Red and white wedding colors are the two most sort after colors by brides. This is because both colors signify romance, love, power, purity, and calm. Red is dramatic and white is a neutral tone that renders balance to the mix. They come together to play a huge role in setting the tone of weddings.
So brides, if you’ve not finalized your color scheme, now is the time to do so. Choosing your colors early will help you tie up details and create a cohesive theme. From your stationery to attire, floral arrangement, food, and venues; your plans become clear. And if you’ve chosen to have a red and white wedding, you’re in luck.
Both colors are easy to work with and we’re here to help with creative red and white wedding ideas. From rustic to Bohemian, and vintage, indoor to outdoor, and summer to winter, discover beautiful ideas in this post.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is red the best color?
It’s the color of passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger, and adventure. Also this color of fire and blood – energy and primal life forces.
Red And White Wedding Attire
Red and white wedding attires are beautiful and suited for sophisticated weddings. We’ve put together all you need to know about them below.
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Wedding Attire For Red And White Wedding Theme
Red and white wedding dresses are a step out of the norm. With exception to some parts of Asia where it’s a tradition, it has become a trendy idea. However, before you wear that red dress, consider a few things.
Styling Tips: Be sure about your style, wedding themes, and accessories. Red and white wedding gowns are perfect for glamorous and vintage wedding themes, says David’s bridals. Throw in some black, and it becomes Gothic. You can wear a white dress with red infusions on the waistline, bodice, or the second tulle skirt layer.
Keep make-up minimal but divert attention to your lips and eyes. Complement with gold/silver pieces of jewelry, but keep them simple to avoid overwhelm. Gold studs, simple neck pieces, and bracelets are enough. Wear a red, gold, and white flower crown or a vine of red crystals. Curate red, gold, and white flower bouquet and finish with red hot stilettos.
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Groom Attire Ideas
The groom will stun in a white tux with a red lapel and a black pair of trousers. Finish the look with a pink bowtie, green and pink boutonnière, and pink pocket squares. Another clean look is to wear a white or ivory suit. Pair the suit with a red waistcoat and red tie. Sport a red and gold boutonnière and the groom is ready.
Styling Tips: Matching the groom, the groomsmen will wear red tuxedos with black lapels. They will pair this with white inner dress shirts and a black pair of trousers. Red and white boutonnières with black touches will work best. Finish with black bow-ties or black and red stripe ties, plus black pocket squares.
To accessorize, all men will wear red or black cufflinks and black belts. Silver chain or black leather strap wristwatches are best for this attire. Seal the look with classic brown brogues or lace-up shoes.
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Red And White Dresses For Wedding Guests
As a wedding guest, it goes against all etiquettes to wear white or hot red to a wedding. This is because while white colors compete with the bride, bright red sticks out as a sore thumb. Hence, unless the color code is white and red, work around the shades.
Styling Tips: The rule is to wear darker berry tones for winter or formal weddings. For summer or casual weddings, yellow-based tones of red in prints are the best. Do your make up in simple red shades or heavy smokey shades. Work with white pearls or silver accessories depending on your style.
For perfect combos, pair deep cranberry tops with white pants or skirts for a hall wedding. Match with red clutches and dainty sandals plus silver neck and earpieces. For beach weddings in summer, try a short floral red dress with yellow undertones. Accessorize with white flat sandals, red/white hair clips.
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Red And White Bridesmaid Dresses Ideas
Bridesmaids can wear long or short red and white dresses, depending on the wedding style. White is a constant but there are different shades of red to choose from suited for whimsical, casual, daytime, or beach style.
Choose vibrant coral, deep burgundy, cherry red, or rusty auburn with white touches for the girls. Pair with classic or very formal accessories. However, the rule is to go easy on your make up because the dress is enough attention.
Styling Tips: Match dresses with neutral skin tones, and metallic gold, or silver accessories. Combine red, white, and gold to create a bouquet. For a monochromatic look, layer on red and white with gold accents in the arm-cuffs, earpieces, and shoes. You also pair with blush, rose gold, or bright pink. If you opt for a garnet red and white dress, match with navy blue accessories. Leave the white parts to just touches in the bride’s honor.
Red And White Wedding Accessories
When planning a red and white-themed wedding, choosing the right accessories is essential to complete your bridal look and add a touch of elegance. Consider red or white shoes to match your color scheme perfectly. Adorn your hair with accessories like red or white floral crowns, veils, or combs. Don’t forget to complete your ensemble with red or white gloves, whether short and sweet or long and dramatic. These accessories will accentuate your wedding attire and bring the red and white theme to life on your special day.
