Choosing Your Wedding Color Palette
This might be hard to believe, but one of the most transformational decisions that you’ll make about how your wedding day looks is choosing your color palette. Just like a room in your home, your wedding colors set the mood. Your color choices will guide many of the decisions you make about the details like linens, wedding attire, stationary, and flowers. So before going on Etsy and adding everything to your cart in a frenzy, let’s take a step back and first choose what color theme we want.
Here are some ways to help you decide on what color palette you should choose for your special day.
Think of who you are as a couple
The first, and really most important, factor in deciding a color scheme is thinking about who you are as a couple. What colors and shades do you both like? Ultimately, it should be a reflection of who you are and what makes you comfortable. Look around your house and see what your décor is like; you chose those colors for a reason.
The good old color wheel
Remember when we were in school, and the art teacher would make us memorize primary and secondary colors? What they didn’t tell us is that it was really to help you plan your future wedding. Kidding, but at least it’s knowledge that’s coming in handy now!
Typically, colors that go well together are ones that are opposites because they pair cool and warm. Like pink and green, they pair well together because they are complimentary colors, which mean they sit across from each other on color wheel. Analogue colors, or colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, are also good options. For example, shades of blue and green, they blend well together.
Typically, colors that go well together are ones that are opposites because they pair cool and warm. Like pink and green, they pair well together because they are complimentary colors, which mean they sit across from each other on color wheel. Analogue colors, or colors that sit next to each other on the color wheel, are also good options. For example, shades of blue and green, they blend well together.
You can’t go wrong with timeless colors
Timeless is always classic, and something you will never get sick of looking at 20, 30, 40 years from now. Some versatile wedding color palettes that will never go out of style:
- Blush and pale blue
- Navy blue and gold
- Gray, green and cream
- Assorted pinks
- Lilac and white
- Mauve and gold
- Black and white
Your wedding location
Location, location, location. It’s always an important factor. If your venue is on the beach then a more natural color palette will work nicely, like light browns, blues and greens. A hotel wedding will suit a more elegant pairing like ivory, gold and pink. A rustic wedding at a barn might have more of a jewel-toned palette like red, yellow and purple.
The season of your wedding
Nature always has a way of inspiring us with colors. Consider the season your wedding is in to emphasize those colors and bring them to life. For spring wedding colors, think pastels like rosy pink and lavender. For summer, we think of coral and peach to match the light airy mood. Jewel tones like citrine yellow, sapphire blue, red, purple, and emerald green call to mind fall weddings whereas blush and silver or rose gold and navy are a great pair for a winter wedding.