What colors did you use for your wedding?

Question

A comment another user made about everyone using the same colors for their wedding made me wonder. What colors did you use/are you going to use for your wedding? What made you choose those colors? If you could change, would you and what would you choose instead? What were colors you have seen used at weddings? Have there been multiple weddings using the same colors you have attended? I have heard a lot of the regular wedding posters on Yahoo answers mention some of the same colors, so I want to find out what the general consensus is. Just curious! Thanks guys!

I'm not asking this because I want to be original and use colors no one has ever used before. I was just curious. Obviously whatever colors you use, someone somewhere has probably used them before. I'm not stupid.

Answer 1

My colors: A deep purple, redorange, chocolate brown, touches of white.

I chose them because it was late fall and I wanted colors to fit with the season. both of us love purple and I found out that using touches of white saves alot of money since I don't have to pay extra for colored linens and things. The redorange and brown just came from there.

I would have liked to include some green since its his favorite color but seemed to summer to me and didn't fit well with the harvest decorations

Common colors I see at weddings: black and white, tiffany blue, brown and pink, red

Lately I have seen alot of the above colors which is fine it just seems that the brides who chose them don't realize it is a common color now just like having a candy bar or cupcakes. Too much emphasis is placed on being the first and only to do something. Who cares if it's a trend, if thats what you like then do it. I can't tell you how many I've shot where the bride gets pissed because she says "bet you havn't seen these colors/anything like this before" and I have to keep shut or say "well actually I did one just like it last week"

Answer 2

We are using Blueberry (dark navy), Blackberry (dark purplish), and Raspberry (dark magenta) with orange tiger lily accents and bamboo. The bridesmaids are mostly wearing black and I have a black decorated train. The flowers stick out enough that I didn't need color-coordinated bridesmaid (they are wearing black 'fly away' pants and stylish top). I actually am not a big fan of pastels of any color and wanted something a little more bold for the summer. I had seen a bouquet on-line that actually had berries (fake of course) within the flowers and greenery...I thought it was interesting and ran with it. Everything is turning out just as I planned, I know the colors sound weird together with the orange tiger lilies but they really bring everything together. I have really seen a lot of the same colors at weddings...now the trend seems to be pink and brown or baby blue and brown. I think these are nice but all of my friends are getting married close together and I was forced to be a bit more wild, but the colors have probably been done before. Hopefully it will be worth it in the long run. Good luck with your planning!

Answer 3

I selected four colors that my gals could choose from for their dresses. They unianimously voted for light green. My dress was white with pink beading, so the flowers were pink and green. So I guess those were my colors.

Guests rarely notice the colors, unless they're planning a wedding themselves. Don't sweat it, just a pick a color that looks good on your bridesmaids.

The only color combination that stands out is black and white. I've seen this done so many times, that it lacks all originality in my opinion. That's the only combo that I would consider overdone.

Answer 4

I used red, silver and white. But the red was so hard to match I accented with a lot of pinks and yellows. In the end it turned out beautifully but I have to wonder if I would have caused myself less headache if I had gone with my original plan of shades of dark purple and lavender.

I had a lot of weddings around the same time in my family and without ever discussing it none of us used the same colors. One went with pink, another with sapphire, another with burgandy and forest green, and another with a buttery yellow.

I worked for a long time at a tuxedo place and colors go through phases of popularity, as well as seasonal popularity. And though we saw some repeats, it certainly wasn't to an extent that we saw the same 3, 5 or 10 colors over and over again.

Answer 5

I'm using a Sage Green (though I think its called Grass at Davids Bridal) and a few touches of Expresso Brown.

My flowers are Green, White and Antique Blue Hydrangia and White Pionese with lots of greenery. The men are wearing grey or tan (undecided suits) with green ties. The girls dresses are all different but all in that "Grass" green. My dress is Ivory.

Its a late summer beach wedding in Oregon. I guess you could call is "beach formal".

I think the most popular color combo right now in weddings is tiffanys box blue and brown. I've seen it everwhere. I had originally liked that idea, but didnt like it with our beach background and decided I wanted to do something softer. Black and White weddings seem to be very trendy at the moment (or black white and a color, especially red).