Red Wedding Shoes
We’ve reached out to Bella Belle’s co-founders, Veronyca Kwan and Erina Ardianto, to provide valuable insights on selecting the ideal red shoes for your wedding day. Discover their expert tips by reading below.
What is the best way to combine red shoes with a wedding dress and other wedding details?
- Match with wedding theme: Bold red shoes can add a pop of color and personality. They can tie in beautifully with your wedding’s color scheme.
- Bridal bouquet match: if you’re having a classic red rose bouquet, wearing red shoes can create a cohesive look!
- Groom’s attire: coordinate with your partner by incorporating red elements into the groom’s attire, such as a red tie or pocket square.
- Harmonize with accessories: Pair red shoes with subtle red accents in your accessories, like a statement necklace or bold earrings, for a cohesive bridal ensemble.
- Coordinate with bridesmaid dresses: Create a unified look by incorporating red elements into your bridesmaids’ dresses, forming a stylish and coordinated bridal party
- Contrast with neutral tones: Opt for a white or ivory wedding dress and let your red shoes stand out as a vibrant focal point, adding a touch of modern flair to your look.
- Red, often incorporated in many wedding cultures, symbolizes love, passion, and prosperity. It can be a great way to incorporate sentimental meaning and cultural traditions into your day.
What to look for when choosing such bright shoes?
- Choose a style that matches your personality and your wedding gown. Consider using red accessories or wearing red lip color to complement your whole bridal look.
- Seek vibrant hues that complement your wedding color theme, adding a touch of personality to your bridal look.
- Choose a style that reflects your individuality and makes a bold statement, creating a visually stunning focal point.
- The fiery hue of red can boost your confidence as you walk down the aisle. Let this powerful color work its magic, adding a radiant glow to your wedding ensemble.
Stylish Red And White Wedding Ideas
Your invites, bouquets, and cakes are expressive to the tone you’ve set. So get inspired by the creative red and white wedding ideas below.
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Red And White Wedding Invitations
When choosing invites, the first thing to decide is your wedding style. Are you going classic, glam, modern, elegant, or casual? Deciding this will help you incorporate the proper hues and motifs to make your invitation suite stand out.
A trendy color combo at the moment is red and white. They are perfect for nearly every wedding style. The difference is the colors added to them. For instance, red, black, and white invitations are perfect for Gothic themed weddings. A black floral damask card with a red bow and white scrawled lettering is a hit.
Styling Tips: For rustic weddings, try a black and white card with ruby accents. A modern wedding will feature white cards with red and gold flower trimmings. If you’re going vintage, try the elegant red Gerber Daisy accents in black card and white lettering. There’s also the option of an all-white card with a red or silver bow.
Red And White Wedding Bouquets
The red and white bouquet is almost a staple for weddings. But incorporating diverse other colors can switch up the bouquet game. Begin with your flower picks based on your style, season, and wedding theme. For red flowers, options include roses, orchids, tulips, poppies, yarrow, gerbera daisy, aster, canna, ranunculus, and more. Pair them with white snowdrops, baby’s breath, calla lilies, iris, daffodils, and yucca or white roses.
Styling Tips: Add colorful peonies, muted coralbells, purple lavender, deep pink petals, or greenery to your white and red roses wedding bouquet. Infuse some accessories to make a statement with your bouquet. Add some rhinestones or brooch for a glam wedding style. Use pearls to portray timeless elegance, succulents for a desert, or rustic-inspired style. Add on some feathers for bobo feel, crystals for sophistication, and sparkle. Use jewel-toned butterflies for a whimsical vibe, or cotton, greenery, and berries for a rustic look.
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Red And White Wedding Cakes
Red and white cakes are stunning, and with some elements, you can achieve amazing cakes for any wedding theme.
A romantic wedding theme will work with enchanting shades of pale pink on white butter icing. Decorate with gum-paste tulip blossoms attached with a cloth-coated edible wire. Finish with tasty vanilla cream and praline filling.
Styling Tips: For the conservative or traditional at heart, work with a classic wedding theme. Embrace white butter cake with rose floral treatment. Have your baker create rolled fondant vine and gum-paste blossoms. Create edible blue roses and fill the cake with rose cream.
A modern theme will love the crisp white icing, shock of red roses, and a glaze of cactus-pear puree. Make it tasty vanilla with lime curd filling. The rustic theme embraces ivory buttercream and strawberry cream-coated tiny crab apples to signify harvest. Make it pop with eucalyptus and fresh bay leaves.
Red and White Wedding Decorations
Red is a dramatic color that blends well with the serene nature of white color. For red and white wedding decorations, we’ll incorporate some elements and pops of color.
