Welcome to our video series of the top 20 questions brides ask when planning their wedding.  Our topic today will be Wedding Colors.  There are five basic choices.

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Choice One is Neutral colors.  Neutral colors are: black, brown, and white.  Black means deepest black to pale grey.  Brown means deep, rich brown to palest beige.  White means stark white to soft creamy whites.  So, your neutrals are black, brown and white.

Neutral colors go with any other color, and of course, go with each other.  Think black and white.  Very elegant.  If you want a calm, sophisticated feel to your décor, go with neutrals and the occasional splash of color.  If you want the décor to be lively and fun, go with a stronger use of bold colors.

Let’s start with the color wheel to make things simple. There are many different color wheels with different types of colors—one might be a pastel color wheel, another color wheel might have bright colors, and another might have colors that are muted with a grey undertone.

There is no right or wrong.  Any color wheel that you like will work.  I suggest that you google “images” and type in color wheel to see the many choices you have available to you.

So, how do you choose your wedding colors?  Well.  Pick a starting color—any one.  You can always change your mind and try again until you like the result.

For this video, let’s pick blue to start with, as many grooms choose this colour, which drives most brides crazy!!  So, let’s look at the dark blue options on this color wheel.  This leads us to wedding colour choice # 2.

The rule here is different shades of the same color go together.

So if you have one shade of blue for the bridesmaid dresses, and the reception site has a different shade of blue for the napkins, don’t panic.  All shades of the same color work together.

Choice three has this rule:  colors next to each other on the color wheel go together.

In our example, that means turquoise blue and/ or purple—depending how many colours you want in your color scheme.  In fact, you could choose blue and turquoise blue as your two main colors, and add purple into the flowers for added pop.  Play around.  The rule is that ‘colors next to each other on the color wheel go together’.

Choice Four is “colors opposite each other on the color wheel go together”.

In our example of blue, that means a melon orange.  Your sweetheart wants blue and you want something bright and cheerful?  No problem.  Choose melon with blue accents and he gets blue and you get a nice bold color to make a great statement.  To expand on the color scheme, you can add more shades of melon or more shades of  blue following the rule that ‘shades of the same color work together’.  You can add colors that are next to blue or melon, like a true orange, or a more yellow-orange color, using the rule ‘colors next to each other on the color wheel go together’.  Play around and have fun with the colors.

Choice Five is a little complicated to understand, but it’s easy if you pay close attention.

So, Choice Five is “three colors an equal distance apart on the color wheel”.

Three colors away from blue going clockwise would mean pink, and three colors away from blue going counter-clockwise would be lime green. So.  Lime-green – Blue -Pink.  Classic colors that go well together.

Let’s do another example.  Let’s start at the color yellow.   Three colors to right from yellow  is  orange.  Three colors to the left of yellow is turquoise.  Those are your three colors that go together.

Choose any starting colour, and apply any of these rules and you will have the perfect colour combination.  When choosing your wedding colours, these five choices should serve you well and help you decorate with confidence.  Good luck, and congratulations on your upcoming wedding.