Color for Men
Color guide for men covering navy, charcoal, white, stone, brown, olive, oxblood, black, denim blue, contrast, temperature, and accents.
Color for Men sits under Men › Style in the HowTo Fashion menu.
Navy, charcoal, white, stone, brown, olive, oxblood, black, denim blue, and color combinations that hold up.
Color for men gets easier when you stop treating it like decoration. Use color to control contrast, temperature, and formality.
The decisions that carry the page.
Contrast
Match contrast to the room and your coloring.
Temperature
Warm browns and stones soften navy and grey.
Accent
Use oxblood, green, or blue as a small repeat.
Limit
Two neutrals and one accent is enough.
Color Uses in practice.
Navy — Base — Most useful dark color
Stone — Lift — Warm-weather brightness
Olive — Casual — Utility without loudness
Oxblood — Accent — Shoes, knitwear, scarf
The palette logic behind this page is in colour that holds, which sets out the neutrals worth building on. Pattern adds a second kind of contrast, covered in pattern basics by scale, and minimalism with texture shows the same restraint with fewer colours.