The Best Wedding Colour Palettes for Every Season
The wedding colour palette you choose acts as an anchor for your wedding style. In this blog, we will look at the best wedding colour palettes for every season to help you make the right colour statement for your big day.
Spring Wedding Colour Palettes
As the season of renewal, spring wedding colour schemes capture subtle pastel tones that are soft and romantic. Some trending spring colours include the following:
Mossy sage green: Mossy greens are the epitome of subtle, with slightly grey undertones. They are lovely on bridesmaid dresses and can be carried over into floral bouquets and arrangements with fragrant sprigs of eucalyptus. Mossy greens are also less-saturated, adding a more moody feel that's ideal for tone-on-tone wedding colour themes. Pair this soft green with French-inspired blues, classic golds, or pale pinks, or create contrast with pops of vibrant raspberry.
Blush pinks: The quintessential “pretty pink” is ideal for the June bride, as its blush pinks are ultra-feminine. They work beautifully across the entire wedding colour scheme, from bridesmaid dresses to flowers and table linens to place cards. For inspired wedding colour combinations, try subtle tones of purply mulberry or sea-inspired soft turquoises.
Lavender: Reminiscent of fragrant lilacs, lavender is the perfect spring wedding colour palette. It can be elevated with wedding colour combinations featuring rich creams, yet becomes whimsical when mixed with blush pinks and peach hues. Don't be afraid to experiment with deeper hues such as plums to add brightness.
Peach: Peach has a cheerful feel without being too orange. It is perfect for seasonal weddings in spring, adding more warmth with its yellow undertones. It works wonderfully when toned down to a creamy blush that plays into the trending minimal palette craze.
Summer Wedding Colour Palettes
Summer wedding colour combinations aren't shy, calling out for pops of colour in floral arrangements, wedding bouquets, and unexpected places such as groomsmen’s cumberbands and groom’s ties. Some summer wedding colours to consider include the following:
Pink: Beautiful pink flowers, ranging from soft roses to brilliant bougainvillea, create stunning colour statements for wedding colour palettes. Much bolder than blush pinks, the summer pinks go deeper and brighter, ranging from raspberry to watermelon and fuchsia to Barbie bubblegum. You don't have to make this bright tone the dominant colour. It is perfectly content taking a back seat to softer tones, adding a little more excitement without being too showy.
Blue: Inspired by summer skies and sparkling waters, blue offers many iterations ideal for summer weddings. Leaning into turquoise and aqua tones works well if you prefer brighter blues, while softer shades like classic wedgewood blues are delicate and pretty with an air of sophistication. Blues work well in wedding colour combinations ranging from pinks to creams, and lavenders to grassy greens.
Yellow: What can be more summery than sunny yellow with its vibrant, energetic vibe? When paired with bold floral colours in decorative touches like table linens, or whimsical attire such as bows on bridesmaids’ dresses or even wow factor groomsmen’s ties, yellow can be that punch of colour that makes your wedding stand out.
Coral: Deep, rich, cheerful, yet sophisticated, coral conjures up visions of romantic sunsets, pretty summer dresses, and brilliant tropical flowers. Ideal for weddings with beachy or tropical themes, it also works surprisingly well with rich emeralds, yet becomes more feminine when combined with soft rose.
Fall Wedding Colour Palettes
Fall wedding colour palettes are timeless, yet open to infusions of modern colours to make them more relevant to today's couples. Some heart-warming fall wedding colour combinations include the following:
Burgundy/wine: Ranging from rich plums to purply ports and red-leaning burgundies to rich wines, this is the richest of fall colours, filled with sophistication and romance. It also works well with wedding colour combinations, featuring neutrals such as elegant ivories, to create contrast or warmer tones like taupe. Burgundy works both as the focal point or an accent across a wide variety of wedding colour combinations, including deep greens, edgy blacks, or regal golds.
Rust: Inspired by summery corals, rust deepens a colour palette with the browner tones familiar in fall landscapes. Picture terracotta pots filled with late-blooming asters, and you get an idea of how rust factors into fall wedding colour palettes. It is nostalgic with a vintage feel that adds warmth to greenery as a lovely fall accent colour.
Browns: This nature-inspired colour is an important element in rustic fall wedding palettes, with wedding colour combinations ranging from plums to moss greens, and rich espressos to deep oranges. Browns are full of warmth, and fall in line with wedding decor trends where greenery and bare wood branches figure prominently in floral arrangements, centrepieces, and bouquets.
Evergreen: Deep green has become popular as a fall colour, despite it being the season of fiery autumnal displays. Evergreen is elegant, rich, and regal, and is part of an earthy neutral palette. It is also a statement colour for bridesmaids' gowns and wedding feast tablescaping, working exceptionally well on fabrics with a sheen.
Winter Wedding Colour Palettes
Winter weddings have a sense of luxury, with frigid weather calling for rich brocaded fabrics in jewel tones. Here are some wintery wedding colour palettes:
Sapphire: Sapphire blue is a classic winter colour inspired by icy palaces and the holidays. Its distinct sophistication elevates wedding attire, while pairing well with other nature-inspired winter colours such as snow-white, icy silver, or holiday-inspired golds.
Amethyst: A regal jewel tone, purple exudes old-world charm. Its ties to royalty and Baroque and Renaissance art make it feel ultra-chic. Deep purple is lovely with gold accents, and is fashion-forward alongside neutrals such as taupe and cream.
Ruby: Elegant reds create excitement and interest, especially in dramatic bouquets of solid red long-stem roses. Red can also make a statement with interesting, stark centrepieces featuring less common flowers such as anthuriums, poinsettias, or hibiscus. And, of course, it is the ultimate statement for chic wedding parties.
Emerald: A classic holiday colour, this green jewel tone is essential for winter wedding greenery with pine boughs softened by sprigs of eucalyptus. It is also perfect for bridesmaids' dresses paired with soft winter white, faux fur-trimmed bolero jackets or capes. Paired with gold or ruby red for contrast, emerald is the quintessential winter wedding colour.
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