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What Colour Bottoms to Wear with Sage Linen Shirt

The best bottom colours to wear with a sage linen shirt are black, white and beige. Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing. Cream, brown, navy and khaki also work.

Best colours

  • black
  • white
  • beige

Ranked

Every bottom colour with sage linen shirt, best to worst

  1. blackpleated trousers, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants, linen pants, cargo pants, shorts, joggers
    Best choice
    Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  2. whitelinen pants, jeans, chinos, wide-leg pants, shorts
    Best choice
    White is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  3. beigelinen pants, wide-leg pants, pleated trousers, chinos, cargo pants, shorts, joggers
    Best choice
    Beige is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  4. creamwide-leg pants, pleated trousers, linen pants
    Best choice
    Cream is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  5. brownpleated trousers, chinos, wide-leg pants
    Works
    Brown is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  6. navychinos, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, shorts, joggers
    Works
    Navy is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  7. khakichinos, cargo pants, shorts
    Works
    Khaki is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  8. olivecargo pants, chinos, pleated trousers, wide-leg pants, linen pants, shorts, joggers
    Works
    Olive is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  9. greypleated trousers, chinos, jeans, wide-leg pants, cargo pants, joggers
    Works
    Grey is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  10. denim bluejeans
    Works
    Denim blue is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  11. charcoaldress trousers
    Works
    Dress trousers are dressier than a linen shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: charcoal is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.
  12. light bluejeans, shorts
    Works
    Sage and light blue can work together if a neutral anchors the outfit.
  13. burgundychinos
    Works
    Sage and burgundy can work together if a neutral anchors the outfit.
  14. sagelinen pants
    Works
    Tonal sage works when the pieces differ in texture or shade.

By type

The best colour for each kind of bottom

  • chinosblack 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
  • shortswhite shortsShop
  • joggersblack joggersShop

Complete outfits

Outfits built around sage linen shirt

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Casual · Layered

Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

Casual · One accent colour

Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

Smart casual · Layered

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  • black jeansShop
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Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

Avoid

Combinations to skip

Skip the camel blazer. A blazer is dressier than a linen shirt, so the pairing only works in a deliberately mixed outfit. Colour-wise it works: camel is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

Questions

Quick answers

Do black bottoms go with sage linen shirt?

Yes. Black is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

Do white bottoms go with sage linen shirt?

Yes. White is a neutral, so it lets sage be the accent without clashing.

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