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Wedding Color Ideas

Your wedding colors should be colors that you love and make you happy when you're surrounded by them. Many brides worry that if they use the colors they love, they might seem "silly" because they're not typical wedding colors. Others worry that their favorite colors may not be flattering for their bridesmaids, especially if they come in a variety of sizes. Still others know what their theme wedding color will be, but aren't sure how to coordinate it with other colors for variety and so as not to be too "blah."

Here are some wedding color ideas based on colors you already know you like. There are suggestions for coordinating colors, and for wedding themes and motifs that will use the colors to their best advantage.

Red

It doesn't have to be fire engine red to be bold. Red in all it's forms is a color that makes a statement. If you are having a holiday wedding, the traditional Christmas or Valentine's red might be an economical choice, as your reception location may already have decorations using this color that you can "borrow" for you wedding.

If you prefer red in its subtler permutations, like burgundy, maroon and other deep red colors, an evening wedding or fall theme wedding would make these shades a natural. For coordinating colors, think of the shades of a sunset or brilliant autumn foliage - burnt orange, rust, maize. Silver is an excellent highlight, as are deep greens like hunter. These shades also compliment renaissance and medieval theme weddings.

Red is also a fantastic color for an Asian themed wedding, such as a Chinese theme wedding - particularly combined with gold and blue.

Blue

Blue, especially in it's midnight shades, is a very slimming color for bridesmaids. Sky blue is perfect for a spring wedding, especially an outdoor wedding, and goes beautifully with almost all shades of yellow and orange.

Blue is a very versatile color and can fit into almost any wedding theme, but it's almost a must for a beach theme wedding, especially combined with crisp whites and bright yellow.

Blue flowers are hard to find, but ask your florist about lisianthus - sometimes called the blue rose.

Green

Green, ranging from crisp grassy shades to deep hunter colors, is versatile and can work with many wedding themes.

A spring wedding, using a green shade like celadon is lovely, and combines perfectly with other spring colors, especially shades of yellow. When thinking of what to combine with your greens, think of how nature uses green to fantastic advantage with almost every shade there is. Think tulips!

Yellow

Yellow is another color that plays well with others. It's stunning with blues, greens and oranges, and can compliment a beach wedding, garden wedding, and spring, summer and fall affairs in all its hues. For an evening wedding, yellow can pick up the colors of the moon and stars in a pale hue combined with midnight blue.

Wedding Flower Color Ideas

Some brides are afraid that their favorite colors will be hard to find in flowers. While it's true that roses don't come in every color, tulips practically do! The versatile tulip ranges from whites and pastel shades, to vibrant reds and even deep purples so intense they appear almost black. That's why tulips are sometimes called the lipsticks of the garden - they come in almost as many shades.

If you can't find flowers in the wedding colors you've chosen, you can always use shades of white (snow white to ivories) and pick up your theme wedding color in ribbons and other decorations in your floral arrangements.

Whatever wedding color ideas you've been entertaining, be sure to surround yourself with the colors that will make your wedding reflect your personality and what makes you happy.