Wait a minute, when did I forget about orange?It???s not like there are so many colours on the wheel that I can afford to disregard one.Except yellow (sorry yellow, I know you???re fashionable, but it???s just never, ever going to happen for us).Especially not one that???s as multidimensional as orange.Think about it.Tangerine.Saffron.Apricot.Curry.Persimmon.Pumpkin.Autumn leaves, which aren???t even edible??? but you get the point ??? orange has range.

Double drop earrings, ??79, Carousel Jewels.Floral silk midi dress, ??149,Warehouse.Velvet trousers, ??313, Masscob.

Yet it???s got to be one of the most under-represented hues in my wardrobe, andI???m betting in yours, too.This gap dawned on me about midway through Roksanda???s autumn/winter show, when all the russet tones stopped looking purely 1970s (not a bad thing, but still) and started looking incredibly desirable.The next ???oh yeah, orange??? moment came when I laid handson Marks & Spencer???s chunky cable-knit jumper at a shoot, and again when I saw newish brand King & Tuckfield play velvety pumpkin jumpers off againstdark indigo jeans.

A perennially black-clad colleague on the fashion desk swears she wears orange every day on holiday.So do I, our men???s style editor pipes up.???But I would never wear it in London,??? he scoffs.Why evernot????The grey and grimy streets of London don???t suit a tangerine evening slipper.???

Mandkhai cashmere oversized jumper, ??350, Fenwicks.Orangecorduroy coat, ??235, Ganni.

Oh, but I think they do. Take that tangerine evening slipper and raise it one swaddling grey wool coat.Or try a carroty jumper with a pine-green skirt or deep-aubergine trousers.Maybe some animal print, if you dare (come to think of it, my favourite dress last winter was a velvet number in the richest, most coppery orange ??? with a leopard-print coat and navy velvet sandals, it made me feel like a total jazz babe).Just leave the black trousers out of it, unless you need an on-the-nose outfit for Hallowe???en.Trick or treat, I???ll take it ??? as long as it???s orange.

Dynamic duos: the new colour combinations to wear now