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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Red Heels
The best bottom colours to wear with red heels are black, charcoal and cream. Black is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing. Khaki, beige, grey and white also work. Avoid light blue: wide-leg jeans are more casual than heels, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: red and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.
Best colours
- black
- charcoal
- cream
Ranked
Every bottom colour with red heels, best to worst
- 1blackpleated trousers, dress trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants, midi skirtBlack is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 2charcoaldress trousersCharcoal is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 3creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers, midi skirtCream is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Best choice
- 4khakichinosKhaki is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 5beigewide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, dress trousers, midi skirtBeige is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 6greydress trousers, chinos, pleated trousers, wide-leg pantsGrey is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 7whitechinos, wide-leg pantsWhite is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 8brownpleated 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, midi skirtNavy is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 10olivechinos, dress trousers, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, midi skirtOlive is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Works
- 11burgundymidi skirt, chinosRed and burgundy sit next to each other on the colour wheel, so they blend (analogous).Works
- 12sagemidi skirtRed and sage can work together if a neutral anchors the outfit.Works
- 13rustmidi skirtRed and rust sit next to each other on the colour wheel, so they blend (analogous).Works
- 14denim bluejeans, mini skirt, wide-leg jeansJeans are more casual than heels, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: denim blue is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.Careful
- 15light bluewide-leg jeans, jeansWide-leg jeans are more casual than heels, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: red and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.Avoid
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
- midi skirtblack midi skirtShop
- mini skirtblack mini skirtShop
- maxi skirtblack maxi skirtShop
- wide-leg jeansblack wide-leg jeansShop
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Quick answers
Do black bottoms go with red heels?
Yes. Black is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.
Do charcoal bottoms go with red heels?
Yes. Charcoal is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.
Do light blue bottoms go with red heels?
Usually not. Wide-leg jeans are more casual than heels, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: red and light blue are opposites on the colour wheel; at full brightness they clash. Mute one.
Do denim blue bottoms go with red heels?
It can work, with care. Jeans are more casual than heels, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: denim blue is a neutral, so it lets red be the accent without clashing.
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