# What color clothes do you buy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 22, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028 "2020-03-22T13:46:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/21 "2020-03-22T16:22:49Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > For many years, my husband gravitated to black for all of his t-shirts. Gradually, I got him into charcoal, heather gray, burgundy, forest green, and navy. He’s even bought himself some in lighter blues and a couple in red. No pastels, but at least it’s not all black. That’s what MrsRico has done to me. I generally prefer being The Tall Man In Black. Sure, many of my black tees bear messages, and many of those were gifts from MrsRico’s humorous sister who was once a major financial firm’s computer honcho. So I wear nerd jokes - fine with me. Like the one with an IBM punchcard labeled OLD SCHOOL. But MrsRico gets me vermilion and skyblue and charcoal outerwear and I act gracious. That’s only prudent. There’s more, of course. We own semirecumbent BikeE bikes and wear bright canary-yellow fabrics to warn drivers. The Tall Man In Black is best afoot, not rolling. My formal cloak is of a multicolored jigsaw East African pattern. My old clown suit hides in the back of the closet, too. Don’t visualize that or you’ll have nightmares. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/22 "2020-03-22T16:35:27Z")
Pants are blue jeans or black, blue or dark grey slacks, shirts dark blue or green. On the handcycle it’s black pants/tights and hi-viz greeny-yellow for shirts, gloves and helmet. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/23 "2020-03-22T16:41:44Z")
I’m transitioning to wearing barn clothes most of the time. When I lived closer to town and went to church, restaurants, public events, seminars, I developed a wardrobe built around jewel tones and peach/coral/salmon mainly. A selection of formal clothing (long skirts, dressy tops) for singing gigs and choirs – all of these black. Now, it’s an unusual day that I don’t wear jeans and a cotton turtleneck of some dark color with a wool sweater over that and an insulated Carhartt canvas barn jacket which was once dull purple. In summer, jeans and a tank top (jewel tones). I have a stack of tee shirts, but I have never taken to short sleeves for some reason and don’t wear them much. Riding breeches are brown or black to hide dirt. Unexciting. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/24 "2020-03-22T16:43:20Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > My preferred color is clear…ance Hey, my favorite also! Or better yet, freebies. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/25 "2020-03-22T17:41:10Z")
Various shades of blue, pretty much without exception. Sue me. I LOVE blue. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/26 "2020-03-22T17:59:58Z")
Mr.Wrekker wears camo shirts everyday. His laundry is easy. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/27 "2020-03-22T18:28:50Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Mr.Wrekker wears camo shirts everyday. His laundry is easy. If you can find it. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/28 "2020-03-22T18:50:14Z")
No yellows/oranges/pinks/purples. No very bright neon colors or pastels. No pure whites. Otherwise most anything else, solid or patterned, dark or pale. Probably the brightest I’ll get is some reds, but I am inclined more towards a burgundy than a hot cinnamon red. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/29 "2020-03-22T19:23:35Z")
Lots of black, gray and denim blue. I also like olive drab, beige, brown, golden rod yellows. Earth tones I’d guess you’d say. Also from when I was doing a lot of walking and bike riding I have a lot of high visibility green. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/30 "2020-03-22T21:32:17Z")
Light blue, Navy Blue, Medium Red, Maroon, tan shirts. A muted yellow is fine. I dislike black and pink. No bright yellow. I’m comfortable wearing all these T shirt color choices except canary yellow, pink and lavender. If I ordered right now, I’d select Royal blue, Sax, Slate, Ivy Green, and burgundy. They’re my favorite offered. [https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/muzistyle/item/c5001mj-3xl-1/](https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/muzistyle/item/c5001mj-3xl-1/) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/31 "2020-03-22T21:41:33Z")
For work: Shirts: The company gives us the option of yellow or blue. Everyone wears blue. Slacks: The company gives us the option of brown, gray, or black. Everyone wears black. When not at work, I usually wear blue jeans, which are, obviously, blue. Shirts are all over the spectrum. Blue shirts slightly outnumber other colors. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/32 "2020-03-22T22:22:55Z")
I love blue, all shades. Ranging down into green with teal and turquoise, and up into purple with lavender and periwinkle. I also like coral, pink and pearl grey. And black! I actually like many colors, but blue is my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/33 "2020-03-22T23:47:30Z")
Wait. All y’all are wearing clothes? In quarantine? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/34 "2020-03-22T23:56:12Z")
I for one will not walk around nekkid in front of my daughter and SIL. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/35 "2020-03-23T00:11:08Z")
I’m a Winter, so black, white & jewel tones (red, blue, green). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/36 "2020-03-23T00:13:52Z")
Like the overwhelming vast majority of natural redheads, I’m an autumn. With the exception of not adhering to no black/gray/navy because I think they look fine with a fair complexion and avoiding gold I do tend to wear the seasonally appropriate colors: many shades of blue, green, teal, brown, and beige/khaki. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/37 "2020-03-23T00:30:42Z")
I have a lot of black T-shirts mostly because most pro wrestling and band shirts use black as the background. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/38 "2020-03-23T00:39:12Z")
Blue, green, purple end of the spectrum with a preference for jewel tones. Given a choice between a shirt in white or black it will more likely be white in spite of my tendency to spill things all over myself. I do like patterns but keep to the cool end of the spectrum with those too. Only real exception is that I don’t mind burgundy, especially now that my hair is almost pure silver. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/39 "2020-03-23T01:21:27Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’m a Winter, so black, white & jewel tones (red, blue, green). Same, but I go paler in summer, with a weakness for purple. Also teal is popping up more and more in my wardrobe. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028/40 "2020-03-23T10:12:34Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I for one will not walk around nekkid in front of my daughter and SIL. 😛 I’ve preemptively cut my clothing up into squares, suitable for wiping. I assumed we were all on the same page. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-color-clothes-do-you-buy/850028.md?page=3)