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Color Hunting in Italy: A Photo Diary

Ochre walls, green shutters, a red door. A love letter to the palette of small Italian towns, and how it shapes the way I dress.

Words & photographs by Elya D'Angelo  ·  April 10, 2026

Color Hunting in Italy: A Photo Diary

I have a habit when I travel through Italy: I photograph walls. Ochre, terracotta, faded pink, that specific olive green of old shutters. The whole country is a color story, and it has quietly rewired how I dress.

A doorway worth crossing a piazza for.
A doorway worth crossing a piazza for.

The palette

Small-town Italy lives in warm neutrals with one confident accent: a green door, a red awning, a lemon tree against stone. Nothing matches, and somehow everything does.

How it translates to outfits

This is exactly the logic behind a good wardrobe. A warm, tonal base (cream, sand, olive, espresso) and one moment of contrast. Get dressed like a Tuscan facade and you will never look overdone.

Cream against old stone, the easiest outfit there is.
Cream against old stone, the easiest outfit there is.

If this is your aesthetic too, you will like the outfits I wear on repeat.

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