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Brown Color Combos: Green & White

Writer: sallyinstpaul
sallyinstpaul
Jan 16
3 min read

Today I am continuing my brown color combos for fall/winter outfits series with green and white tones that bring freshness to your cold weather outfits. I have 6 green + white + brown outfit examples to inspire you in ways to wear the season's trendiest color.


In this post, I am featuring a thrifted green leopard print scarf from my collection that has been my go-to print piece for combining green and brown. It is lightweight enough that I can wear it year-round (in all but the hottest weather), and the colors are as great in winter as they are in spring. While I prefer a long rectangular scarf for maximum versatility, an infinity scarf can be worn multiple ways as well, as we will see in the OOTD photos to come.

Green/brown leopard print scarf, coiled. Text: "thrifted 12/2013 - $8.00, 11 wears - $0.73 CPW." White background.

Now, on to the outfits...


Outfit #1: St Patrick's Day in 2025 was more lamb than lion with a high of 63F so I celebrated by wearing a lot of white and a bit of brown with my green. I created a variant on the "modern twin set" concept by pairing a white floral print button up shirt over a white tank.

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OOTD #1: 3/17/25

I grounded the look with very dark hunter green pants and brown leather flats.

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Fittingly for a warmer day, I skipped the scarf and layered necklaces instead. The top ruffle necklace is another older piece (Target, 2014), and the two lower ones I designed to wear together using primarily a Bargain Bead Box subscription and companion bundle from 2024 plus some items from my stash. I love the color scheme of light brown, beige, warm green, and gold expressed in a combination of dzi agate, riverstone, Czech glass, glass pearls, glass cubes, wood, crystal, and more!

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My all-DIY daily bracelet stack is a bit of a hodgepodge because I don't (yet) have a paper bead bracelet set in brown and green! So I put together a stack of various bracelets in those two colors plus gold to coordinate with the layered necklace. {bicone paper bead tutorial} {tube paper bead tutorial} {stretch bracelet tutorial}

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I made these earrings to go with the layered necklace as well; I didn't repeat any of the bead patterns from the necklace in my earrings (which is probably the most matchy-matchy way to go), but I stuck to the same colors. I used two picasso jasper beads and three gold spacers in each earring to create simple stacks; the jasper beads are so rich and varied in color that they work beautifully in a very uncomplicated design (see design #2 in this post for more examples of "3 beads or so on a stick" earrings in my collection).

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Leafy necklace and earrings with green beads on beige. Text: "Leafy Dzi Layered Necklace & Earrings, A Bargain Bead Box Project," and "WithinaWorldofMyOwn.com."

Outfits #2 & #3: These two looks share the featured green leopard scarf with a brown quilted vest, dark green skirt, and brown tights. The only differences are the top layered under the vest (a brown sweater in #2 and a white T in #3) and the color of the tall boots (dark brown in #2 and cognac in #3). I personally prefer how the white lightens up the look and adds some contrast in #3, but #2 shows that you can keep the color combination darker and more traditionally "fall/winter" by eliminating the white.

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OOTD #2: 2/27/19
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OOTD #3: 3/27/18

Outfit #4: Like #3 above, this outfit uses colorblocking (top, bottom, and topper layer in 3 distinctly different colors) for the base outfit, then adds a print scarf to help tie the colors together. Note that the scarf colors don't have to match the garment colors; just having some colors in the same family can do a lot to make the combination look more intentional and cohesive. (See option #6 - the "sorta" bridge piece - in this post for more discussion and examples.)

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OOTD #4: 10/11/19

Outfits #5 & #6: These two outfits share many of the same/similar pieces but result in entirely different looks. Both feature a dark green pullover sweater, brown quilted vest, brown boots, and white/gold scarf. Outfit #5 is very simple and very neutral with a pair of blue denim jeans while Outfit #6 is more of a statement look with a brightly colored, large scale print skirt.

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OOTD #5: 1/3/22
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OOTD #6: 12/11/19

Do you consider brown a good color for winter, or do you tend to reserve it for fall? What versions of green do you prefer to wear? Would you wear green and brown together?


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