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Aubergine anything, but especially Aubergine/Wasabi!
My Aubergine/Wasabi Swift, Aubergine/Wasabi MB, and Aubergine/Cloud MCB:
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Oh I love that combo! Very pretty!!!
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It’s odd, because I’ve never been a purples or greens person, usually favoring pinks and blues. But TB has turned that upside-down; something about these colors makes me happy.![]()
I have just been looking at a possible couple of new bags (Aeronaut 30 and Pilot) and I was pleasantly surprised and tempted by how great the Aubergine/Wasabi combination looked. So thanks Wanderlust77 for your photos. I do like a nice coloured bag exterior that works with many clothing colours and also looks good in formal as well as casual situations; and I appreciate to have a bright interior colour.
I really like the new Nebulous/Island ballistic - very rich and deep colour combo... Dawn and Cloud accessories coordinate well....
I have a (discontinued) Olive/Canyon L12 that is very autumnal and comforting... Mars Red and Burnt Orange look comfortable with it...
Way way discontinued but... original (white grid) Nordic/Solar is probably my favorite, followed by Steel halcyon/Solar or Original (white grid) Black halcyon/Solar... Grass and Zest are amazing with Solar
And yet I travel with my Navy/NWSky A30 every month and it's deeply comforting... all calm serene blues and greys
I guess I have many colour moods
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I like all the blues and greys...and all the happy citrus colours too! My search unicorn is the Sapphire Dyneema original Small Shop Bag...
another vote for Nebulous/Island but I am also a big fan of the recent Deep Blue/Coyote
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current bags: Smart Alec, Guide's Pack, Guide's Edition S25, Luminary 15, Daylight Backpack, Aeronaut 45, Tri-Star, Road Buddy 36, Daylight Briefcase, Small Yeoman Duffel, bits and pieces
Nordic/UV and Nordic/Monarch take my breath away when I see them together. I've got a Nordic/Iberian SE and when I toss it in either my UV or Monarch shop bags, I'm always struck by how beautiful they are. Sadly, I don't have an actual bag in either of those color combos.
Current Carry: Swift (Verde/UV), SK (Steel/Iberian) & SSC (Sitka)
While I have been an enormous fan of blues and greens (dawn, fjord, etc) in TB bags, I have more recently been somewhat enamored of the occasional more vivid pops of color - maybe it's recuperating from what felt like a particularly gray Seattle winter. Two of my current favorites are my burnt orange Truck and a monarch small travel tray; since these are more bold colors though, I feel like I would want a softer color with them like cloud. The bag I cannot wait to get is the nebulous gray/island L15, as the island brings that extra splash of visibility to the interior, while the nebulous looks sleek and mysterious on the exterior. I love more subdued exteriors, as I think they are so versatile, paired with a bright interior. While it might be considered less exciting, one of my favorite color combos is original halcyon with wasabi, and I have a Smart Alec and a MCB in this combination. I also like a navy or nordic exterior paired with a UV interior.
One last favorite: obviously, I have been collecting too many bag colors (!), but I adore the coyote accents on my black skookum dog duffel, as it seems so classic to me. I wish there were more items offered in this sort of retro seeming combination. I do not have a guide's pack, but I periodically wistfully admire the navy version with its lovely coyote accents. I cannot justify adding yet another backpack, but that is the one I drool over.
Last edited by NWhikergal; 04-06-2019 at 09:25 AM.
"Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller
I have a weird habit of coordinating my bags and accessories to match my work colors. My company recently went through a rebrand and changed our color palette from blue/white/pale gray to dark gray/orange/slate blue/mint green. While this isn't my personal preferred color combo, my Nebulous/Cloud L15 is partnered with a Fjord snake charmer and a Monarch pouch, and that's a pretty nice- looking set!
My personal favorite color set at the moment is Cloud/Dawn/Sitka/Monarch. I'm also with NWhikergal - after the gloom of winter I'm enjoying my black ballistic SZTSB with Alphaviolet, Viridian, Solar, and Grass accessories.
I absolutely adore my Olive/Dawn DLBP. It's the most soothing color combo out there, and I really wish more items were made in that set.
There are a couple of colors that I've never warmed up to, including Iberian, Island, and, weirdly, Steel and Navy ballistic. I love blues and grays, but have been totally underwhelmed by the items I've picked up in those shades.
One of my absolute favorite things about TB is picking up small accessories to check out a color before I invest in a larger bag.
I regret not ordering an L15 in either Aubergine/Coyote or Deep Blue/Coyote. Ever since I received my Nebulous/Coyote GES25, I think I want all the bags to have Coyote interior (unless Zest makes a comeback)...
S19/Island, S19/Island; S25/Island, S25/NW Sky; GE S25/Coyote, GE S25/Coyote; BB/Canyon; SA/U.V., SA/Wasabi, SA/Steel, SA/Steel; A30/Zest; A45/Island, A45/Steel; MCB/Canyon, MCB/Wasabi, MCB/Canyon.