For months and months, I've been pretty set on my colours being purple and black - they're my favourites, and FI loves black as much as I do. However, now we have our venue, I'm trying to coordinate our colours to theirs and suddenly losing my mind (or maybe it's the approaching one year mark making me crazy!)
Our theme is Alice In Wonderland, which is key for my decisions. I'm not wearing white, never wanted to. Originally I planned for a lighter, icier shade of purple (verging towards indigo) and Man of Honour and BM in black with purple accents.
That said, being as we're going for a Mad Tea Party and mismatched teasets and such, I THINK we can be a little more free. I LOVE fall, too, so I'd love to incorporate the colours a bit more.
The venue is mainly cherry wood furniture, and green (the closest match to the shade is below, sea green, but it's a little softer in hue/lighter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_green#Sea_greenNow I'm thinking the green is great for a 'forest' tea party. Purple should still work, right? What about more of a pale indigo for my dress? Would I have to ditch the purple or would I be able to have the right shade complement it if it's the only indigo element?
http://www.colourtherapyhealing.com/colour/colour_in_the_home/images/cith_indigo.gifI was originally going to carry a few daisies bound in twine (not only my fave flower, but they're one of the talking flowers from Through The Looking-Glass) but now I'm mulling a few tiger-lilies in the mix (another flower from the book) figuring the orange will pop nicely on the purpley shades. But will it be okay with the green? And can I get away with working orange leaves into the teapot centrepieces now for a little extra colour?
I am admittedly not someone who mixes colours well. I dress in a lot of black and blues or neutrals like greys, just because this sort of thing gives me a headache and panic.
TL; DR summary: In a sea green-ish venue, can I get away with primarily black and an icy cool purple, with accents of Autumn-ish orange and a light indigo dress?