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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Red Ballet Flats
The best bottom colours to wear with red ballet flats are black, white and beige. Black is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing. Charcoal, cream, khaki and grey also work. Be careful with light blue: red and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.
Best colours
- black
- white
- beige
Ranked
Every bottom colour with red ballet flats, best to worst
- 1blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, dress trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, midi skirt, mini skirt, maxi skirt, wide-leg jeansBlack is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 2whitelinen pants, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants, mini skirt, wide-leg jeansWhite is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 3beigelinen pants, wide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, dress trousers, midi skirt, mini skirt, maxi skirtBeige is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 4charcoaldress trousersCharcoal is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 5creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers, linen pants, midi skirtCream is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 6khakichinosKhaki is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 7greydress trousers, chinos, jeans, pleated trousers, wide-leg pantsGrey is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 8brownmini skirt, pleated trousers, dress trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants, midi skirtBrown is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 9navychinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, midi skirt, maxi skirtNavy is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 10olivechinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, midi skirt, maxi skirtOlive is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 11denim bluejeans, mini skirt, wide-leg jeansDenim blue is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 12burgundymidi skirt, chinos, mini skirtRed and burgundy sit next to each other on the colour wheel, so they blend (analogous).Works
- 13rustmaxi skirt, midi skirtRed and rust sit next to each other on the colour wheel, so they blend (analogous).Works
- 14sagemaxi skirt, linen pants, midi skirtRed and sage can work together if a neutral anchors the outfit.Works
- 15light bluewide-leg jeans, jeansRed and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.Careful
By type
The best colour for each kind of bottom
- chinoskhaki chinosShop
- jeansblack jeansShop
- dress trouserscharcoal dress trousersShop
- pleated trousersblack pleated trousersShop
- wide-leg pantsblack wide-leg pantsShop
- linen pantswhite linen pantsShop
- cargo pantsblack cargo pantsShop
- shortskhaki shortsShop
- midi skirtblack midi skirtShop
- leggingsblack leggingsShop
- joggersblack joggersShop
- mini skirtblack mini skirtShop
- maxi skirtblack maxi skirtShop
- wide-leg jeansblack wide-leg jeansShop
Complete outfits
Outfits built around red ballet flats
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Questions
Quick answers
Do black bottoms go with red ballet flats?
Yes. Black is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.
Do white bottoms go with red ballet flats?
Yes. White is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.
Do light blue bottoms go with red ballet flats?
It can work, with care. Red and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.
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