What to Wear With Black, Navy and Camel: Peacock Green
Black, navy and camel are classic colors. Peacock Green turns them up. It's a jewel tone, deep peacock green with violet, and it looks best against simple, solid clothes. A good scarf complements your clothes instead of matching them, and this one gives each of these colors more depth.
What Peacock Green looks like
Peacock Green started as an original artwork I made with tea on paper. Deep green and violet layer over each other, the colors of a peacock feather. It's abstract, with no florals and no repeating print. If you look closely, you can see the tea bag prints in the design.
Peacock Green comes in two sizes, 52 x 52 inches and 24 x 24 inches, and two fabrics, silk chiffon and silk-wool.
With black
Jewel tones look richest against black. This is the most dramatic of the three, and it works for evenings and gallery openings.
With navy
Deep green and navy are both cool and dark, so they sit together naturally. The green keeps navy from looking flat, and the violet in the scarf ties the two together.
With camel
Camel is warm and peacock green is cool. That contrast is a classic fall pairing. A camel coat with Peacock Green at the neck looks rich without trying hard.
Wearing all three together
- Black sweater and camel trousers, Peacock Green draped open over the shoulders.
- Navy coat over black pants, Peacock Green wrapped once at the neck.
- Camel coat over a black dress, Peacock Green tucked into the collar.
If you wear jewelry, gold warms the green and silver keeps it cool. Both work. Keep it small so the scarf stays the main piece.
One caution: the herringbone weave on the silk-wool is loose and delicate. Rings, bracelets, and earrings with prongs or sharp edges can catch it and pull a thread. Put the scarf on after your jewelry, and choose smooth pieces when you wear the silk-wool.
Silk chiffon or silk-wool
Match the scarf's weight to what you're wearing over it.
Silk chiffon is light and sheer. Light passes through it, which makes the green glow. It suits lighter jackets, evenings and indoors.
Silk-wool is 70% wool and 30% silk. It's soft, opaque, and warm without being heavy, so it holds its own with a wool coat in fall and winter. The herringbone weave also adds texture to plain outfits.
Both are dry clean only. If you prefer the way they look after a hand wash, you can carefully hand wash either one in cold water and dry it flat.
Which size
The oversized scarf is 52 x 52 inches, big enough to drape over your shoulders like a wrap or fold down into a regular scarf. The small scarf is 24 x 24 inches, for tying at the neck.
Every order over $50 includes an original 4 x 6 signed tea print, and shipping is free in the US.
The series
This post is part of a series on what to wear with each design: Blue Dream, Rare Earth, Clear Blue, Calm Camomile, Purple Rain and Peacock Green.