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What Colour Shoes to Wear with Olive Suit

The best shoe colours to wear with an olive suit are dark brown and tan. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and dark brown always sit well together. Be careful with black, burgundy and brown: loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: black works with olive but brown is warmer and more natural.

Best colours

  • dark brown
  • tan

Ranked

Every shoe colour with olive suit, best to worst

  1. dark brownloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and dark brown always sit well together.
  2. tanloafers, chelsea boots
    Works
    Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and tan always sit well together.
  3. blackloafers, chelsea boots
    Careful
    Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: black works with olive but brown is warmer and more natural.
  4. burgundyloafers
    Careful
    Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive is a neutral, so it lets burgundy be the accent without clashing.
  5. brownloafers, chelsea boots
    Careful
    Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

By type

The best colour for each kind of shoe

  • loafersdark brown loafersShop
  • chelsea bootsdark brown chelsea bootsShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around olive suit

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Business · All-neutral

  • white dress shirtShop
  • olive suitShop
  • dark brown derby shoesShop

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

Business · All-neutral

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

Business · One accent colour

  • lavender dress shirtShop
  • olive suitShop
  • dark brown oxford shoesShop

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

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the brown loafers. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
Skip the brown turtleneck. A turtleneck is more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Questions

Quick answers

Do dark brown shoes go with olive suit?

Yes. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and dark brown always sit well together.

Do tan shoes go with olive suit?

Yes. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and tan always sit well together.

Do black shoes go with olive suit?

It can work, with care. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: black works with olive but brown is warmer and more natural.

Do burgundy shoes go with olive suit?

It can work, with care. Loafers are more casual than a suit, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: olive is a neutral, so it lets burgundy be the accent without clashing.

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