Choosing Your Wedding Colors

by E-NewsCast Team
August 28th, 2009

Wedding dress, flowers, church, reception, cake topper,decorations, music AND wedding colors. Although it soundsdaunting, choosing wedding colors is really quite simple.When choosing your wedding colors think about the differentcolors that you like most. You may want to choose a main colorand one or two accent colors for visual beauty. If you reallydon’t have a favorite color, think about the season that you’regetting married in. If you’re planning a spring or summerwedding go with pastels and brighter colors. For winterceremonies try darker purples and burgundies. You can also usered and silver for a more Christmas themed wedding. For a fallwedding, oranges, yellows and even reds can give a warm harvestfeel.One thing to remember when choosing your wedding colors is notto overdue black. Although it is perfectly acceptable andpopular to incorporate black into the wedding, over using it cangive the feel of a funeral rather than a union of two hearts.Once you have chosen a main wedding color, you can always use acolor wheel, which artists use to accent colors in paintings.Using a wheel will help you choose another color or two thatwill compliment your main scheme.Another way to simplify choosing wedding colors is to visit awedding boutique store with your bridesmaids. Choose a dressthat looks good and everyone is comfortable in. Then ask theclerk what colors the dress comes in. By doing this, you will benarrowing down the colors to choose from. Once you decide on acolor for their dresses, use this as a main color for yourwedding.No matter what you choose for your wedding colors, this is adetail that will stick out the most with your guests. It will bethe center and focal point of flowers, dresses and decorations.So, be sure when you choose a color, you choose carefully and besure it is something that compliments your wedding party and theatmosphere that you want to set for your wedding.Other possibilities to help you choose wedding colors are teamcolors, if you are a sports fan, colors that you saw used inyour favorite movie or book, or maybe a time period that givesyou that “loving feeling”. You don’t have to have a ‘weddingtheme’ to have a ‘color scheme’. Be comfortable in the colorsthat you choose.Another idea to help in choosing wedding colors is thinkingabout what the colors represent. For instance, blue is cool,relaxing and offers a calming vibe. Red reads vibrant andenergizing. Green is comforting, refreshing and tranquil, andyellow offers happiness and brightness, giving off an upliftedspirit.Choose colors for your wedding that will relate back to who youare and what mood you are trying to set. Be happy with what youchoose because after all, this is your wedding.

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