How to Choose Your Wedding Colours -
Your colour scheme for the wedding has the power to set the vibe – so choose wisely. Focusing on the colour theme early on is important to ensure that everything else obtained for the wedding is well coordinated and suited to the wedding as a whole. The colours are completely up to you but you will need to take into account where you're getting married, and the formality or informality of your ceremony and reception.
The complexity or simplicity of colour schemes are another part of your decision and these will depend on your personal preferences, budget, and patience! Here are the top determining factors to selecting your hues.
Use your favorite shade. You’ve been in love with pale lavender since the first grade, so this is a good place to begin – with what you love. You can tastefully incorporate any colour into your wedding decorations by selecting the right hue, and combining it with the right accents.
- Which colours are you drawn to most? Is there one particular colour or several? If there are several colours, are they compatible?
- Check your wardrobe . Leaving aside the standard office black, what are the other colours that emerge the most? These colours are a good indicator of your general colour preferences.
Make a color inspiration. Get a piece of thick card and place images you like from magazines on the board, images that highlight the colours you're keen on. You can also use colour paint harts to help you match the hues and to get subtle shade variations.
Consider the setting. Look at the colours used in your venue’s carpeting, drapery and decorations. If the site has strong colours, you’ll need to select a colour scheme that complements. If you already have your heart set on a certain colour, you may need to select a more neutrally decorated site but this needs to be sorted out very early on or you may miss out on a good location! However, keep an open mind about colours until you've chosen the venue, because the setting may well suggest the color scheme for you.
Older buildings can have very rich, over-patterned curtains and carpets. Check these with care because they can clash badly with your colour scheme.
If the colours of the venue are very strong and you have your heart set on that venue, consider predominantly white and/or cream for the colour scheme as this will be both effective and matching. This will allow you to add a touch here and there of a favorite colour without overdoing it, but these splashes of colour will tone down any spartan feel of the white theme.
For outdoor weddings, look for fresh and light colors that suggest the brilliance of outdoors.
Be prepared to have two different/distinct colour themes if your church or wedding building and reception venue are very different in tone. In general, it is probable that you will have more leeway to use colours with the reception than where the wedding ceremony tself is held. However, you can still carry the colour theme in clothing and flowers from the place of marriage to the reception, even if you can't decorate the church, hall, or register office as much as you'd like.
Enlist your favorite bloom. If sunflower are your thing, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t make it into your décor scheme. Incorporate your predominant flower colour – either making it the dominant shade or using it as an accent – and it will all come together.
Consult the season. Decorating is simple when Mother Nature is your guide, so let the natural colours of the season be your inspiration. Just make sure that the wedding colours you choose complement the blooms and foliage that are naturally available during that time of year.
Be wary of combinations that usually go with other celebrations, unless it's the right time of year.
Pastels are best for warmer weather; otherwise they can appear too cold.When thinking about seasonal colours, think of variations of shades and not just the commonly recognisable colours.
Remember the bridesmaid' dresses. If you want your bridesmaids decked "head to toe" in your colour, you’ll need to make sure it’s an appealing and flattering shade to wear. You may need to accept variations in the shades to keep each bridesmaid happy, especially if it's a colour that one or more of them are not happy to wear.
Get the groom and best man involved. The cummerbunds,waistcoat , and tie can all be in the colour theme of the wedding. And don't forget the buttonhole.
Incorporate colour with care. It is common to have a color palette with up to five main colours for many weddings now but you do need to be careful that the colours don't overwhelm the wedding or create a sense of disjointed themes. Also, exact colour matches on everything is overwhelming; instead, go for shade variations on the original colours. Rely on small touches here and there for getting across the wedding colour scheme rather than huge bold displays of it, such as the font color on invitations, and little ribbon touches here and there.
- Use the colours r theme on the invitations, the place cards, the ribbons around flower arrangements, the flowers, in the flower girl's hair or waist sash, and on the wedding cake.
If the colour of flowers you really wanted are not in season, rely on white flowers and use the ribbon and other decorative elements in the colour of choice instead. This will still indicate the colour theme without losing the beauty of the floral arrangements.
