To match or to go?

There's a difference between having your clothes "go" together and "match".
It seems wierd, but it's true. It's just like the difference between matching just enough and matching too much. Matching too much would be wearing blue jeans with a blue shirt of the same shade. Or, as I discovered in middle school, wearing dark blue exercise pants with a lime green stripe down the side with a long-sleeved shirt of the same color and also having a lime green stripe down the side.
You can wear a red shirt with jeans and NOT have to wear red shoes and carry a red purse. You can wear shoes (or carry a purse) with a wild print to "go" with that red shirt, perhaps a black-and-white zebra print or a floral print in red, blue and cream. As long as the print isn't gaudy, it's fine. And don't mix prints; that's over the top. Neutrals can also help you solve many of the problems that accompany the struggle between matching and going.
These "neutrals" I speak of come in a variety of colors: black, tan, beige, grey, navy blue and variations on those colors. White is a sometimes-neutral. All neutrals don't ALWAYS go with everything, but they go better than, say, purple, turquoise or fushia would go with a lot of other things.
It's okay to be creative and pair things that you like, that "go" together. Remember that not everything has to match. Also remember that sometimes a second opinion is necessary if you aren't sure.

Colors that absolutely should never be paired, whether they match or go (if you can prove me wrong, I dare you):
-Yellow and purple
-Red and green (unless you're a grandmother and it's Christmas time)
-Grey and brown
-Silver and gold (it looks incredibly tacky, trust me)
-Red and yellow
-Orange and green
-Neons and pastels