Pink Shoes: Your Guide to Finding the Ideal Match

Are you looking to make a statement without necessarily shouting too loudly? Then pink shoes are perfect for you!

Pink is one of the hottest shoe colors today, regardless of gender stereotypes. As people like to say: Real men wear pink! From pink boots and pink sandals to pink tennis shoes, everyone is getting on the pink shoes train.

Pink isn’t a hard color to style and wear, either. It’s natural to think so, and to be apprehensive about your choices, if you’re not used to wearing pink shoes. However, pink is a highly versatile color—matching almost anything from neutrals to pastels, to bright and loud colors.

In short, you can easily wear pink shoes any day—all you need is a few tips, a little nudge, and everything will be coming up roses!

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Pair Your Pink Footwear

Wondering how to style your pink shoes? Our KURU GURUs outline the best ways to wear them below.

The best place to start when pairing pink footwear is with colors that match or coordinate. Fortunately, pink is quite the versatile color.

First, you won’t go wrong styling pink shoes with neutral shades. These include: black, white, beige or cream, and gray.

Neutrals would also be good to wear with pink. Look for pink and white shoes (or pink and black shoes if you wear white or black often) to create a more harmonious look.

Lighter pinks match best with other pale or pastel shades, such as mint green or light blue. Coral pink shoes look better with either pink or orange, while shocking deep hues or hot pink shoes would pair well with a matching shade of pink or darker colors like black. You can also pair it with white, or other bright colors, for a color-blocking ensemble.

Depending on the length of your pants, you might want to opt for invisible socks for a cleaner and more formal look.

Outfit ideas for women:

Pink running shoes are easy to style with casual, everyday wear. On errand days, you can wear pink shoes with white shorts, a solid color tee, and invisible socks.

For a casual yet office-appropriate outfit, you can wear pink tennis shoes with dark blue jeans, a long-sleeved blouse, and a long pink coat.

For formal business wear: pale pink boots look great with an all-white pantsuit.

Outfit ideas for men:

If you’re just testing the waters, you won’t go wrong with an all-black outfit and pink tennis shoes. This way, you can build up the confidence to mix and match outfits with pink footwear.

This all-black style tip applies to both casual and formal wear. For casual wear, you can go with black jeans, a black shirt, and a leather jacket. For the office, you can pair light pink shoes with a business casual black suit and turtleneck.

If you want to add more colors to your outfit, then dark green or dark blue are great color options. A dark green jacket, dark blue jeans, and black shirt would pair well with both soft pink shoes and brighter pinks.

The Color Psychology of Pink

Learn more about the meanings behind the colors we wear and how we can craft the perfect color palette to accomplish our goals.

Pink is a calming and non-threatening color. It is most often used to represent femininity, tender love, innocence, and youth. However, pink is also a color of hope—giving off a warm and comforting vibe that inspires a sense of optimism.

In many cultures and societies in the west, pink is typically used as a feminine color. Many products marketed towards women are packaged with plenty of pink. Wearing pink can help show your gentle, vulnerable, and loving side.

The combination of pink as a color of hope and optimism, as well as its largely feminine connotation, makes it a popular color to represent women-centric movements or organizations. Among these is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which uses pink ribbons as its symbol.

In popular idioms, pink is used to show good health (“in the pink”) or indicate that things are going smoothly (“everything is rosy”).

Light or pale pink shades can have a calming effect. In fact, studies suggest that exposure to large amounts of rose pink has a positive effect on nerves and anxiety. It may also help soothe emotional energies. In contrast to aggressive red colors, pink can help relieve feelings of anger, resentment, and aggression that it may inspire.