Khaki pants, brown sweater, light and dark brown tie, what color shirt

[dblb48]

Hey, I have Khaki colored pants with a sweater thats kinda chekered patterned between light and dark browns, mainly dark brown. I have a tie that has kind of a nail head pattern with light and dark browns. I do have a shirt thats base color is a cream/beige color w/ brown stripes, but IMO it looks like too much brown so i was thinking a dark/olive type colored green shirt. Would this be a no-no, or would it work?

thanx for the help

 

[Dewey]

Blue

 

[grimslade]

Light blue.

 

[JayJay]

Another vote for light blue

 

[GBR]

Whatever suits you - you have to wear it not anyone on this board.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by GBR

Whatever suits you - you have to wear it not anyone on this board.

Yes, but, see, he is asking for advice, which is what others here have provided.

I concur with light blue. It will look great, and much better than cream with that combination.

 

[itsstillmatt]

I'm wearing basically the same colors today as you describe... with a light blue shirt. One more vote for light blue.

 

[edmorel]

Blue, or it's present tense blow, are usually the answer for everything.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Blue, or it's present tense blow, are usually the answer for everything.

That and sleeve pitch.

 

[alliswell]

Crisp white poplin will work too.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Manton

That and sleeve pitch.

Yeah but that's next level PhD sh*t, you can't really expose the rookies to it.

 

[Concordia]

Don't rule out pink until you've checked it out. Yellow oxford cloth might also be OK, depending on the sort of brown.

But, yes-- light blue is unlikely to be bad and will probably be very good.

 

[GeorgePaul]

Originally Posted by dblb48

Hey, I have Khaki colored pants with a sweater thats kinda chekered patterned between light and dark browns, mainly dark brown. .... i was thinking a dark/olive type colored green shirt. Would this be a no-no, or would it work?
I think that the dark/olive green color might be too strong for this outfit. How about a neutral like white or cream? Light blue seems to be the default shirt color that people recommend to go with just about everything. I'm in the minority with regard to light blue with brown -- I don't like it very much.