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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Grey Sweater

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

Best colours

  • navy
  • black
  • burgundy

Ranked

Every bottom colour with grey sweater, best to worst

  1. navychinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Grey and navy are both cool and quiet, a safe office pairing.
  2. blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, dress trousers, wide-leg pants
    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. charcoaldress trousers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and charcoal always sit well together.
  5. whitejeans, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and white always sit well together.
  6. olivechinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and olive always sit well together.
  7. beigewide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, dress trousers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and beige always sit well together.
  8. creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and cream always sit well together.
  9. brownpleated trousers, dress trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: grey and brown always sit well together.
  10. light bluejeans
    Works
    Grey is a neutral, so it lets light blue be the accent without clashing.
  11. khakichinos
    Works
    Grey and khaki are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  12. denim bluejeans
    Works
    Grey and denim blue are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  13. greydress trousers, chinos, jeans, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    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
  • cargo pantsblack cargo pantsShop
  • joggersnavy joggersShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around grey sweater

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Smart casual · All-neutral

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

Smart casual · Layered

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  • black wide-leg pantsShop
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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 blue denim jacket. A denim jacket is more casual than a sweater, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: grey and denim blue are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Questions

Quick answers

Do navy bottoms go with grey sweater?

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

Do black bottoms go with grey sweater?

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

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