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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Olive Overshirt

The best bottom colours to wear with an olive overshirt are navy, beige and white. Olive and navy are both muted, so they sit together without competing. Khaki, black, cream and grey also work. Be careful with brown and charcoal: olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Best colours

  • navy
  • beige
  • white
Men's guide

Ranked

Every bottom colour with olive overshirt, best to worst

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

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 olive overshirt

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Smart casual · All-neutral

Olive and navy are both muted, so they sit together without competing.

Casual · All-neutral

  • olive overshirtShop
  • navy joggersShop
  • dark brown lace-up bootsShop

Olive and navy are both muted, so they sit together without competing.

Casual · Layered

Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and tan always sit well together.

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the charcoal dress trousers. Dress trousers are dressier than an overshirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and charcoal are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
Skip the charcoal overcoat. An overcoat is dressier than an overshirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and charcoal are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Questions

Quick answers

Do navy bottoms go with olive overshirt?

Yes. Olive and navy are both muted, so they sit together without competing.

Do beige bottoms go with olive overshirt?

Yes. Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and beige always sit well together.

Do brown bottoms go with olive overshirt?

It can work, with care. Olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Do charcoal bottoms go with olive overshirt?

It can work, with care. Dress trousers are dressier than an overshirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and charcoal are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

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