When planning a wedding one of the most important tasks is choosing your wedding colours. This will set the tone for the whole wedding.
This task may seem a daunting at first, especially if you and your partner aren’t that skillful in the decoration department. Never fear though the truth is that it is really quite simple when you really get down to it.
Usually in a wedding ceremony you will have to choose one primary colour and at least one or two accents. Before choosing your colours check whether there are any outside factors that has to be taken into account such as the wedding site color, bridesmaid dresses color and personal choices.
Many people base their wedding colours on a favorite colour or favorite flower if you have a favorite colour or shade you’re halfway to finding the right wedding colours. If not, you may want to choose according to seasons.
Summer colours usually include pastels shades such as chocolate and strawberry cream colour for light and happy tone reminiscent of a fine summer day with the sweet taste of ice cream and happiness permeating all around you.
Autumn shades are cool such as pumpkin yellow and faded red, winter is usually Christmas themes such a dark blue and pure white and spring is mostly green colors of plants and nature.
Also when choosing colours for your wedding there are a few tips on what to avoid that you should adhere to in order to avoid disaster. Remember not to use too much black, even though the color is sophisticated and you love it. The dark tone can end up making your wedding look like a funeral procession rather than a happy occasion.
The colour also makes people more somber and not joyous. When using black, you must strike a balance, use a bright colour or pure white to offset the black. Don’t go overboard when picking out colours as too many wedding colours (more than three) will end up making the wedding look strange and disjointed.
The purpose of wedding colours uniformity is in order to tie everything together in a flow, and the most efficient way to do this is to have all décor and settings in one or two shades of colours. Also you should remember to pick out the colours that suit you and your spouse, you don’t have to follow what other people think.
Choose according to what you want and pick shades you like as your wedding is your special day when all your wants should be catered to and the right colours will put you more at ease during the whole ceremony.
You can use a color wheel which comprises two rotating paper disks of many colours used to mix and match colours. This tool has been used for many years by professionals to pick the right colours. The color wheel is great for choosing related tones; colours adjacent to each other on the color wheel. For example green and blue, green and yellow or red, purple and blue. Or you could go for complementary shades which are basically colors located opposite each other on the colour wheel. For example lavender blue and yellow, lavender green and burgundy.
Here are a few suggestions to go about choosing colour themes for wedding. Why not try a single colour, using many shades of one colour instead of different colors. For example a garden theme wedding used different shades of green for the bride’s gown and for the bridesmaid, and the carpet was of green as well as the walls were decorated by grape vines.
If you are set on one colour which you really love but need to use other colours too then why not simply highlight it among neutral colours. For example if you like blue then the bridesmaid dresses might be cream with blue sashes, groomsmen might wear white tuxedos with blue bowties, and bouquets might be lavender on a bed of white roses.
So when choosing your wedding colors go ahead and pick your color of choice there is always a way to make the color work for your wedding theme to please both you and your guests during your big celebration.
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