Tacky to choose her color theme a year later??

MissMolly1

My Fiance was just the best man for his cousins wedding.  Their colors were black, white, and light pink.  Nothing in their wedding really reflected this color theme other than the bridemaids dresses (which were black with a pink ribbon), groomsmen, and centerpieces.  Not the invitations, the decor in the venue, the favors, nothing else.  The venue was very "casino" feel with rich reds, golds, oranges, and browns.

We have recently picked our venue for our wedding next year and it is absolutely stunning!  However, the running theme in the venue is black and white elegance. Everything and I mean everything is black and white.  Marble floors, fireplaces, double spiral staircase...stunning.  I am now looking to incorporate that same black and white theme with a deep purple and rich hues to compliment the purple.

Is this tacky?  Should I completely refrain from her color theme eventhough it fits oooooooh so perfect???

PLEASE HELP!!!!!

ohwhynot

Not tacky.  I doubt anyone would even notice. 

btrflykate1230

Nope. Not tacky. No one "owns" a color scheme.

samurai21

Black white and pink does not equal black, white, and purple. And there are only so many colors out there. I don't see why it would be a big deal, especially since your weddings will be a whole year apart.

ExpatPumpkin

Use the colors you want for the following reasons:

1.  No one can patent a wedding color scheme
2.  Black and white with accent colors isn't earth-shakingly unique (no offense, it's a lovely color scheme, but not something that's never been seen before)
3.  Her wedding was a year ago
4.  No one will remember or even care that the two color schemes were similar

Good luck and happy planning

danieliza1127

Well since she had pink and you want dark purple, it's not really her color theme at all.  You're fine.

tlv204

It's not even the same colors. I love purple.

scoetto

Yeah I don't see how it's similar. Except for the black & white part. Which are very common in the wedding world.

L-Bride

You can use those colors it's fine. If she gets annoyed about it she's being a shmuck. 
Black, white and dark purple are my colors too. Very nice!

sarah0725

This is not a problem, especially given that the two overlapping colors we're talking about are black and white. Now, if she'd gone for something super-specific, like magenta damask with lots of green monkeys running all over it, then probably people would notice. But black and white? Naaaah.

FutureMrsTR

You could have used black and white on her wedding day and it still would have been fine.  She doesn't own the colors black and white.  That combo especially is very popular and if she gets upset about it, send her here

JessAndTrav

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_tacky-choose-her-color-theme-year-later?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:df5ed4cb-c18c-4844-a26c-b63bb8033c41Post:f9308610-3f3b-49be-9b61-20ffc4be952a">Re: Tacky to choose her color theme a year later??</a>:
[QUOTE]No one "owns" a color scheme.
Posted by btrflykate1230[/QUOTE]

I own all of the color schemes.

squirrly

Using the same colors isn't tacky.  It might be uncreative to some, but it's not tacky.  Guaranteed that nobody but the bride will remember what their colors were, anyway. 

And, if it's the colors of your venue and you're adding color to it, I wouldn't find it uncreative anyway. 

Now, duplicate her invites too and I'd give you a weird look.  But just some common colors?  You're good to go.

krmabojo

She has not copywritten those colors, use what you want. You will not be the last person to use those colors either.

GO CRAZY!

brookelynpaisley

I'm not seeing how pink =/= purple. There are only so many colors in this world. They get used over and over and over again.

khewesmccoy

I see where you're coming from, but I agree with all other PPs  I was in two weddings back to back *each bride was also in the other wedding* and their colors were EXACTLY the same, no one even noticed!

ricksang

Meh, no one owns colors. Besides, black and white are a CLASSIC color comobo. We used them at our wedding. Go for it!

cellarius

lol i don't get it.. it's not the same color scheme.. ? in any case.. unless it was a wedding you just went to recently then i say whatever you use is fine. of course no one owns colors but personally i would be annoyed if a friend/relative ''copied'' our color scheme right/soon after our wedding. [thank god my sister and this one friend are married 'cause they do that kind of thing constantly]. i mean it would be pretty obvious.. light purple, black & silver with dark red, white, & cream accents. 

if you'd just went and were blatantly ripping it off then i would think that's tacky, but a year later with a completely different color scheme? no one cares. i would say no one would notice but of course no one would notice since it's not the same.. lol