The wedding color palette you settle on will help drive the visual components of your day and ensure everything looks on-theme and cohesive. It is the anchor for your big-day décor.
So, selecting your wedding colors should be one of the first décor-related decisions you make. It is inspired by your personal preferences and your event's seasonality and location.
Get inspired from these time-tested color comninations for your own wedding.
Keep basic design rules in mind when curating a tasteful palette. Choose one or two colors as main hues, then one or two secondary colors in neutral options, which will help blend those focal point colors seamlessly. Then consider a fun accent shade—such as a metallic like gold or silver to finish the overall vibe—that you'll use sparingly throughout your event.Bold and Saturated color palette: Aegean, Mulberry and sage, Latte. Vibrant colors with equally punchy hues is a great idea for an outdoor wedding—the natural surroundings will help tone down colors that feel too powerful.
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Shoulder Bridesmaid Dress / Transparent
Acrylic Wedding Invites / Lace
Mermaid Wedding Dress / Frosted
Acrylic Wedding Invitation
Blue shades with white-and-green accents. This waterfront celebration took a cue from the ocean
Pastel blue halter bridesmaid dresses/ navy blue mermaid bridesmaid dresses
Salmon-hued palette: Blush, Peach and Strawberry. This salmon-hued palette brought a dose of unexpected cheer to a warm-weather outdoor celebration.
Summer garden party-inspired weddings don't need to be limited to pastel pink color schemes.
Strawberry Bridesmaid Dresses / Blush Floral Pocket Wedding Invitation
Clay-meets-taupe hue with Mauve as color focal point.
Even though neutral colors are often used as accents, they can just as easily be your color palette's focal point.
You can get the Mauve purple bridesmaid dresses / Floral Acrylic Wedding Invitations
Mauve and Gold and ecru color, this scheme is a creative reimagination of a very similar blush-centric palette that's graced many rustic and romantic weddings in the last few years.
Mauve is the new blush. These soft colors would work just as well at a summer farm wedding as they would at a late-fall orchard celebration.
Ecru Asymmetric Brides maid Dresses / Mauve Embellished Mother of the Bride Dress / Gold Acrylic Wedding Invitation
Gray and Brown rustic hues for a late-summer or early-fall wedding. When paired with burnt orange, brown often reads as a late-autumn color. However, by combining it with dove gray and a creamy linen hue, it will achieve a pastoral palette that felt light and airy.
Burnt
Orange Bridesmaid Dress / Gray
Lace and Chiffon Bride’s Mother Dress / Dark
Gray Bridesmaid Dress
Vibrant pink and green, inspired by bougainvillea and hibiscus, perfectly for an oceanside wedding in Hawaii.
Forest Green Bridesmaid Dress / Green Leaves Pocket Wedding Invitation
Black and Blush-the joint of traditional color and unconventional palette. It is a great way to personalize your wedding.
While blush often appears at romantic weddings, it can hold its own just as well at a bold and contemporary affair. Paired with jet black and midnight blue, blush is given new life and a whole new vibe.
Blush Convertible Bridesmaid Dress / Blush Flowers Wedding GownsVaried Greens Hues for a spring garden party–inspired fête, let these colors inform your big day. Layering varied hues of green brings depth to the décor, while softer neutrals will accent your venue's earthy tones beautifully.
Pastel
Green off shoulder bridesmaid dress/
Garden wedding gowns with bowknot /
Lime Green Pocket Wedding Invitation
Classic Prep pink and navy for all classic, preppy brides! These vibrant and crisp colors are ideal for a ballroom or storied estate affair.
Navy Mermaid Bridesmaid Dress / Grecian Pink Bridesmaid Dress
Muted Hues- When playing with muted hues, selecting the right options is a delicate balance.
While green is often a focal color when it crops up in wedding design, this look was actually directed by its sandy shades; the greens played a supporting role. For a wedding where shades like sand and taupe would blend in with the surrounding locale (think a Tuscan villa or a California winery), don't be afraid to look to them as leaders in the color palette.
Sage Green Bridesmaid Dresses / Pastel Pink Bridesmaid DressMoody Black, plum and gold
Plum brings personality to this palette, while gold adds needed brightness. A venue where this palette could breathe? A space with lots of natural light, like an outdoor woodsy mountain destination, would be ideal.
Plum purple bridesmaid dress / 3PCS Mother of the Bride Pantsuit / Purple Floral Acrylic Wedding Invite