Things You'll Need:
- Color swatches
- Color wheel
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Step 1
Choose a wedding color scheme matching the season in which your wedding is planned. Think about pastels and light colors for spring weddings and dark colors like burgundy, navy and hunter green for weddings in the autumn.
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Step 2
Match your wedding color scheme to the wedding theme. Planning your wedding around a theme lends itself to several complementary colors. Hosting a Christmas wedding in December provides brides with the opportunity to use wedding color schemes like green and red, red and gold or silver and blue. Choosing an Asian-inspired wedding theme lends itself to green and brown or red and gold.
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Step 3
Utilize color swatches or a color wheel to select wedding color schemes. Visit your local paint store to collect swatches or paint chips of possible wedding color schemes. Put various colors side-by-side to see how well they go together. Find a color wheel to use for selecting wedding color schemes. Complementary colors sit opposite each other on the color wheel. Analogous colors lie next to each other, such as red and orange. Monochromatic colors are variations in tone of the same color. Use one of these strategies to select a wedding color scheme.
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Step 4
Consider the color scheme in the venue. Select colors complementing the reception space. Consider the flooring, drapery, décor and lighting. Hosting your reception in a ballroom with red and gold carpets featuring antique fixtures doesn't match a spring wedding with a green and pink color scheme. Use nature's beauty to complement wedding color schemes for outdoor weddings.
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Step 5
Use your favorite color. Highlight your wedding color scheme with your favorite color. Pair it with a matching color and start decorating. Remember soft colors set a romantic atmosphere, while bright and vibrant colors add drama.
