Is it Possible to Have a Bright CLASSY Wedding?

Re: Is it Possible to Have a Bright CLASSY Wedding?

• manateehugger member

  

  July 2013

  5 is a ton of colors no matter what the setting (unless a few of those are very similar in hue). So I'd try to scale it back to at least 3-4. With gold and brown, I would stick with jewel tones over neon. Though it is hard to say without a picture. Here's what my googling found:

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• manateehugger member

  

  July 2013

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• manateehugger member

  

  July 2013

  The centerpieces are a bit much for my tastes in the first one.

  

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• NYCMercedes member

  

  July 2013

  Cherubingurl said:

  Hi all,
  
  I'm reaching out to you because I'm completely and totally stuck at choosing the color palette for my wedding. I am a very bright person - really, if I don't wear a striking color in my outfit, people think that something is wrong. Naturally, I'd love to incorporate that into our wedding next May. However, our reception venue is indoors at a classy Italian banquet hall where the colors are heavily gold and brown. Is it possible to make neon colors or 5 or so bright jewel colors together look classy in this sort of location? Could any of you guide me in the right direction to see elegant and classy, multi-colored/bright wedding themes?
  
  My google searches have not quite gotten me anywhere - I can see bright things working, but nothing that has quite as many colors as I'm hoping for, and nothing that is indoors in a classy venue. I have this irrational fear of leaving out a color and then regretting it later, but I want to make sure that whatever I do doesn't look like a kid did it.
  
  Thank you so much for your input in advance!
  -Mary
  

  
  The Knot has info on colors, including "choosing your colors 101". They don't have a section on classy, however, as, well, because, if you have to say it, it's not.

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• harper0813 member

  

  July 2013

  I think one or two jewel tones would look really nice - and I think neon pink looks fabulous with gold. I wouldn't get too crazy, but you can absolutely incorporate vibrant colors in a classy way!

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• keeperlaura member

  

  July 2013

  The Knot just shared this wedding on Facebook: http://blog.theknot.com/2013/07/02/a-watercolor-wedding-at-villa-del-lago-from-christina-carroll-photography/?cm_mmc=facebook-_-july2013-_-blog-_-watercolorwedding

  
  

  Although theirs is a watercolor wedding, I think you could pull off the same effect with jewel tones, I think it would translate well to an indoor setting.

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• QueerFemme member

  

  July 2013

  I'm personally not a fan of 5 different colors. I think it often looks like you couldn't find enough of what you wanted in one color, so you just went with a bunch. 

  I think you can pick one or two jewel tones and it will look fabulous.  I get the desire to go BRIGHT. We certainly did.  We used a bright sangria (purpleish-burgundy) and apple green. We loved it. 

  

  Websites/blogs where our wedding has been featured:

  http://www.dapperq.com/2013/11/a-very-dapper-wedding/
  

  http://www.onabicyclebuiltfortwo.com/2013/10/wedding-christina-g.html
  

  http://4realequalityweddings.com/2014/05/16/g-christina/
  

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• ashleyep member

  

  July 2013

  You can brighten up a reception with uplighting too. They have lots of color choices. I agree about steering clear of neon and sticking with a few jewel tones.

  

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• calliopeia2013 member

  

  July 2013

  Definitely jewel tones, not neon, if you want to do several colors, but maybe something like a peacock color scheme, or the watercolor scheme linked above?  Or, if you want to go neon, I think you could definitely pull off one very bright accent color set against neutrals and still be classy.  Have you tried browsing around theperfectpalette.com?  Like, take a look at http://www.theperfectpalette.com/2010/06/fun-summer-wedding-palette-of-fuchsia.html as an example?

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• libby2483 member

  

  July 2013

  I would definitely go with jewel tones over neon, and I would limit it to 2-3 colors.  I think weddings that have a ton of different colors look really disjointed, and like the couple couldn't make up their mind, so they just incorporated a ton of colors.

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  July 2013

  We're going with coral in our venue that isn't brown-heavy but is heavy on gold everywhere. Coral's not exactly bright, but hot pink would also mesh well with your place. 

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• MandyMost member

  

  July 2013

  I'm not a big fan of having "wedding colors".  I don't like walking into the reception and thinking, "Oh, their colors are blue and green" (although, of course, the bride would say they are "Robins Egg and Seafoam" or something like that. If I picture an amazing hotel lobby, or trendy restaurant, or favorite living room, or any other decorated venue that takes place in real life and not wedding life, I don't immediately think "Oh, these were their 2-3 colors". That's the effect I'm aiming for at my wedding.

  
  

  Our space is a very industrial space (concrete floor, white walls), with bright and big artwork. So the colors at the venue are mainly silver/gray and white, and I plan for the main colors to be probably silver/gray, white, black, deep red, violet purple/blue, and maybe a yellow or green. It sounds like a ton when you just list it off like that, but not if you think of the chairs/linens all being one of the main 3 neutrals (silver, white, black), and then mainly only the centerpieces and a few other accents being the colors (deep red, violet, and yellow or green). I currently envision 3 simple, modern vases on each table each filled with a bouquet of a single color. I also want to bring in some kind of pattern if I can afford it--maybe a black and white or gray and white stripe--as an accent somewhere. Maybe the chair cushions or something. 

  
  

  
  

  Anyway, I think this was just a long way of saying that I think if you work WITH the colors at the venue, and you keep a lot of the main items in the more neutrals, you can definitely have a very bright and bold wedding that doesn't look like a box of crayons vomited at the reception. 

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