Step 7 Get the groom and best man involved. The cummerbund, waistcoat, and tie can all be in the color theme of the wedding. And don't forget the buttonhole/corsage.
Step
8
Incorporate color with care. It is common
to have a color palette with up to five main colors for your wedding but you
do need to be careful that the colors don't overwhelm the wedding or create a sense of disjointed themes. Also,
an exact color match on everything is overwhelming; instead, go for
shade variations on the original colors. Rely on small touches here and there.
Rather than huge bold displays of it, such as the font color on invitations,
and little ribbon touches here and there.
·
Use
the color theme on the invitations,
the place cards, the ribbons around flower arrangements, the flowers in the
flower girl's hair or waist sash, and on the wedding cake.
·
If
the color of flowers you really wanted is not in season, rely on white flowers
and use the ribbons and other decorative elements
in the color of choice instead. This will still indicate the theme without
losing the beauty of the floral arrangements.
Step
9
Take care with color
on the wedding
cake. Aim for simplicity of color with the wedding
cake, as brightly colored food is not very appealing. Use a good cake maker
who is familiar with color matching, and also consider adding flowers to the
cake to reflect the color element.
Additional
helpful tips
·
Another
consideration when deciding on color is to know the effects that colors have
on people's moods. This can help you to decide what sort of "mood"
your color theme will suggest or create and may be an important factor for
your wedding plans.
·
Don't
forget that culture plays an important part in wedding colors. Make sure not
to choose colors that will, even though they mean nothing to you, have an
unpleasant meaning to those around you.
·
Even
the bride's dress can be a different color. White isn't essential, it's a
tradition from Victorian times but not one you have to follow. There are
variants on white (such as ivory, alabaster, cream, and so on) or change the
color completely and wear gold, pink, blue, red, or whatever takes your fancy.
One warning: it is important to let members of the immediate family know you're
not wearing white, so that they can be careful with their own colors.
