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Rachel Adams

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Would "light" and "easy" make sense in my sentence meaning not "heavy"?

"We wear light clothes in summer."
 

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I don't like 'easy' clothes.
 

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You could use 'loose-fitting'.

Forget 'easy' in this context.
 

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Can I use "light" to refer to light-coloured clothes?

No, with clothes, "light" means "not heavy or thick". If you mean "light-coloured", just say so.
 
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