- You know you want a blue and brown cake, but now you need to decide if you want a brown cake with blue accents, a blue cake with brown highlights, or a cake in which blue and brown have equal billing. You need to also decide which shade of brown and which shade of blue to use; it may be helpful to look at paint chips (available at hardware stores) to identity the best match. Look at the world around you for additional inspiration; the brown of a tree branch set against a blue summer sky, for example, or a blue robin's egg nestled safely in its nest.
- In addition to choosing shades and proportion of blue to brown (or brown to blue), you can also experiment with using color in different ways in different parts of the cake. If you have a tiered cake, for example, you could choose to alternate the primary color of each tier. A blue tier with brown accents on the bottom tier, a brown tier with blue accents on the middle tier, and a blue tier with brown on the top can be quite striking.
- Certain themes or motifs lend themselves better to a brown and blue color scheme than others. A brown toile pattern on a blue background looks stunning. So do simple polka dots, bands (sometimes made of edible fondant, other times real ribbon) circling each cake tier. Another option would be to choose an all-blue cake accented with the couple's initials or monogram in brown. In general this color scheme is a sophisticated look, and tends to look best with simple, elegant motifs. Don't be afraid to break the "rules," though--discuss your ideas with your wedding cake designer, check out magazines and books for ideas, and maintain the confidence to choose what you think looks best. This is, after all, your wedding, and you get to make the style rules.
