Pick Your Wedding Colors
SKILL LEVEL 1
by Dayna Del Val
You want everything to be perfect on your big day, including your wedding color choices. Sure, you can simply choose your favorite color and call it a day, but there are many other things to consider before asking bridesmaids to don a puffy dress and carry an immense floral bouquet in, say, turquoise or hot pink. Those wedding colors might not fit the time of year, the location, or your girlfriends’ skin tones. So much pressure — and it's supposed to be your day!
Dayna Del Val avoided having anyone hate her wedding colors by not having bridesmaids and holding a bouquet of handpicked flowers from the garden.
1 Skill level
1 out of 5
5 Steps
1 Materials
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Step 2 Embrace your personal taste
If you love bohemian style, then you probably won't be drawn to soft pastels. On the other hand, if you're a retro '50s girl, you might be drawn to extremely feminine wedding colors like pinks, lavenders and baby blues.
Don’t feel bound by the colors wedding experts say are all the rage if they don't really represent your personal taste. Remember, your wedding is your special day.
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Step 3 Consider your bridesmaids
Every color is not good for every body type and skin color. You are asking the women who are closest to you to stand up and witness your big day, so think about them when you are putting together your wedding color palette. It’s important that they feel good in the colors they are wearing. Not many people call pull off bright orange or gold.
If you absolutely love a color that you think may be too bold for a bridesmaid dress, try it as an accent color in bouquets or ribbons.
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Step 4 Remember the season
If you are getting married in July, don’t go with Christmas tree green and cranberry red. Similarly, a winter wedding needs deeper, richer colors. Think beautiful jewel tones, metallic hues or earth tones.
An added bonus: flowers and decorations are often less expensive when you choose seasonal wedding colors.
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Step 5 Assess your wedding location
Think about how your wedding colors will look against the wedding's location in photos.
If your wedding is being held at a beachfront resort, don’t choose heavy, dark colors. The tropics are a chance to choose bright, fun colors like mango, peach and turquoise.
If you are having a big, formal church wedding, avoid pastels because the overall color scheme of the church is probably jewel-toned stained glass and wood.
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