Question from Natalie:
Hi. My name is Natalie. I’m getting married August 1, 2009. We ended up choosing a multi-color scheme. We’re having red, orange, yellow, blue, green, pink, purple & turquoise. I want the colors everywhere without it looking like a cheesy kids party. I’ve read that it’s best to keep your colors going throughout the reception & all, but I’m worried that with so many colors it will look cheesy. Would mainly white with splashes of the colors look ok? It’s hard to find pictures of weddings with this many colors. I have 5 bridesmaids, 2 jr bridesmaids & the flower girl all in different color dresses. Thanks!
Answer from Bridal Expert Angela:
Hi Natalie and congratuations on your upcoming wedding. How wonderful that you are so bold as to choose a multitude of colours! You are correct, you need to keep the colours going throughout your decor. The trick here is to keep the colour grouping consistent. If you have these colours together in your decor, it will look fine. If you split them apart into certain colours here, and different colours there, it will lose the look you are going for. So plan to have your decor reflect all the colours together.
The least expensive way to do this is through the use of ribbon. If white roses on the tables are decorated with ribbons in your colours, it will look well put together. If you have red, orange and yellow flowers on one table, and blue, green and purple on another table, it will lose the cohesive look. Using neutral colours like white, black, or brown (in the same bright or soft tones as your colour palette) will unify the look. Treat your full colour palette as one accent colour group with a neutral colour choice. This will avoid the "cheesy kids party" you are trying to avoid. The use of white, for example, with the multicolours being a single accent group is how to pull this look off in an elegant way.
Although I suggested ribbon to unify the decor, there are other alternatives. You can have strips of cloth in your multicolours accent a tablecloth similar to a table runner. Because of the bold statement of your colour palette, less is more, so be strategic in how you use the accent colours. You don’t want them overpowering the neutral colour you choose—keep all those colours as your accent. By doing this, you will maintain the right balance between your neutral and your accent colours.
Wedding favours come in a variety of colours, and you can choose to use all the colours in your wedding colour palette for your wedding favours.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to email again.
Angela Fiebelkorn, Ask The Expert
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