What color shoes to wear with a burgundy dress
Nude or blush: soft, and they let the color lead. Below: every good shoe color for a burgundy dress, what to avoid, and the burgundy and shoe colors from each of the 12 color season palettes.
By Jane MitchellCertified color analystPublished
The short answer
- Nude or blush: soft, and they let the color lead.
- Black: classic with a deep wine.
- Gold or silver: metallics for the evening.
- A deeper wine or plum: a tonal look.
- Navy, forest green or mustard: an accent for a bolder outfit.
What to avoid
Shoes in a red that is close to, but not, the burgundy of the dress. A near match looks like a mistake.
Shoes with a burgundy dress, by occasion
- Work: Black or nude pumps, or burgundy loafers.
- Wedding guest: Gold or blush heels.
- Casual: Tan boots or white sneakers.
The burgundy and the shoes for your color season
Each season's own burgundy, and four shoe colors from the same palette: a light neutral, a dark neutral, the same color in another depth, and an accent.
Your burgundy dress
Cool berry #A85C7A
Shoes
- Light neutralSoft white#F0EFEC
- Dark neutralCool navy#2F4058
- Same color, other depthSoft rose#E091AE
- AccentPeriwinkle blue#7986CB
Metallic: silver.
Your burgundy dress
Muted plum #8F5F6E
Shoes
- Light neutralSoft white#EDEAE4
- Dark neutralSoft navy#3F4A57
- Same color, other depthDusty rose#C08497
Metallic: brushed silver.
Your burgundy dress
Soft mulberry #A86F7E
Shoes
- Light neutralSoft cream#F0E8D8
- Dark neutralSoft olive brown#57503F
- Same color, other depthSoft plum rose#B58F9E
- AccentMoss gold#A89B5C
Metallic: matte gold.
Your burgundy dress
Warm plum #A0637C
Shoes
- Light neutralWarm cream#F2E7D0
- Dark neutralCoffee#5A4632
- AccentGoldenrod#DAA520
Metallic: yellow gold.
Your burgundy dress
Wine rose #7B3F51
Shoes
- Light neutralWarm cream#EDE0C8
- Dark neutralDark mahogany#3E2A1E
- AccentForest green#1E5631
Metallic: antique gold.
Your burgundy dress
Wine #6A0F49
Shoes
- Light neutralPure white#FFFFFF
- Dark neutralTrue black#1C1C1C
- Same color, other depthIcy pink#F8BBD0
- AccentEmerald green#1B5E20
Metallic: silver.
No burgundy by our rule in the palettes of Light Spring, True Spring, Bright Spring, Light Summer, True Winter, Bright Winter. That is data, not a gap: those seasons wear a different version of the color, or none.
Other dresses: shoes for a navy dress and shoes for a brown dress. More shades with hex codes are in the purple color palette.
How we picked the colors
Each season card reads that season's own palette and neutrals on this site, 300 named colors across the 12 seasons, measured in CIELAB: lightness (L*), chroma (C*, how strong the color is) and hue angle. A season's burgundy dress is its shade that is a deep red-purple: hue angle 330° to 30°, L* under 55 and C* 15 or more, so wine, burgundy, berry and mulberry count, and a soft palette gets its muted berry. A shade named brown, rust, chocolate, terracotta, red, pink, fuchsia, raspberry or magenta stays out. The darkest one is the dress.
Light neutral: the season’s lightest neutral with L* 55 or more and at least 25 L* lighter than the dress. Dark neutral: its darkest neutral that is at least 15 apart from the dress in CIEDE2000 color difference. Tonal: the palette shade nearest the dress in hue (within 30°) that is at least 10 L* lighter or darker, with C* from 10 to 35 above the dress. Accent: the strongest palette shade (C* 30 or more, L* 30 to 80) at least 90° of hue away from the dress; in a soft palette with none, C* 20 or more and 60° away. The metal is the first metal listed for the season.
Where a palette has too few shades that far apart in hue, the gap narrows to half, then to 12°. No color is typed by hand, and no brand or store is used. The same rule runs on every season.
What this page cannot do
This page lists the burgundy and the shoe colors in each season's palette. It cannot see your dress, the exact shade of it, or your skin. Our free analysis reads your season from one selfie, in your browser, and gives you your own palette.
How this is different from other color analysis tools
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Your photo stays on your device
Many photo apps upload your selfie and read it on their server (see our comparison). Ours measures it in your browser. There is no upload.
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The result is free
Your season and palette, with no account and no email. At least one app in our comparison takes payment before you see any result.
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A close call says so
Every result names the runner-up season and how close the call was. Borderline is a result we print.
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We publish our accuracy
We tuned the method on faces that experts had labelled by season, then tested it on 410 celebrity photos we collected. The results, misses included.
Questions
What color shoes go with a burgundy dress?
Nude or blush, Black, Gold or silver all work with a burgundy dress. The best one depends on the occasion and on your own coloring.
Can you wear black shoes with a burgundy dress?
Yes. Black is a classic match for a deep burgundy. For a softer look, choose nude, blush or gold.
Do nude shoes go with a burgundy dress?
Yes. Shoes close to your own skin tone go with any burgundy dress and make the leg look longer.
Which shoe colors suit my season with a burgundy dress?
It depends on your season. For example, a True Summer wears cool berry as its burgundy, with soft white or cool navy shoes, and a Soft Summer wears muted plum. This page lists the shoes for every season that has a burgundy.
What you can do on this page
This page answers what color shoes to wear with a burgundy dress: safe neutral and metallic choices, bold choices, what to avoid, and shoes by occasion. It then shows, for each of the 12 color seasons that has a burgundy by a stated CIELAB rule, that season's burgundy and four shoe colors from the same palette (a light neutral, a dark neutral, a tonal shade and an accent) with hex codes, plus the season's metal. The free photo analysis finds a season from one selfie in the browser, with no upload and no account.