Do you tend to buy mostly one color of clothes?

Colors of clothes - mainly one color?
United States
February 25, 2007 8:08am CST
Sometimes I find that when looking into the closet, I've got so many clothes that are one color, and very few of other colors. At that point I think I've got to get a few other colors in my wardrobe...how could i get so many of one color???? Do you find yourself doing this unconciously, or do you prefer your wardrobe to be mostly one color?
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@brokentia (10389)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I find that I buy mostly black...and I am not even trying. I didn't even think about how much black clothing I had until my partner's mother pointed it out to me. I mean, sure, others had commented about how much black I wore...but I really thought they were kidding. But one day, my partner's mom and I were in a store and she was looking at clothes. She suddenly busted out that she would buy me some clothes....IF I picked something else besides black. LOL Ok, this shouldn't be hard...right? Well, would you believe....I couldn't find one thing that I liked!!! Not one thing!!! If it was another color, I had something to pick at it about. I didn't like the collar, it fit funny, it was too long for my short legs, I didn't like the material....there was something. Poor woman!!! She tried so hard to get me from my black clothing and I really did try! I just couldn't find anything! LOL Now, don't get me wrong, I have other clothes besides black in my closet...but they are not worn that often either. ha ha
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• United States
4 Mar 07
sounds like me!...lol....i just really like those colors and though others are pretty, i seldom find something that i would really wear in public that is of a different color. thank you so much for the response
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I tend to get alot of blues and blacks. I just drift toward darker colors because brighter ones tend to hurt my eyes, though my wardrobes diverse enough, it turns out okay. Going to chuch sales and trift stores (since that's the only places I can afford buying clothes) the clothes just tend to be in black and blue the most.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
i also only shop in thrift stores and such, and it seems that most of the clothes they have are outrageous colors and combinations that would be just too much for me..thanks so much
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I dont tend to purchase one color. I love color and tend to mix it up a bit. LOL I have a variety of colors in my closet. My favorite color is shades of purple, any shade. I dont have but one shirt that is purple. Weird but I only have one dress that is purple too. I have lots of colors . I like pastels in summer. I love flowery skirts with many colors in it. I have seen women who tend to always were the same colors or variations of that color.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
i really need to get some other colors in my wardrobe, too...it just seems that when i go looking, the only things that i really like are in colors i already have too much of..thanks
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
25 Feb 07
Yeah... most of the time I buy my favorite color... and that is blue.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
thank you very much
@Chele2k2 (241)
25 Feb 07
I tend to stick to safe colours, one's that I know will suit my skin tone, hair colour, eye colours and body type. I often buy a lot of the same colour but sometimes feel a little more daring and choose something that I wouldn't normally go for. It will either look really good on me or completely ridiculous, normally that later ....... lol
• United States
4 Mar 07
there's a lot of colors that just look really bad on me too. I really stay away from those. thanks
@arcadian (930)
• United States
25 Feb 07
black-I know, its not officially a color, but then too white. Some people think I am wearing the same outfit everyday, :( but no-I'm not, I just happen to feel comfortable in white turtleneck pullovers and black soft jersey pants. I own other things. Because people buy them for me, remember Jughead in the Archie comics? Was his style contagious?? a friend asked me how come I change clothes after work, since I then put on a white turtleneck jersey and other black pants, and I explained, around the house I wear ones that are worn or a little stained but still comfy.But for work, they have to be immaculate. Don't know why. Actually I don't know why other people wear different things everyday.
• United States
4 Mar 07
i too have a lot of black...i love the way black looks. i think people feel that i wear the same things everyday, too...funny isn't it? thank you so much
26 Feb 07
For many years pretty much all of my clothes were black, I still have a lot of black but do occasionally buy something with maybe a little colour to it, usually either purple or most recently a few brown items.
• United States
4 Mar 07
thank you so much for responding
@ghopit (154)
• Indonesia
25 Feb 07
blue is my favorite color. aware or not I am picking all of my stuff in blue. maybe our subconcious tell us to pick things based on our favorite color.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
i think so, too...i can't believe sometimes when i look into the closet and find that 90% of my clothes are all one color...you may have something there. thank you.
• Netherlands
28 Feb 07
women shopping - women shop
Gee...I never thought about it. I don't think I have many other colors too. Unconciously, I pick always neutral colors... white, black, and other soft colors. Once of two times I have this bright colourful dress (more like impulsive buy). I wore it once and never wear it again and I didn't feel confident wearing it.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
i guess i really do it mostly subconciously, cause i just don't realize it until later that i've bought the same things. thank you
• United States
26 Feb 07
I do mostly buy one or two colors of clothes. My favorite would have to be black because it is slimming and it goes with everything. It makes getting dressed for class in the mornings easier. I also am really fond of pink t-shirts and hoodies.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
i love black...it will go with everything and some colors like pink and red look so striking with black...thank you so much
@hezoid (2144)
27 Feb 07
I have a couple of colours that i tend to stick to. I love anything purple since it's my faveoruite colour, but i also like clothes in white, creams, beiges and browns, as they seem to suit my colouring. I also sometimes like to have blues and pinks in my wardrobe. There are certain colours that are absent, like reds, oranges, yellows, greens, and really dark coloured tops. I have no black tops becuase black near to my face makes me look really pale. I tend to wear black or dark coloured bottoms though.
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• United States
4 Mar 07
it sounds like you've got a better variety than i do..thanks so much
• Italy
28 Feb 07
i only choose black, i only feel good wearing black clothes, i don't know why...
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• United States
4 Mar 07
it's amazing the way some colors just make us feel good, doesn't it? thank you for the response
@cafay1 (256)
• United States
26 Feb 07
I tend to buy one color for awhile. But, as I get older I have changed the colors a few time.
• United States
4 Mar 07
i've honestly tried to change, but i just keep going back to the same colors...lol...thank you
• United States
25 Feb 07
Most of my clothes are 3 colors.....red, pink and black.. and I do this on purpose...
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• United States
4 Mar 07
nice colors...thank you so much
• India
6 Aug 07
ur post just got me thinking.. do i real gravtitate towards cloths ofa particular color.. and i realised that i real do.. i either go for white or black cloths.. i ahve 5 white shirts/top/tees... i have 3 black dresses.. and i have lost count of pants, skirts..thought i have a healthy collection of yellow, green and orange...i can also spot some pink, blue..
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
5 Aug 07
i understand well that people should not bored with me. so i buy lots of color.and shape.
• Philippines
25 Feb 07
i either stick to the basics or choose my favorite color. i can't help it! of course sometimes u also have to choose what's most flattering for your skin tone
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• United States
1 Mar 07
i can't help it either..thanks
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
12 Jul 07
No, I like to have a wide variety of colors in my closet.