I’ve always bought expensive bags in dark colours for that reason. Decided to get a mulberry in a light coral/peach colour for summer this year, wore it to work once and somehow got big black marks on it. Didn’t notice til I got home...omg that was a horrible ten minutes until I managed to clean them off! So I’ve learnt my lesson, I think I’m going to stick to the darker colours as I don’t like to baby my bags, I like to use them often and get my money’s worth.
I am going to get one in a mushroomy-taupe colour though, as I’ve had an Anya Hindmarch in that colour for years and it still looks brand spanking new. It’s a great colour and goes with everything.