Do residents of Iceland wear bright colors?
 

I know that drab neutral colors are normally recommended for travel in Europe. I've recently bought a bright red winter jacket that I like and it will be just the right warmth for the time of year we plan to visit Iceland. Will I stand out like a sore thumb?

You aren't a resident. You are a visitor; wear whatever you want. No one knows who you are and you won't ever see them again. Really.

I know that drab neutral colors are normally recommended for travel in Europe>>

??? I'm european, and I've got lots of bright colours in my wardrobe.

anyway, you're a tourist going to Iceland. who cares what colours you wear - you need to keep warm and have fun!

We were just there last week. Plesse describe your other features so that we can get the full picture.

<< I know that drab neutral colors are normally recommended for travel in Europe >>

Who is doing this recommending? I normally wear a lot of black when traveling because you can't see dirt marks as easily as on light colors and you can put almost any other color with it and mix and match your clothing. If you consider tan to be neutral, I never wear tan or khaki when traveling because it gets dirty easily.

When traveling I wear the clothes I already own - pink, blue, lavender, aqua, yellow, etc. shirts with dark (black, navy) trousers.

The only reason I would not wear red is because it washes me out.

Wear whatever you want. And stop paying attention to those drab, neutral people! Get a new set of friends! :)

Man the people who told you that have obviously not been to Germany lately. We've been looking like a big bag of Skittles all year.

Now in the former Soviet Union.... ;)

And I thought I looked so good in my persimmon wool coat last winter in Paris!

<i>I know that drab neutral colors are normally recommended for travel in Europe.</i>

lolwut

The only people saying that pack a drab wardrobe so they can mix & match their outfits better, have never been to Europe, or their last trip to Europe was to East Germany in 1986.

A bright red jacket is fine in Iceland. You'll be easier to locate by a search & rescue team.


<i>Will I stand out like a sore thumb?</i>

Absolutely. But that will happen even if you wear a black wool coat. And you know what? There's nothing wrong with that.

You'll stick out like a sore thumb because (1) you won't understand their "secret" language - the one that only the 250K or so Icelanders speak; (2) your surname is (presumably) not a patronymic (see http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...and-incest-app).

The young lady pictured (again and again) here wears bright colors and she's Icelandic: http://nanna-omam.tumblr.com/

Would you rather wear a swan dress?

Just before we left for Iceland, I found a web site for 66 (degrees) North, actually using the symbol for degrees, which I cannot find on my computer. It is an Icelandic outerwear company with a store in Reykjavik. If you fly Iceland Air, you will find an ad for them on the back of every seat. I looked at their site before we left and found they sell many red jackets. My own red jacket kept me warm and dry, and I was grateful. It looks nice in my pictures, too. I admired the light grays, and light blues with Icelandic designs on the local young women. They are beautiful.

I think a lot of people wear neutrals for travel just because it is easier to coordinate, and dark neutrals don't show dirt as much as some light color, either. Drab is a subjective term. I dress that way a lot but that's my normal wardrobe (olive, grays and browns and blacks), it goes with my coloring and I like it.

Of course I agree people should wear whatever they want. However, a bright red winter coat is likely going to stand out anywhere, it would even in the US. Most people don't wear bright red coats any where, they tend to wear my neutral coat colors. But if you like it and wear it at home, I'd wear it wherever I wanted to go.

<<Will I stand out like a sore thumb?>>

Of course you will, but not because of your jacket.

You're not Icelandic. That means you won't be able to understand their "secret" language - the native tongue that all of 320,000 people speak. And your surname isn't a patronym.

But, if you're looking for romance, at least you won't need this: http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...ng-in-bed.html

;-)

Oh bugger, I said the same thing twice. Getting old sucks.

I don't see why people wouldn't wear bright colors in the wintertime. If I lived in some dreary place I'd want to see bright colors.

Wear your red coat. Unless you are absolutely stunning, no one will notice you.