Tips for Choosing Wedding Colours
Selecting your wedding colours is part of the process of planning a wedding. Although it seems like a small factor it is actually quite important as many other aspects of the wedding depend upon colour choices. From your table settings to your flowers and bridesmaid dresses, colour is important. However many brides don’t realize the implications of certain colour choices or what combinations do and don’t work. This will help guide you in selecting the perfect colour palette for your big day.
Think seasonal
Winter weddings tend to have a winter landscape of colours; blues, whites, silver, and so on. Or green and red because of Christmas. These are colours that are easy to find during this time of year. It’s a lot more difficult to find things in pink, orange or teal. So think about the season of your wedding. The more “in season” your colours are the easier it will be to locate items. These will also be much more inexpensive. Out of season items may require you to special order them and pay more for even the simplest of things. Try to stick to in season colors or just out of season colors that may be found on clearance to ease your preparations.
Pair your selections
After you’ve narrowed your selections down to a few hold them up to one another and see how they look with each other. Hold them up against clothing, flowers, linens and other wedding items to get a feel for how it would all appear and whether or not it works for you. Take several days to consider your options so you can let it sink in and be sure you’re making the right choice for your dream wedding.
Style and tone
Consider the style and tone of the wedding. If you’re having a black tie affair you’ll probably want to forgo the pastels and think bolder, darker tones. If the wedding is a Mardi Gras party then gold, purple, and green are your friends not peach and cream. Work with your overall concept to ensure it all makes sense.
Time of day
Very few morning weddings show off bright red and very few night weddings go for pastel greens. Think about how the colour is associated with the time of day by many people. You want it all to flow together, not stand out and seem odd.