Colors that go with green
Green is natural and easy to wear. Below are the colors that pair with it, the wearable green shades that suit real coloring, and the honest part most combo guides skip: which green actually suits your coloring.
This is green. The exact green that flatters you shifts warmer, cooler, lighter or deeper with your undertone. The wearable versions from real palettes are further down.
Colors that go with green
Pick an accent and a neutral to see the three worn together. The pairings are proper color theory: analogous, complementary and split-complementary.
Pair it with (tap a color to try it)
Next to it (tonal)
Opposite it (contrast)
Split (softer contrast)
Ground it with (tap a neutral)
Three ways to wear green
A styling example: three outfits, each built around green with a different companion color and a neutral.
The wearable green shades
Not all green is the same. These are real green colors from the 12 seasonal palettes, lightest to deepest, each with its hex.
- Soft sage#B7CDA6
- Soft sage#A3BCA0
- Sage#8FA88B
- Fern green#4F7942
- Pine emerald#00695C
- Forest teal#2E5E4E
- Dark teal#0B5345
- Deep pine#0E4B3F
Neutrals that go with green
Neutrals are the base of a wardrobe and ground any color. Buy these first; spend your color near the face.
- Ivory
- Light cool gray
- Soft denim navy
- Bright navy
- True black
Which palettes green belongs to
Measured, not asserted: these are the seasons whose palette actually carries a green. Each one wears a slightly different version of it.
Which green suits you?
The palette above is real, but a page cannot tell you which green flatters you. That depends on your undertone and how light or deep your coloring is, which is exactly what a seasonal color analysis measures. If you already know your undertone, lean warmer or cooler accordingly. If not, the free analysis reads it from one photo and names the version of green, and the other 19 colors, that sit with your own skin, hair and eyes.
Frequently asked
What colors go with green?
Green pairs cleanly with its analogous neighbours (the colors either side of it on the wheel), its complementary opposite for contrast, and a grounding neutral. In practice that comes out as light green, teal, violet, magenta, pink. Neutrals like ivory, light cool gray, soft denim navy, bright navy, true black sit under all of them.
What colors should you not wear with green?
There is no color that clashes with green outright. Clashes come from the SHADE, not the pairing. The real mistake is wearing a version of green at the wrong temperature or depth for your own coloring: a warm green on a cool person, or a bright one on someone soft, reads harsh no matter what you pair it with. That is what a color analysis fixes.
Does green suit everyone?
Not in every version. Green is a medium color, and the exact green that flatters you depends on your undertone (warm or cool) and depth (light or deep). It appears in 9 of the 12 seasonal palettes, each carrying a slightly different green. The way to know yours is to measure your coloring, not to guess.
What neutrals go with green?
Wardrobe neutrals ground any color, and green is no exception. ivory, light cool gray, soft denim navy, bright navy, true black all work. Buy your neutrals first: they are what you wear most, and they let a single hit of green near the face do the work.
What season is green best for?
Green shows up in the True Autumn, Deep Autumn, Deep Winter, Soft Summer and other palettes, so no single season owns it. Each palette carries the version of green that suits that coloring. Find yours with the free analysis.