When you break down brown’s status as a neutral, it absolutely makes sense why the woodsy color lends well to almost any kind of outfit scheme. As the “shades of brown” Wikipedia page says, brown is a composite color that’s “produced by combining red, yellow, and black pigments, or by a combination of orange and black.” The painter’s resource website Art in Context takes it even further: “Orange and blue can make brown, and red and green can also make brown. The secondary colors can also be used to add variations to the brown shade created by the three primary colors [red, blue, and yellow]. For example, you can make a brown with underlying purple colors.” While there’s no one way to create brown from the color wheel, it’s clear that it takes a village of colors to achieve certain brown-al tones. It’s no wonder why brown so beautifully pairs with nearly the entire ROYGBIV spectrum. In other words, a brown coat is a no-brainer grab-and-go-with-any-outfit buy you won’t regret.