Not unlike picking paint colours, choosing a wedding palette can seem nearly impossible. With thousands of colour shades and possible combinations, it’s no wonder some brides throw up their hands and base everything around what will look good on the bridesmaids. The good news is that with a little guidance, every bride can pick gorgeous wedding colours that are on trend with what’s hot in 2016 and still stay true to her heart.
How to Choose Wedding Colours
The reason it’s important to choose your colour scheme up front is that it will ensure every decision you make from then on – from the décor to the cake to the boutonnieres – is in alignment with your colours. Regardless of the 2016 trends, there are some things a couple should always consider when choosing their wedding colours:
- Favourite colours: it just makes sense to try to incorporate your faves, if you have any.
- Favourite flowers
- What the season is: if it’s Christmas, you don’t have to automatically use colours like red, green and white – but be aware that many churches, banquet halls and reception areas will already be decked out for the season, so you might have to contend with colour clashes
- Venue: you generally have a lot more colour leeway with an outdoor wedding than with indoor spaces that may already have strongly coloured draperies, carpeting and décor
While brides of yore were limited to 3 complimentary wedding colours, Wikihow advises that modern brides can choose up to 5 colours for their wedding palette.
2016 Wedding Colours
- Rose Quartz And Serenity
- Pale Pink and Grey
- Champagne and Gold
- Navy Blue and Silver
- Peach and Gold
- Lilac and yellow
- Plum and Green
If you just can’t picture how your chosen wedding colours will work with your entire theme and décor, spend some time online looking at more trending 2016 colour palettes.
How to Use your Wedding Colours
Now that you know what wedding colours are trending for 2016, don’t forget to be careful how you use them. Your colours should:
-Complement, not overwhelm, your wedding
-Be subtle; don’t try and match everything but use variations of complementary shades
-Be tasteful. A little touch, like the flowers on the wedding cake and in the flower girl’s hair, goes a long way
-Be affordable. If you want a particular flower that’s way over your budget, go with a neutral flower colour such as cream, and match the colour to the ribbon instead.