How to Pick Wedding Colors

The colors you choose for your wedding set the tone for the entire affair, since you'll use them in every element of the day, from the bridal dress to the ribbons on the guest favors, from stage decorations to bouquet on dinner table. Using a palette of too many colors will look messy and muddled. Stick to a palette of two or three colors, making one color your primary shade and the others accents. Avoid using colors or patterns that are too trendy --- these may make your wedding seem dated when you look back at the photos years later.

Visit your ceremony and reception sites to study the colors that have been used to decorate these spaces. For example, if your reception site has dark green walls and dark brown carpet, you may feel that pale pink looks out of place. Take note of the colors used in these sites so that you can choose shades that either match them or look well next to them. Take photos to use as a references later on.

Look around your home, closet and art collection to see what colors you naturally gravitate toward. If half your wardrobe and furniture is blue, blue may well be a color that you respond to and enjoy. Look at your fiancé’s belongings as well to study the shades toward which he is naturally drawn.

 

Sit down with your fiancé to talk about what colors you each imagine at your wedding. Look at the photos you took of the wedding sites and talk about what colors you both like. After you both choose one main color that you both like, talk about some options for accent colors. Narrow down your options to one or two accent colors.

Think about the season in which you'll be married when choosing the exact shades of the colors you've decided to use. For instance, if you've decided to use green as your main color, you may choose a bright  green for a summer wedding or a light green for a fall or winter wedding.

Visit a fabric store. Pick out bolts of fabric that match the shades you want to use in your color palette. Put all the fabric in your chosen color palette together to ensure that you like the way the colors look together, and try different shades of your chosen color if you're not satisfied with one fabric.

 Buy several swatches of each color of fabric so that you can give them to your vendors later on. This ensures that all your vendors know exactly what shades to use when they're providing your linens, decor and flowers

Try to stay away from colors that don't look good on you, or in pictures.

Color Combinations for 2012

Orange - Emerald - Mustard
Coral - Teal - Khaki
Navy Blue - Orange - Khaki
Navy Blue - Hot Pink - Cool Gray
Royal Blue - Lemon - White
Lavendar - Lime Green - Royal Blue
Graphite - Bright Plum - Ivory
Charcoal - Mustard - Ivory
Hot Pink - Kelly Green - Soft Pink
Soft Pink - Arctic Ocean - Khaki

 Happy Wedding!!

Love

Reshma

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