Best colour combinations - matching bag and clothes

Bags and belts are items we usually buy in neutral colours.

We in fact want them to match most of our clothes, so that we do not need to have a bag/a belt per clothing item (though some women may be close to this).

Colours which are very popular for bags and belts are typically black, brown, beige, grey. But also some variations of light blue, pale yellow, powder pink and military green.

Especially for leather or fake leather items, neutral tones are more popular. While patterns are rarely used.

When it comes to fabrics, the choice is instead huge...you may find hundreds of shades for a single colour, thousands of patterns and colours combinations.

If you were to make your own fabric bag, how would you know what would match what? And how would you be sure your choice would match your clothes?

I guess we all have in mind some standard colour schemes we have learnt to think of as "good". 

Black + white is good. It never fails. Black + red is also good. Blue + white is great - we all know that. 

But what if you would like to go beyond common colour schemes?

Well, you may be surprised to know that some colour combinations which are uncommon, are simply great!

Examples?

Violet is a colour which matches a lot of tones. It fits with yellow, brown, pink, turquoise, but also red. It is a colour which is popular in traditional East Asian items, like the Japanese fabrics here on the left. 

Another colour which fits many others in a nice way is yellow. Yellow is great with teal, green, blue, grey, violet, pink...

The fabric here on the right is a good example of how to match yellow with other colours.

And how about brown and turquoise? Or ocra and teal? I guess we could go on forever. 

The point here is that you can create a very colorful fabric bag and still be able to match it with a lot of clothes! 

Here is a picture to prove it: this is a bag of Nu-nomad´s past winter collection.

The bag is brown and the flower is in a multicoloured fabrics. There are black, green, white, yellow, some pink...all mixed. And the model is wearing...all of them! Light red blouse, lime green scarf, grey-brown jacket, blue jeans and red earrings. Yet the mix is nice and does not look excessive. 

This is because the bag contains all the colours she is wearing in one focal point (the flower), so that those colours do not appear random in the clothing.

With the new Facebook app available on Nu-Nomad´s Facebook page, you can preview fabrics you choose on the bag model you choose. This is a good way to play with colours and get a sense of what combinations fit your taste.

For an extra help, you can browse around the website called Colourlovers. Here you will find great inspirational colour palettes.

So, get creative and try out the colour combinations you truly like, even the non-standard ones. You will rarely go wrong!

Sofia of Nu-Nomad