Choosing your Color Palette
January 7, 2009 by Padma Hiremath
Filed under Features, Planning
Which color for your wedding?
Color will set the ambience for you wedding from beginning to end. You will want to start off by choosing a theme or mood for your wedding. Do you envision a unique beach theme, a romantic midsummer‘s night dream, or an Cinderella themed wedding? Choosing a theme, will guide you through choosing a color palette for your wedding. Choose pale blue of the sky, light tan of the sand, peach or pink for the seashells for a beach theme, a soothing color palette of rosy hues for a midsummer’s night or royal blue, ivory, and gold to be a true princess at your very own Cinderella wedding. Working your theme into your centerpieces, floral arrangements, and favors will make your theme complete and your guests feeling like they are living your dream.
When choosing your colors, a palette of three works nice allowing you to create depth in your wedding. You can use one color as a primary color, usually the color you choose for your bridesmaids’ dresses, and the other colors will be used as accent colors. You do not have to use each color in equal amounts. Three colors will give you more variety in your décor and make it more interesting. Visiting the bridal store with your bridesmaids to see what colors look exquisite on them will give you a starting point on selecting your primary color.
It is not mandatory that you choose a theme for you wedding. If you don’t want a theme, don’t have a theme. Go back to basics and look at a color wheel. Select the color you want and use a color adjacent to it for a monochromatic color scheme or the color directly across from it on the color wheel for a compliementary color. Remember what the colors traditionally represent. Blue is cool, relaxing and has a calming vibe. Red is vibrant and energizing. Green is comforting, refreshing and tranquil, and yellow is an uplifting color suggesting joy and radiance.
So what are the hot colors for weddings these days?
Gold paired with cocoa makes for a rich and regal wedding
Celadon Green paired with a vibrant hue such as turquoise make a serene wedding.
Chocolate is the new black which adds class to any color combination
Hot Pink combined another shade of pink to create festive wedding or you can pair the pink with brown for another alternative.
Lime green and ruby red make for a dramatic color combination
A bold color combination of fushcia or turquoise paired with tangerine will add life to any summertime wedding.
There isn’t a right or wrong answer when choosing your colors. Select colors that are you, that make you happy and set the mood for your big day!
