How To Choose Wedding Colors?

The first step to choosing your wedding color palette is to consider things like what season your wedding will be held, the venue for the event, and how formal the event will be. You can either have the colors you’d like to use guide the venue search, or you may want to decide on the venue first and then pick the colors to match the space. Consider your must-have ideas to help narrow down your wedding color selection. If you absolutely must have pink peonies for your bouquet then make sure your color palette has shades of pink in it. Every season has a color combination that pairs especially well, that’s why we have grouped wedding color ideas below for each season. And the last tip – collect lots of inspiration. From magazines to art, from your favorite clothes to your favorite Instagram influencers, find your favorite saturated color and then use a color wheel to pick other more neutral complementary colors. See our Wedding Colors Pinterest board for more inspiration. Follow @WeddingForward on Instagram.

Wedding Color Mistakes To Avoid?

The good news about having an entire rainbow of colors to choose from is that you have endless possibilities however this can also lead to a few mistakes and common blunders. One of the biggest wedding color mistakes is selecting too many colors that you want to use on your day. Most of the time couples select two or three colors to use together and every once in a while we will see a fourth color added but anything more than that and you are on the road to a color disaster. Another very common mistake is a couple selecting a color theme that is too similar to each other. Selecting a combination of creams, whites, and beiges which you might think is very simple can actually turn out to look like a bunch of mismatched colors. If you are looking for a color theme that is all in one close color family consider working in light blue, pink, or neutrals.

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Maggie Lord is the founder of the popular websites, Rustic Wedding Chic, Rustic Wedding Guide and Rustic Baby Chic, and the author of 6 books. She often appears on TV and radio giving wedding design insights and general wedding tips. She is ready to provide our readers with insights on everything from wedding trends to commonly wedding planning secrets.

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