mix 3 or more colors with red, here is some Inspo to get you hyped:

Well you’ll have to wait and see, I’ll tell you all about it next month! Until then, care to guess? Leave me some love in the comments below and let me know what you think it is! Here’s a hint … @colormecourtney lol.

But I will leave you with this

Almost everything works well with red, but these colors are best left for other pairings. There are always exceptions but as a general rule stay away from them when working with red.

THE ONLY COLORS I DON”T RECOMMEND WEARING WITH RED

Orange – they’re too similar

Peach/Coral – they’re basically sisters

Red Orange – girl bye, can you even tell the difference? It just looks like you tried to make it monochrome but couldn’t close the deal

Grey – I mean you can, but I just think its pretty boring

K BYE