Not sure why your chair has to "match" the sofa. I think it is wonderful that they blend in form, design, size, fabric, etc., but as far as matching, I just don't think that is a big deal. I think it might have been in past decades where every sofa had one chair that "came with it," as a set but that is no longer the case and as for myself, my side chairs and occasional chairs are not even the same color as the sofa, which is graphite and one chair is a black print with azure and paprika and the other chairs are a paprika herringbone and then the rug is ... well, I am not into matchy-matchy. :-)

I like two chairs to match. I especially don't like having sofa in one leather and a chair in another leather. If you have room for one other small chair(a 3rd), then I would change the fabric. If you are doing the chairs in fabric, I would not have them from the same set as the sofa. I guess you will get different answers from everyone, but this is what I like!

Sueb20, I'd love to see a picture of your room. I have been longing for a wild lime/acid yellow leather chair. My plan was to put it on a traditional style-- but I never found the right chair/leather color in the same line. I am relieved to see the responses to this thread as I am struggling with the same right now. I purchased two chairs on clearance (but neither was inexpensive--part of the problem here) and a custom leather sofa. I don't know what I was thinking at the time-- well, I do know. I had zero spare time but I had put off furniture shopping for soooo long. I let the store designer talk me into purchasing two chairs from the floor and then I ordered the sofa in the color I had been searching for-- an earthy/organic green-brown. Long story short--the chair and the sofa are two very different colors of brown. It looks like I tried to match them and didn't.. or worse, it looks like I shopped the clearance floor. Not the look I was shooting for. Some tell me they work well together-- others tell me they don't. The furniture store is willing to exchange both chairs (the scale of the other chair is just completely wrong--that one will be returned regardless). The problem is the leather chair has been discontinued so I can't get the same chair in the same leather as the sofa. I love the comfort of the chair but am struggling to make it work. I think maybe an upholstered chair would help take the focus away from the two that don't match. In the meantime, I am looking for another chair from the same manufacturer that is just as comfortable... or an additional chair that works with all. Anyhow.. your posts give me faith that I can make them all work together.

I am no decorator but if it were my home I think if possible I would have one cushion match the chair and the others a coordinating color.