Choosing a color palette is a natural first step in planning your big day! Like every other aspect of wedding planning, this can be overwhelming. There’s a lot of thought that goes into selecting a color palette for a wedding. Couples should consider where they’re getting married, what time of year it will be, and what speaks to them. This blog post aims to serve as a guide in selecting your wedding colors!
What Is a Wedding Color Palette?
Wedding color palettes are the assortment of specific colors implemented throughout a wedding. These can be included in almost every facet of your big day. Couples can incorporate their color palettes into their attire, their decorations, signature drinks, flowers, virtually anything in the wedding. This is why it’s crucial to choose colors that feel true to you and your wedding. This allows for a cohesive event with your chosen ambience.
Getting Inspired
The color scheme of a wedding can foster the overall feel of the event. Couples should consider what kind of feeling they want to curate on their wedding day. While some brides prefer a whimsical and romantic setting, others may be drawn to a dark and moody ambience, or maybe you prefer a bright, glamorous event. Choosing what kind of atmosphere, you prefer is the first step in finalizing a color palette.
Couples can find inspiration in anything. This can be a certain piece of art, your wedding venue, perusing Pinterest, or simply looking at paint swatches. The point is to feel invigorated and inspired by the colors you choose. They should reflect how you want your wedding to feel.
Venue and Seasons
Couples generally have a notion of where and when they would like their wedding to take place. This can help in narrowing your selection of potential color palettes. An outdoor spring wedding should typically include spring colors, such as soft pinks, blues, and greens. A winter wedding under the snow would be most cohesive with icy blues, whites, and silvers. Of course, there aren’t any rules in choosing your colors, simply suggestions to help guide you!
Consider your wedding venue and how it makes you feel. What colors could add to this emotion? If you don’t yet have a venue, compile some pictures of your dream venues and pay mind to the colors you see most in those.
The Formula
Traditional color palettes consist of one dark color, one medium color, one light color, and a neutral. Be specific in what shades appeal to you most, the dark color mustn’t be truly dark-simply the darkest shade within your scheme. It’s helpful to choose this first.
You should continue to choose your medium shade. This color is traditionally the most saturated, like a sunset orange. For the lighter shade, you can choose a lighter version of either of the other two colors. This will ensure coordination.
Finish strong with choosing a neutral! This is the easy part because it will go with anything, no matter what colors you choose. Some common neutrals are white, beige, champagne, black, gold, and silver.
Use Your Color Scheme
Now that you’ve chosen your color scheme, you can begin implementing it into your wedding. Use these colors to guide you in your other wedding endeavors, like choosing a cake or centerpieces. Remember to choose whatever color suit you and your fiancée, this is YOUR wedding! Do what makes you happy!