Wait how many colors are there?

Wait how many colors are there?

Guide to choosing your color combinations. 

After the ring is on your finger not the fun part begins, planning the wedding but where do you start? When trying to come up with a theme and color combination can be difficult because there are so many possibilities. It can seem overwhelming. Don’t worry, this is normal. In order to decide what colors would work best for your wedding try to think about these considerations.

When and where. The season that you are getting married in is a good place to start on your color combination combined with your destination. This is the backdrop to your wedding and you want to reflect the scene you are trying to create. For example if you are getting married in New England in the fall you want to take into consideration the background setting you will be in. So mixing browns reds and oranges together will help enhance the fall atmosphere. For spring weddings light flowery colors such as light greens and yellows will enhance the springtime ambiance and set the scene for your wedding.

                                       


Where will the colors be used? The colors you choose could be used for any part of the wedding such as bridal dresses, groomsmen accessories, the invitations, the cake, floral arrangements, the list goes on and on. So pick colors that you and your fiancé will feel comfortable with and that you both agree on. If he is not to enthusiastic about yellow and he loves navy blue those colors go great together and that way you both get something you want.

Not everything has to perfectly match. Now a day’s people use color themes in their wedding so every aspect is a little different. Or even a general color such as blue and they use all different shades throughout the entire wedding process. It mixes things up from traditional planning styles and makes it unique.

                   















Do these colors look good together? Today many wedding have color combinations that you would not ordinarily think would match but it work such as pink and green or Aqua and orange. These unusual combinations can sometime work so before you say no, try looking up some combination ideas and see if you can make it work.

~Kathryn Heyder