Take care with colour on the wedding cake. Aim for simplicity of colour with the wedding cake, as brightly coloured red food is not very appealing. Use a good cake maker who is familiar with colour matching, and also consider adding flowers to the cake to reflect the colours element.
Your colour scheme for the wedding has the power to set the vibe – so choose wisely. Focusing on the colour theme early on is important to ensure that everything else obtained for the wedding is well coordinated and suited to the wedding as a whole. The colours are completely up to you but you will need to take into account where you're getting married, and the formality or informality of your ceremony and reception.
The complexity or simplicity of colour schemes are another part of your decision and these will depend on your personal preferences, budget, and patience! Here are the top determining factors to selecting your hues.
Use your favorite shade. You’ve been in love with pale lavender since the first grade, so this is a good place to begin – with what you love. You can tastefully incorporate any colour into your wedding decorations by selecting the right hue, and combining it with the right accents.
- Which colours are you drawn to most? Is there one particular colour or several? If there are several colours, are they compatible?
- Check your wardrobe . Leaving aside the standard office black, what are the other colours that emerge the most? These colours are a good indicator of your general colour preferences.
Consider the setting. Look at the colours used in your venue’s carpeting, drapery and decorations. If the site has strong colours, you’ll need to select a colour scheme that complements. If you already have your heart set on a certain colour, you may need to select a more neutrally decorated site but this needs to be sorted out very early on or you may miss out on a good location! However, keep an open mind about colours until you've chosen the venue, because the setting may well suggest the color scheme for you.
Older buildings can have very rich, over-patterned curtains and carpets. Check these with care because they can clash badly with your colour scheme.
If the colours of the venue are very strong and you have your heart set on that venue, consider predominantly white and/or cream for the colour scheme as this will be both effective and matching. This will allow you to add a touch here and there of a favorite colour without overdoing it, but these splashes of colour will tone down any spartan feel of the white theme.
For outdoor weddings, look for fresh and light colors that suggest the brilliance of outdoors.
For outdoor weddings, look for fresh and light colors that suggest the brilliance of outdoors.
Be prepared to have two different/distinct colour themes if your church or wedding building and reception venue are very different in tone. In general, it is probable that you will have more leeway to use colours with the reception than where the wedding ceremony tself is held. However, you can still carry the colour theme in clothing and flowers from the place of marriage to the reception, even if you can't decorate the church, hall, or register office as much as you'd like.
Enlist your favorite bloom. If sunflower are your thing, there’s no reason why they shouldn’t make it into your décor scheme. Incorporate your predominant flower colour – either making it the dominant shade or using it as an accent – and it will all come together.
Consult the season. Decorating is simple when Mother Nature is your guide, so let the natural colours of the season be your inspiration. Just make sure that the wedding colours you choose complement the blooms and foliage that are naturally available during that time of year.
Be wary of combinations that usually go with other celebrations, unless it's the right time of year.
Pastels are best for warmer weather; otherwise they can appear too cold.When thinking about seasonal colours, think of variations of shades and not just the commonly recognisable colours.
Remember the bridesmaid' dresses. If you want your bridesmaids decked "head to toe" in your colour, you’ll need to make sure it’s an appealing and flattering shade to wear. You may need to accept variations in the shades to keep each bridesmaid happy, especially if it's a colour that one or more of them are not happy to wear.
Get the groom and best man involved. The cummerbunds,waistcoat , and tie can all be in the colour theme of the wedding. And don't forget the buttonhole.
Incorporate colour with care. It is common to have a color palette with up to five main colours for many weddings now but you do need to be careful that the colours don't overwhelm the wedding or create a sense of disjointed themes. Also, exact colour matches on everything is overwhelming; instead, go for shade variations on the original colours. Rely on small touches here and there for getting across the wedding colour scheme rather than huge bold displays of it, such as the font color on invitations, and little ribbon touches here and there.
- Use the colours r theme on the invitations, the place cards, the ribbons around flower arrangements, the flowers, in the flower girl's hair or waist sash, and on the wedding cake.
Take care with colour on the wedding cake. Aim for simplicity of colour with the wedding cake, as brightly coloured red food is not very appealing. Use a good cake maker who is familiar with colour matching, and also consider adding flowers to the cake to reflect the colours element.
