Friends having similar wedding colors...

RitaLee · February 2010

Hi Knotties,

A friend of mine who got engaged after I did is getting married before I am and has coincedentally picked the same color scheme that I was planning on using. I'm not being bratty she really had no idea that it was what I had in mind. But she is getting married in a few months and miy wedding is next year so she has first dibs. I had originally wanted purple and green and would still like to keep the purple atleast but does anyone have any ideas about another good color combo with purple? Ideas will be greatly appreciated! What would you all do if this were the case for you?

fishieballerina · February 2010

keep the same colors. Just make sure that you don't wear the same dress, have the same flowers, etc. as she did. There are only so many colors out there, someone will end up choosing your same colors. Conveniently, you can ask her to save anything she might get that are in the colors that she doesn't need after the wedding, such as table linens. Honestly, in a year no body is going to remember that your colors are the same as this wedding.

MVH23 · February 2010

You can use my colors. I am doing purple, dark orange, and dark red. It is like a sunset theme and it looks amazing. I would say you can still use your original colors but I can see how you might want something a little different.

aerinpegadrak · February 2010

Try asking her guests a week after her wedding what colors she used. If you can find five people who get even close (doesn't count if they're engaged or recently married), I'll personally buy you a drink. Same goes for your wedding, point of fact.

If you really want to make it different, just use different shades of the same colors. But honestly, there are only six (technically seven) colors in the rainbow, plus neutrals. It's absolutely impossible to come up with a color scheme that's never been done before, because there simply aren't enough color combinations for that to be possible. Just do what you want and let it go. The color scheme is one of many, many elements that define a wedding.

felicia220 · February 2010

aerinpegadrak....... lol I second that!

A YEAR APART, you have nothing to worry about. Keep your colors and I think that Sunshine as the right idea, you can buy stuff together (maybe even in bulk) to keep costs down. You get to also bounce ideas off of each other...bonus!

trix1223 · February 2010

You're overthinking this. Your wedding is a year after hers. Quick reality check here for you:

Think of the last 7 weddings you attended. What were the colors? How did they use them: what were the flowers? tablecloths? napkins? favors? Can't remember all the details? That's because it really only matters to brides planning their own weddings.

Your guests won't remember nor care that you had the same colors as your friend. And you weddings will look entirely different, because you'll have different people, different dresses, different flowers, different CPs, different tuxes, different favors, different linens, etc.