In message 20010209210920.B30695@welkin.apana.org.au, Kathryn Andersen kat@foobox.net writes
Exactly. One has a colour-of-choice when packing, so that everything goes together and one has more flexibility of dress while cutting down on the number of clothes needed to pack.
Don't talk to me about flexibility of dress, I have to start thinking about packing for next week's flight <groan>. It's not very easy to pack for a trip of indeterminate but extended duration that takes in a British winter, a Californian winter including a side trip to the mountains, an Australian summer, and back to the UK for winter/spring.