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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Olive Sweater

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

Best colours

  • navy
  • beige
  • black

Ranked

Every bottom colour with olive sweater, best to worst

  1. navychinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Olive and navy are both muted, so they sit together without competing.
  2. beigewide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, dress trousers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and beige always sit well together.
  3. khakichinos
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and khaki always sit well together.
  4. blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, dress trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and black always sit well together.
  5. creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and cream always sit well together.
  6. greydress trousers, chinos, jeans, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and grey always sit well together.
  7. whitejeans, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Best choice
    Two neutrals with clear contrast: olive and white always sit well together.
  8. light bluejeans
    Works
    Olive is a neutral, so it lets light blue be the accent without clashing.
  9. denim bluejeans
    Works
    Olive and denim blue are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  10. olivechinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants
    Works
    Head-to-toe olive is a clean tonal look; vary textures so it doesn't flatten.
  11. burgundychinos
    Works
    Olive is a neutral, so it lets burgundy be the accent without clashing.
  12. charcoaldress trousers
    Works
    Olive and charcoal are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
  13. brownpleated trousers, dress trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Careful
    Olive and brown 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
  • cargo pantsblack cargo pantsShop
  • joggersnavy joggersShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around olive sweater

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Smart casual · All-neutral

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

Business · All-neutral

  • olive sweaterShop
  • navy dress trousersShop
  • dark brown chelsea bootsShop

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

Business · Layered

  • black blazerShop
  • olive sweaterShop
  • black pleated trousersShop
  • black derby shoesShop

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

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the brown pleated trousers. Olive and brown are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.
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: olive and denim blue are both neutral but similar in depth, so the outfit reads soft.

Questions

Quick answers

Do navy bottoms go with olive sweater?

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

Do beige bottoms go with olive sweater?

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

Do brown bottoms go with olive sweater?

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

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