I think a cream or off-white looks better with olive than a pure white does. The right shade of yellow or orange can look nice, too. I’ve got a blouse that had a brown, black, and white print that works. Although taupe or brown can go fine, you have to be careful you don’t end up looking like a paramilitary camp counselor.
Of course, I’ll wear purple and turquoise, so what do I know?
I’m of Asian descent with yellow undertones in middling dark skin, so yellowish colors are pretty much Right Out. Nowadays I just wear various muted dark colors over jeans. I tend to gravitate toward muted dark colors and/or cool jewel tones. Figure it’s hard to go wrong with that.
Still have scars from the time when I was fifteen and I decided that a hot pink silk blouse would look good with a dark green broomstick skirt that had some kind of wacky paisley border, topped off with an ivory-colored lace vest that had tiny white pearls in the crocheting.
I wish someone had clubbed me over the head before I tried going outside in that – I strongly suspect I looked like a RenFaire refugee. All I needed was a headscarf and a crystal ball. :eek:
What do you know? You know what makes for a fabulous color combination, that’s what. Purple with turquoise is one of my favorites.
chaoticdonkey, depending on what colors you like and what colors are most flattering to you, some colors that I think are good with dark olive are:
[ul]
[li]Black, for a neutral that’s crisp and somewhat dressy with olive (and because I personally look like a corpse in white, off-white, or cream, so if I’m going with a neutral, I choose black).[/li][li]Pale sky blue, for a slightly more interesting combination.[/li][li]Some versions of lighter greens – light olive, dusty apple green, or colors that obnoxious catalogs tend to name after vegetables or herbs like celery or tarragon or dill – can look good with the right color of olive, if you’re careful not to let it get too clashy or too uniformy.[/li][li]I also agree with twickster that yellow (maybe a buttery color) and orange (anything from peach to a brighter coral, melon, or outright orange) look nice with olive.[/li][li]Pinks – pale pink, dusty rose, azalea, and on up to brighter pinks – are also good with olive, if those go better with your skin tone than the yellow/orange family.[/li][/ul]
you in today’s fashion world, i’ve seen colors together that do not match in any way!!! i know that it’s supposed to be all trendy and fashionable, but yeah doesn’t work for me. so don’t take visual advice from fashion magazines. most of their clothes do NOT traditionally match.