Deciding on colors

redharedsunshine · June 2010

I'm having a hard time figuring out colors for our wedding. I have about 4 color combinations that I like but none of them have really made me think that they are the colors. How did you all decide on colors?

nda_roxybabe · June 2010

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[QUOTE]I'm having a hard time figuring out colors for our wedding. I have about 4 color combinations that I like but none of them have really made me think that they are the colors. How did you all decide on colors?
Posted by redharedsunshine[/QUOTE]

Haha I think most people just pick the colors they like. Do you have a feel you'd like for your wedding? Do you have your venue picked out? What are yours and his favorite colors? What colors have you considered? When is your wedding?

SarahRuthG · June 2010

I kept going back and forth between two colors. What made me decide was when I chose the girl's dresses. The style and the color together were perfect and my whole vision came into focus then. The accent colors I didn't have for a little longer until I looked at enough flowers to really pin point what I wanted. So I say 'shop' around. Look at the knot's pics of weddings in different color choices and see what speaks to you.

LesPaul · June 2010

I had no idea at first. I bought a couple of bridal magazines and started browsing, thinking that I would know it when I saw it. This was true - I saw the combination in an article and went with it from there.

kpwedkk · June 2010

Pick a venue - see what they have for linens, tables, chair sashes etc, it could be that you could get an awesome deal with colors they already have in storage!

Go to a florist, see what colors pop out at you!

Start looking at color combinations in magazines, on the internet - google images helps, other weddings on the knot or the wedding channel, wedding bee, brides, etc

OpalineTowers · June 2010

I had the hardest time deciding on what colors I wanted. You wouldn't think that such a simple thing would be so difficult. I asked my mom and sister (my MOH) to help me figure something out. My mom helped me work out how to use what I wanted and make it look good.

ARod22 · June 2010

When is your wedding? I let the season guide my color decision.

loritajean · June 2010

My mom made my dress, and it as going to be white. When we got to the fabric store, I saw this gorgeous champagne colored lace that HAD to be mine. That's where it started

My bridesmaids wanted black dresses, and I found some great ones online, so that was that.

We waffled a bit on an accent color, but when we saw how dark rose petals looked on the tables around our lantern centerpieces... the fiance insisted it be red or fuschia. This was perfect bc I'd actually found a fuschia bouquet here on the Knot that I hadn't quite gotten out of my head!

So there it is... cream, black and fuschia.

I agree with the other commenters. You just have to see your venue, pick out the dress, choose a bouquet, etc, and it will all come together.

APW2010 · June 2010

At first I was thinking of a fall themed wedding, and picked brown with red & burnt orange accents. Then when we set our date, it is before any of the leaves will have started to turn, so the theme didn't work out, but we kept the colours. FI really loves red and orange so it made sense. As everyone said though, shopping around really helps. While I knew what colours I wanted it all came together for me when I was looking at invitations, saw the colours together, and could really work from there.

aerinpegadrak · June 2010

DH brought up a black and white wedding before we were even discussing the possibility of getting married ourselves. (I think we were talking about a friend who was engaged.) I never considered another color combination.

Piru · June 2010

It'll probably fall together when you start looking at invites and BM dresses and the like. You'll start to notice a trend for combos you like.

For me I picked blue and orange. Blue- he calls me a nickname based on my blue eyes and has ever since we started dating. Orange- we met at school and the school colors are black and orange. Plus I just really like bright contrasting colors.

Otherwise, I found I liked a lot of BM dresses in purple, and I've seen a couple other combinations I like, like chartreuse and turqoise. I ran with the blue and orange (probably mostly a sky blue and sherbert) since it had significance to us.

nnoble4 · June 2010

Our wedding colors are scarlet, gray, and a turquoise color. We picked out the red and blue prior to our venue, but we are getting married at The Ohio State University, so now it fits perfectly.
We chose our colors one day, shortly after getting engaged when we were just looking through photos on the Knot. We saw this picture:

and loved the way it looked. So that was it.

My suggestion is to just keep in mind things that you like, and if you find it, SAVE the picture, so you can go back to it. Inspiration can be found everywhere, you'd be surprised. Also, you can go to a fabric store, and just start mixing and matching, starting with one color you feel like you NEED to have!

Good luck!

kdwhitley · July 2010

Mine is his favorite color which is blue. and my favorite color which is pink. the actual colors are navy and different shades of pink. but that is how we picked.

jenn.daniel · July 2010

After you've asked your BMs, ask them what colors they'd like to wear. I'd like teal, but I'm open to blue or green, and it'll depend on what my BMs like better.

htwedding · July 2010

I decided on colors with the season basically. We chose to get married in October. Red is my favorite color (besides pink) so I chose Apple Red from David's Bridal. I guess orange is another wedding color for me because my flowers are going to be orange gerber daisies. I am also going to have some red gerbers in as well. But just because I did red in the fall does not mean that every bride has to. Chocolate brown and dark purple would also be good for Fall. I've seen pool blue used for summer and a marine blue or darker blue used for fall. Just depends what you like.

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