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Red And White Wedding Aisle Decorations
Red and white aisle decorations are versatile. A woodsy theme will entail covering your arch in red and white lace. Attach to it garlands of green, purple, and white flowers. Finish by scattering rose petals the whole way. Set the tone for romance with high gloss white flooring with red petals scattered. Finish with some statement floral vases of varying heights filled with blush pinks, purples, and whites.
Styling Tips: For a rustic theme, incorporate bales of hay and a red carpet for that eclectic feel. Make gorgeous floral arrangements in colors of green, white, red, pink, and blue. A boho look will see additions of delphiniums, blush roses, gold lanterns, and cacti.
Work the red and white color into your nature-inspired outdoor theme. Line the arch with a red and white flower with some presence of greenery. Light torches and line up all the way down for that sublime touch of gold.
Red And White Wedding Reception Ideas
Primary colors are red, white, and hazelnut. Work along these shades to get stunning red and white wedding reception ideas. Pair scarlet chiffon table runners with gold dinnerware and white napkins. Make poppy edged white place cards to go with menu cards.
Styling Tips: Make table runner in a combination of red, white, green, and a touch of silver. Hang floating roses, carnation, delphiniums, and lilies in vases. Send up chandeliers at strategic positions above everyone.
Create signage in hazelnut with white lettering and red-edged decor. Create a beautiful red and white draped background with accents of green, black, and gold for the photo booth. Pair mismatched couches in the lounge alternating between ivory, cranberry, and hazelnut. For outdoor venues, create walled floral arrangements in red, white, and browns, sprinkled with metallic gold for some pop of color. Flood the bar area with neon green light reflecting on red, white, and gold floral arrangements.
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Wedding Seating Chart Decor
The beauty of seating chart decor heavily dependent on the theme. For modern themes, a mirror seating chart is perfect. Adorn the background with foliage, red tulips, and snowdrops. Place the mirror strategically to reflect the floral arrangement in an outdoor wedding.
Styling Tips: A transparent seating chart is amazing for a boho wedding. Write the guest’s names on the Lucite flower box filled with gardenias, carnation, and eucalyptus. You can also write the names on the glass pane.
For rustic weddings, use a chalkboard that can be easily edited. Surround the board with colorful, red, and white wedding flowers like orchids, ranunculus, peonies, and snapdragons. Finish with some yellow lavender. Set up a seating chart for an industrial-chic theme with wire mesh. Fill it with greenery and florals to create your artsy installation. For a whimsical theme, bell jars filled with white and red roses, with gold touches will give that ultra-romantic vibe.
Wedding Table Setting Decor
Wedding table decor has moved from drab to pure aesthetics. And with red and white, the trick is to make one color dominate while the rest accentuates. Choose the neutral white to dominate with white tablecloths and dinnerware. Table runners, chair drapes, and napkins will be gold color.
The texture is also of importance here as you can opt for satin or lace materials. For a romantic or glitzy mood, you can choose red table covers or glittery gold. Add on some sparkling crystal to get a vintage or regal look.
Styling Tips: Choose red-edged, white place cards, and menus; towering candle stands, and lanterns to complement. Create red and white wedding centerpieces with unique shaped glasses filled with red fruits. You can also substitute by filling them with red flowers and crystals. Make cute cut-out table number cards in red with white edges and gold lettering for a romantic vibe.
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Red And White Flower Arrangements
For a romantic garden venue, create a lush look garland draped roof with daisies, tulips, white roses, and orchids. Patronize colors by adding boxwood and clear glass terrariums.
Styling Tips: For coastal themed weddings, curate peonies, daffodils, and yarrow. Add some fresh hydrangea and cascading greenery to form a fountain of flowers. This is perfect for the bouquet. For the reception venue, add some lily pads, and gaillardia.
For loft weddings, create a floor to roof wall of red and white wedding flowers. Fill them up with greenery, succulents, and color-coordinated blooms greenery and color-coordinated blooms for that urban look.
A museum wedding will look a hit with topiary instillations. A ton of rose petals in a topiary lined aisle in tree formal is ethereal. Hit the rose petals with a white tone or Ivory come scheme to get the wonderland vibe. Always work with local, seasonal, and hardy flowers that will not wilt.
Colors send messages and dictate the tone of weddings. Red and white wedding colors connote love, passion, purity, and power. If you’ve chosen these colors for your wedding, you should read this post. We’ve put together an array of creative red and white wedding color ideas to help you. From attires to reception and decoration ideas, make your pick and get inspired.
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