How to Select a Wedding Color
For you and your future spouse, your wedding may be the most important celebration of your lives. The planning process can be fraught with difficulties, however, with decisions to be made about everything from dresses to desserts. Among them, choosing your wedding colors may be the most difficult. This decision will affect everything from your flower choices to how you decorate your wedding cake, so careful attention should be paid when selecting a color for your wedding.
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Instructions
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Look for Inspiration
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Make the color selection process a team effort by involving your future spouse. His favorite color may provide the perfect accent to yours.
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Purchase magazines that specialize in showcasing current wedding trends. These magazines may be published seasonally, so try to find issues that correspond to the time of year at which your wedding will be held.
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Rip out images of flowers and wedding decorations as color inspiration.
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Make an inspiration notebook by compiling the magazine pages. Page protectors can be used to group color scheme ideas together.
Make Your Choice
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Choose a wedding color to complement the season in which your wedding is held. For example, celebrate a summer wedding by choosing bright, punchy colors to accent the verdant surroundings of your outdoor ceremony.
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Select a color that will complement the setting of your wedding. A reception hall that features wood paneling and dark décor can be brightened up with a lighter color theme.
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Pick a color that will suit the theme of your wedding. For example, a Renaissance-themed wedding benefits from the use of rich, dark colors that reflect the color palette of the 15th and 16th centuries.
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Look to your own cultural background to identify meaningful colors for your wedding. Red, for instance, is a lucky color in many Asian cultures.
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Choose a color that will be complemented by your favorite in-season blooms. Many flowers are available in a limited range of colors.
Put Your Color Choices to Use
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Select a wedding and reception invitation that is color coordinated with the theme you have created.
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Ask your caterer to select garnishes that will tie into your color theme. Your caterer can use edible blooms, fruit and other produce to decorate the plates presented to your guests.
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Tips & Warnings
Use basic color theory to your advantage when selecting a wedding color scheme. The perfect accent color to your primary wedding theme color may be its complementary shade, located just across the color wheel.
