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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Grey Cardigan

The best bottom colours to wear with a grey cardigan are navy, black and burgundy. Grey and navy are both cool and quiet, a safe office pairing. White, olive, beige and cream also work.

Best colours

  • navy
  • black
  • burgundy

Ranked

Every bottom colour with grey cardigan, best to worst

  1. navychinos, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, joggers
    Best choice
    Grey and navy are both cool and quiet, a safe office pairing.
  2. blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants, linen pants, cargo pants, joggers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and black always sit well together.
  3. burgundychinos
    Best choice
    Grey is a clean backdrop that lets burgundy read rich rather than loud.
  4. whitelinen pants, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and white always sit well together.
  5. olivecargo pants, chinos, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, joggers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and olive always sit well together.
  6. beigelinen pants, wide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, cargo pants, joggers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and beige always sit well together.
  7. creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers, linen pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and cream always sit well together.
  8. brownpleated trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and brown always sit well together.
  9. light bluejeans
    Works
    Grey is a neutral, so it lets light blue be the accent without clashing.
  10. charcoaldress trousers
    Works
    Dress trousers are dressier than a cardigan, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and charcoal always sit well together.
  11. sagelinen pants
    Works
    Grey is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  12. khakichinos, cargo pants
    Works
    Grey and khaki are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  13. denim bluejeans
    Works
    Grey and denim blue are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  14. greypleated trousers, chinos, jeans, wide-leg pants, cargo pants, joggers
    Works
    Head-to-toe grey is a clean tonal look; vary textures so it doesn't flatten.

By type

The best colour for each kind of bottom

  • chinosnavy chinosShop
  • jeansblack jeansShop
  • dress trousersnavy dress trousersShop
  • pleated trousersnavy pleated trousersShop
  • wide-leg pantsnavy wide-leg pantsShop
  • linen pantsnavy linen pantsShop
  • cargo pantsblack cargo pantsShop
  • joggersnavy joggersShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around grey cardigan

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Smart casual · All-neutral

Grey and navy are both cool and quiet, a safe office pairing.

Casual · Layered

Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and black always sit well together.

Smart casual · One accent colour

Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and white always sit well together.

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the camel overcoat. An overcoat is dressier than a cardigan, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: grey and camel are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Questions

Quick answers

Do navy bottoms go with grey cardigan?

Yes. Grey and navy are both cool and quiet, a safe office pairing.

Do black bottoms go with grey cardigan?

Yes. Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and black always sit well together.

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