I work in color, I'm an interior design intern and so I deal with it a lot. I'll be curiouse to see what people respond.

Answer 6

Well for my wedding, my husband and I decided to go with our favorite colors, so there were no arguments each one of us would be pleased.

We used pastel blue, pastel green and white.


As far as seeing other's using the same colors, I can't say that I've seen anyone else using our colors. if they do/did I wouldn't mind. I know what my wedding meant.....It meant a lot more than some colors you us for the setting. I mean colors have meanings, but I don't believe anyone has the right to state that "these are our colors and no one else can ever use them" there just colors.


as far as change, I wouldn't change a thing about my wedding, it was perfect we didn't spend lots of money on unuseful things.


" I WOULDN'T change a Thing!"

Answer 7

My bridesmaids wore royal blue and we used silver as an accent color. They wore silver shoes and jewelry that was silver with clear and blue rhinestones. The bridesmaids carried bouquets of mixed flowers with bright pink as a the primary bouquet color. The main flowers in the bouquets were Stargazer Lilies. I chose the blue because I thought the color was beautiful; it would show up well in the photos; and it looked good on all of my bridesmaids. For flowers I considered yellows and pinks. The florist felt that the pink would show up in the photos better because of all of the goldtones that would already be in the wedding photos in our church. If I could go back, I wouldn't change a thing! I got many compliments on the combinations. They were beautiful!

I've seen many different colors used. I went with what I liked best for the people involved, the photos, and my own personal preference. Best of luck!!

Answer 8

I'm getting married in 16 days!! I can't believe it's happening so fast!! :) I'm getting eager to just get it out of the way!! Lol! It will be beautiful though!!

We are using a variety of colors... Black & White together (lots of polka dot prints and stripes) and Azalea pink (a hot pink, now discontinued at David's Bridal). My bridesmaid's dresses are Azalea. We're doing our tables @ the reception with black and white printed cloths on them and silver bowls with a variety of pink and lime green flowers!! I can't wait to see how it turns out!! We're using silver some and lime green as well!! It's great to have a variety of colors so you're not pinned down to just one or two simple ones.

Good luck with picking your colors, and everything you have left to do with your wedding!! I'm sure you'll make a great decision!! :)

Answer 9

We had lilac, pink, yellow and light teal. Before we even thought of colours, we had gone 'looking' for ideas for bridesmaids' dresses. Well, the girls all fell in love with these beautiful summer dresses, tea-length, full skirt, sweetheart neckline, basque waistline and full skirt, short sleeves, and open back with wide straps crossing over. They were glossy white fabric, with little flowers on them of the aforementioned colours, resembling watercolor painted flowers. So that's where I pulled the colours from. I had a MOH and three bridesmaids, so each woman and her groomsman had 'a colour" - for example, one bridesmaid wore a pink wreath of flowers in her hair, had pink ribbons trailing from her bouquet, and her groomsman matched her (they all wore light grey tuxes) by having a pink bowtie and cummerbund.
It all made for a very beautiful, co-ordinated look! And it was fun to decorate with so many colours.
I've been to scores of weddings, and have seen every colour and colour combination under the sun. What didn't look great was a dark burgundy that looked almost black (and did look black in photos); the red and white fiasco - which just looked nuts; and the latest we were at had the bridesmaids in a champagne colour, which was just really, really boring. Many girls on Answers talk about using chocolate and pink, and I personally think it's just crazy - dull and too much like ice cream.
Prettiest I saw was a wedding in peach, looked really elegant.

Answer 10

I am getting married in August and we are using chocolate brown for the bridesmaids dresses with "baby girl" pink ribbon. I don't know what else to call the pink. When I say baby girl pink everyone knows what I am talking about.
All of the flowers are going to be different shades of pink. My wedding gown is ivory (even though this is my first wedding). There is going to be pink and brown everywhere. I have never seen anyone use my colors either. I don't think I even saw it in any of your answers here.