Agreed, or a completely different colour altogether e.g a very dark green or plain black.
If I made a long wrap coat for example not much of the outfit would be visible!
I don't want to make something just for the sake of the rules, rather I want something that will add something to my wardrobe. A long black coat or a long black dark green mac might have a place there.
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edited to add I've just cut out the dark purple trousers, and if I'm careful I could also cut out a cardigan jacket from the leftovers, thus having a dark purple trouser suit! That could be a lot of fun, its a very dark brownish purple so wouldn't be too out there.
I think I have also worked out how I can make the jacquard fabric into a reversible jacket, incorporating the selvedge as self fringing, hopefully I can remember what I came up with in the middle of the night and it does actually work in reality. It had single layer (but opposite) collar and cuffs which can fold back in either direction, so it can be purple side or ivory side.
Have to see if that jacket works with anything else