How matchy is too matchy?

[cam]

MH has a very narrow range of colors for shirts he likes, all solids. His best two are a burgundy and a teal. LO has two dress shirts, a solid red and a blue that has subtle thin lines alternating light and slightly lighter. If MH wears his burgundy and LO his red, will we look too matchy if I also wear a shade of red (either a different dark red or a pink)? I feel like it is too much like a Valentine family. I want to somewhat coordinate, at least not clash, but I am not sure what to wear myself? I always way over think this type of thing. I hate picking out clothes for all of us. TIA if you indulge my overanalyzing.

[eyenigh]

What's the occasion? Without seeing all the reds, I might think that everyone in a shade of red will be a little matchy. What shade of teal is your husband's shirt? That might be nice if you wear red and then your son could really go either way.

[stellabunny]

I would think all reds would be a little too matchy. But again, it depends on the shades.

I'd put your LO in the striped shirt. If your husband wore burgundy then maybe you could do a complementary blue?

[cam]

Don't know why threads weren't opening there for a bit...

LO's red is a classic cherry red. His blue is kind of a sky blue. I found a white with black pinstripes in his next-size-up clothes that *may* fit (he is asleep, so can't try it out), and I could do a colored undershirt in nearly any color, leaving the top button or two open.

MH's burgundy is probably along the lines of a garnet. His teal is that bold, rich feel like a lot of the jewel tones except I can't think of a teal jewel; it is very middle of the road between blue and green.

I have a deep red wine color with the hints of purplish undertones, a classic red, a garnet red that would require a grey sweater, and a rich sort of on the darker side pink. Outside of the reds, I have a teal similar to MH's but a bit brighter, a classic purple, a deeper purple, a pretty light purple, a classic green that would also need grey sweater, a robin's egg blue, a salmon/peachy type pink, and probably a few I am missing.

If it matters, MH and I have black pants, and LO has black or gray depending which will stay on his butt best.

We have a celebratory dinner and group photos. Then we have church the next day, but I don't care about clashing then.

[cupcakesandpi]

I personally wouldn't all wear the same shade. I think pics look better if colors don't match but go together. DH & I have done both & my favorites are the ones where he is wearing teal & I'm wearing hot pink. If you have a scarf that has the opposite color also that would look good. I have a scarf that had burgundy & blue so I would wear that with the blue shirt & put DH in the burgundy. Then LO could wear either red or blue.

[cam]

Feb 21, 2015 8:45:13 GMT -5 cupcakesandpi said:

I personally wouldn't all wear the same shade. I think pics look better if colors don't match but go together. DH & I have done both & my favorites are the ones where he is wearing teal & I'm wearing hot pink. If you have a scarf that has the opposite color also that would look good. I have a scarf that had burgundy & blue so I would wear that with the blue shirt & put DH in the burgundy. Then LO could wear either red or blue.

Totally agree about not wearing all the same shade. I like complimentary colors, but with MH and LO's limited wardrobes, I have found that to be a challenge. I also found all of us having a lot of solids makes things more challenging. I will see if my sister or mom have a scarf or something that would tie things together. Thanks!

[BostonKisses]

I think all of that red is going to be a little much. If it was a family portrait type thing, and you were trying to go for the same color palette, that would be different. For a group photo, though, I would go with a complimentary color palette.