Wedding Colour Schemes

Choosing a wedding colour scheme can be a huge source of worry. You'll want to think about the time of year - traditionally deep burgundies and dark green would be better suited to winter weddings for example.

The colouring of your bridesmaids may influence you, plus colours that you think would look good in your bouquet against your dress.

Finally your venue may play a part if it has carpet or walls that are a strong colour. You may want to introduce a second colour e.g. hot pink with black or orange with chocolate to use either as accessories for bridesmaids or for some flowers and table decorations.

Hot Wedding Colours for 2012

2012 sees a different twist on some old favourites, plus some new entries to the traditional wedding colour palette.

The big trend is on the blue side of the spectrum - particularly the bright and deep blues. Navy is being used in a big way for the first time, either put with silver/white or with a contrast colour such as hot pink or lemon. 2011's big trend of royal and cobalt blue are also still looking good, especially with silver accents.

Other hot colours are purple - particularly the deeper shades. Red is also popular, but for a modern look it's being used with silver, rather than the traditional gold.

On the brighter end of the spectrum, orange and spring green are giving a refreshing feel and are particularly suited to Spring and Summer weddings. Orange is also being teamed with mocha or chocolate brown for a modern twist.

Last year's radical new trend of black and white is still looking good, sometimes with an additional accent of red or hot pink to give it a funky edge.

And looking to the future - we predict the next 'different' colour scheme will be a sophisticated grey for 2013.

Wedding Colour Schemes

Orange Complementary Colours: Chocolate, Hot Pink, Aqua Browse Orange Accessories »		Purple Complementary Colours: Silver, Hot Pink, White Browse Purple Accessories »

Spring Green Complementary Colours: Silver, Ivory, Pink Browse Spring Green Accessories »		Blue Complementary Colours: Silver, Orange, Yellow Browse Blue Accessories »

Ivory Complementary Colours: Gold, Navy, Purple Browse Ivory Accessories »		Red Complementary Colours: Black, Silver, White Browse Red Accessories »

Pink Complementary Colours: Navy, Orange, Silver Browse Pink Accessories »		White Complementary Colours: Hot Pink, Navy, Silver Browse White Accessories »

Chocolate Complementary Colours: Orange, Pink, Ivory Browse Chocolate Accessories »		Black and White Complementary Colours: Hot Pink, Red, Silver Browse Black Accessories »

Gold Complementary Colours: Orange, Red, Ivory Browse Gold Accessories »		Silver Complementary Colours: Navy, Hot Pink, White Browse Silver Accessories »