What Colors Match With Burgundy?

Burgundy looks like a deep, rich wine. You want the effect you project to be one of cool sophistication, but at the same time, you don't want to put others off by being too carefully matched. Consider using complementary, analogous or neutral colors.

Color Wheel

The classic color wheel displays all colors (hues or true colors), tints (colors mixed with white) and shades (colors mixed with black). Looking at a color wheel, you will see colors positioned opposite one another.

Burgundy

Burgundy is red darkened with black. You can find monochromatic burgundies and put these together with one another--as in a shirt, tie and color square--the effect will be rich and understated. Pull everything together with a gray suit.

Good Colors

Red and violet are good colors to match with burgundy since they fall next to each other on the color wheel. You can also match tints of red and violet as well as hues of blue with burgundy.

Complementary Colors

Burgundy matches well with hunter green (both are darker shades of red and green). Be careful about shades and tints of hunter green so you don't clash colors.

Outside the Box

When you are shopping for new clothing, look carefully in the store mirror to make sure the colors, tints and shades you are choosing work well with each other. Don't be afraid to match reds or violets with burgundies or to use analogous colors.

Resources

• Color Coordination
• Color Theory