New to military wedding board: Major wedding color drama!

Dadgrl07

Hey everyone! My fiancé is in the Marine Corps reserves and recently decided to have he and his groomsmen wear their uniforms. Originally he was against the idea of uniforms and I planned my colors on the idea that he and his guys would just be wearing tuxes. I chose peach, pale blue and cream. Then when he changed his mind I changed cream to pewter grey. And that's what the bridesmaids will be wearing. 

What do you think of those colors? His mom is putting up a fight about them. But I don't want the typical navy blue and red colors in my wedding. They're not me. 

Let me know what you guys think! (Oh wedding is in May, 2012!)

prettyirishgirl

I liek the colors personally even though I don't know the exact variations you are going with and they aren't really my thing - they look good together. The blue on their uniforms is two different blues already so that blue can be your tie in, especially if you push closer to their lighter blue then a pastel or true pale, but even if you don't its all blue so it goes. The grey will go with anything and honestly the red is obvious, but it isn't like their whole uniform is red so it wont matter as far as interfering with your color scheme.

do you mind telling us why your FMIL is so against the colors (jw)? Regardless, it is your wedding so without knowing more info (and I have a feeling even if I did know more) I'd say it is y'alls wedding not hers and you two should have the colors you want. At the same time does your FI have an opinion on this? I'll also say my FI changes his mind about what he is going to wear every month (i think he's done but really who knows), so he could still change his mind yet again and so I'd stay solid on your colors if you like them because he may decide not to wear his uniform in 3 months :P and the uniforms were intended to go with everything so I'd go for what you have if it is what you want.

Dadgrl07

I think she's just doesn't like the idea of the colors because she has a certain idea about how military weddings should look. My FI is being supportive of my color choices, but he's open to changing them. I could think about changing my blue. What do you think of this shade of blue: 

http://www.minted.com/customizer/sku/MIN-FIR-INV

We like the soft cerulean blue for the invites. 

prettyirishgirl

i personally love that color, cerulean has such a nice feel and will look great with pewter. It is very similar to one i considered and I actually think i've seen those invites while I was looking for inspiration for mine.

That's good he is supportive about keeping them or changing them. The one color I would change would be the peach, but it would be easy to include it in flowers and other things like that  without it being the main color And if you used that blue and the grey it would go well with their uniforms. That isn't because i dont like it mind you just if I was going to change something to better "match."

Hehe about the FMIL, mine doesnt care about anything - except mass. His mom and step dad aren't about the mass thing sadly. but sometimes they also just cant see what you see. I'm sure that your colors would be great and it is really a moderation thing as well as using some more then others to tip the scales so it "matches" better. Like if you used 2x as much peach as you did everything else it may not look "right" to her, but if you used equal parts or more blue and then grey it will probably fit closer to what she pictures then she even originally thought, but it owudl still be your colors and your vision. All about perception and imagination. Me i'm jsut lazy so yellow and blue it is haha

LetsHikeToday

What were your colors before he changed his mind about what he was wearing? We didn't have anything military in our wedding so my advice might not be worth much but I say you should pick your colors regardless of what he is wearing.

Irishcurls

Hi and Welcome! The uniform is like a tux, it's just not black. I wouldn't worry too much about it--no one will stand around judging you for having "mismatched" colors. I did some googling on the peach, gray, navy idea...I think it looks amazing. 

nautical:

completely in love with these gray BM dresses:

firsttimersluck

Agree with IrishCurls.
You don't need to MATCH the uniform in colors, and it can often look TOO matchy-matchy when done. Go with the colors you like and don't worry about the uniforms. Just because they are wearing the Blues doesn't mean it's a full-on military style wedding. I'm sure they will look great with your colors

Welcome to the board and congratulations!

iluvmytxrgr

I'd tell my MIL to get over it and move on. 
Military uniforms are considered neutral, just like a tux.  You don't have to try to match them.  Go with the colors you like.  If she wants to be angry over something so silly, let her. 

crownsuperstar

The guys wore their uniforms (blues) and we used clover (lightish green) color.  I don't think the colors need to match the uniforms.  It would be matching tux and that means everyone would wear a form of black, white or grey. 

kyrgyzstan

The title of this post made me LOL. Tell your MIL that you appreciate her opinion and then ignore her. And then don't tell her little details unless you want a fight.