So get out there and dont be afraid, wake up the danged thing. Here, as always, contrast is your friend.
An oft overlooked color scheme would be the Classic Black (or charcoal) coat with a strong rust or orange type accessory.
Here you have the knitted grey with charcoal and rust stripe knitted scarf in play against the 3/4 Colombo Cashmere coat. (Only 2 more of those left in a 42 and 44 and at 850 they are a great buy.,( Not on the site so email me.)
Tucked into the coat it will look like this:
And getting a little more comfortable with color you might want to try a rust Colombo Cashmere scarf (also, not on the site, email me) with brown stripe and section which looks like this.
And this when adjusted properly.
It's getting cold out there, enjoy the weekend!
( Not on the site so email me.)