Do you find yourself using the same colors over and over for new garb?

[DonaCatalina]

I am trying to amass a wardrobe all in different colors. But I have noticed that some people seem to have garb in mostly very similar colors, i.e. shades of blue.
What category do you fall in?

[LadyStitch]

I've noticed that that we tend to go in the reds. Even before the PP character came into exisitance, I was working on my "Briar Rose" character. 

Over the past 10 years everything seems to have evolved. Early garb was rust, blues and blacks, now is red, pinks, white, black, and with some blue in back up garb.

[bookwench]

I've noticed most of my stuff is browns and/or greens, which is odd since my favorite color is red and I have absolutely nothing red in my garb wardrobe. 

[gem]

Nope! I have all sorts of colors, even ones I normally don't care for! One of my very very very favorite pieces of garb is my Extremely Pink Corset, and I normally *hate* pink!

...But that might also explain why I haven't been able to come up with anything to wear with it in the last 2+ years (it's so pretty I wear it out, like a bodice, but the only thing it seems to go with is a navy blue skirt). 

[Adriana Rose]

I seemed to stick to greens and black. I am trying to change that up, I have some nice pinks and darkish lavender skirts and some other colors. I just need more time in the day to sew some new stuff! My work stuff is eating all my time

[Magpie Flynn]

I tend to go for more earth tones (greens and browns) but I'm starting to plan out garb in terms of "what color do I not have yet?" So, Purple, yellow, blue, and red are up next

[LadyFae]

I am definitely drawn to shades of green and shades of wine and then I tend to accent those with yellows.  My sister has most of her garb in shades of blue with red accents.  I love her garb, it is so fun!  =)

[Hoowil]

Mine own garb is in dire need of being updated, and is in the grey and brown range, which I am not totally happy with. There is a wonderful deep teal sitting in my stash for a new doublet. I do seem to do mainly blue and green for my wife, burgundy and purple for my daughter, and a lot of green and yellow for my son.  I think for the kids its mainly because I still have the fabric and their stuff doesn't take too much for any one piece (and my daughter always asks for purple). It looks like everyone needs a new round of garb this year (which most likely means everyone else, then a piece or two for me if there is time) so maybe things'll change color.

[Welsh Wench]

I have alot of burgundy and black but I am drawn to the grass greens, sunshine yellows and peacock blues.

Deep jewel tones, nothing 'warm' but cool colours work best.

[Lady Kett]

I do blue. Blue blue blue blue blue. It's my favorite color. Even when I branch out with green, purple and burgundy, I have to coordinate with blue. One reason, besides it being my favorite color, is that my boots are blue and black and I paid way too freakin much to get boots in different colors, and no matter what I wear you'll see at least a part of the blue on the boots at some point. But I like blue so it works for me.

I've managed, after much agnst to break my adult onset ADD, to stop trying to be too matchy-matchy with Sidekick, so that helps a bit. But I guarantee I have blue on me somewhere all the time!

[Cofeeguru]

I'm with you, Kett.  Blue, blue, and more blue.  Blue with green, blue in my plaids, a blue corset. . .I'm spicing it up this year a bit, with a grey and green outfit. . .but I'm still making more blue outfits. I've given up on fighting the urge.

[Baron Dacre]

A bit of it seems to be finding the fact that if you have new stuff, you have to have the rest to go with it. (Hats, pouches, whatever...)

Guys are lucky, black or brown for pouches and boots seems to go with most everything!

Major costume colors since starting to work faire (not including peasants):

Red and Black (Yeoman of the Guard - Christopher "Kit" Foxe): Red and Black doublet and paned slops.
Brick Doublet and Grey Pants with Grey Coat and Grey Fox fur collar (Gentlemen Adventurers - John Davies)
Orange Doublet,  Green Trunk Hose, Green Cape (Court - John Davies)
Green and Gold (Gold and Green Brocade body, Green Velvet shoulders, Lime Sleeves, Alternating Green and Gold Brocade and Green Velvet Panes on Slops with a Gold silk bag, Green Velvet cape with Gold embroidery,  Goldish-green piping through out costume) (Court - Gregory Fiennes, 10th Baron Dacre of the South).

So a great deal of green... When we make the next costume in about 3 years, I'll see what the fabric district has to offer!

[Lady L]

When I bought my shop in 1998, I had to submit plans for my sign and shop colors. Festival management decided what colors I could have. So, usually, I try to coordinate our garb colors with the shop colors. Red, rust, black, green and golds. I like plum, burgundy and purples, though, so there are some of those. My granddaughters always wanted pink and purple, but the older one wants blues and greens now.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

The Colors of the House of Olmsted are Reds, Golds, and Black. I tend to stick with those colors because they represent Nobleness. They are classic colors.

[Lady Rebecca]

I'm trying to stick with blues. When I first started sewing, I went with whatever fabrics caught my eye, but I've since realized that if all the garb is in the same color family, it can be mixed and matched.

That said, although all of my recent garb and most of my upcoming garb is in shades of blue, the one I'm working on right now is red and white floral. Though I think there might be a little blue in it (I hope!)