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I have mixed them! I have a large yellow saute pan and just bought a deep blue saucepan. I generally get them when I find a deal, and figure I'm not using more than one pan at a time anyway. I also have some Staub pots. Each pot of mine is a different color. But the colors are complementary.

I started collecting Le Creuset many years ago when there was a choice between orange and deep blue. I decided on deep blue and have stuck to that colour ever since. I've just had a quick count and have 12 cast-iron casseroles, roasting pans and grills, plus a pot-stand and a cook book stand, and several earthenware oven dishes, ramekins and a mug!  We used to detour from our journeys home to the UK from our holidays in the South of France to visit the factory shop in Northern France and bought several of them there. I still love using them and would never buy another colour.

All my Le Creuset is in one colour: cherry red.  They are stored on open shelving, so I like them to match.

My Le Creuset is either yellow or green -- to match either my yellow kitchen or my green dining room. Everything I want is available in one of those colors, although often not both.

When I started my Le Creuset collection (way too many years ago) Flame (orange) was the only color, at least the only one widely available. I bought them through a special starter kit offer in the Observer newspaper. I still have and use all those pieces and have added a couple of others when I see deals. Those are not flame - they are now discontinued colors in a dark blue and a classic green. 

That is the problem I think with trying to stick to one color - that they discontinue them. There have been 200 or so different colors in the range. So unless you buy everything you will need at one time in one color (very expensive!) then you will probably end up having to mix and match.

In doing some research on the colors available I found a couple of interesting articles:
Kitchen Color Theoiry: How Le Creuset Changed the Game
Le Creuset Color Guide

I bought my first Le Creuset as a starter set in Lapis ( or a color close to it at the time) while living in Germany over 30 years ago. Because the white enamel coating on the inside of the pots was so hard to keep white, I finally replaced all my pots and pans in the set, when the company improved the interior coating, and bought additional pieces on discount while working in a cook shop several years ago.  I now have some red baking dishes mixed in with my blue pots and pans. The improved construction makes clean up so much easier. I have stuck with blue and red because my kitchen was blue when I lived in Germany and is blue and red now.