Choosing your wedding colors can be one of the most frustrating decisions, that you'll have to make. Nothing else can be really decided until you have selected a plan. Thus, we hope to remove some of the frustration you proposing some inspiring ways to come with your palette.
A good starting point is with paint companies. Each year most of the manufacturers of paint will come out with their annual trends color brochure. In the brochure, they will offer a series of colors (usually connected) different three or four that complement each other. You will find brochures in their stores or online. Choose the color of the combination that you like the most and make it the dominant colour. It is the color that you can then use to dresses bridesmaid, the links of married men, the invitation envelopes, cake icing of marriage, etc.. Choose and so on one or two of the other colours as flowers in bouquets, table centres toppings, napkins. Two vendors of painting to try are http://www.behr.com (choose the option "Smart color") and http://www.benjaminmoore.com (click on colors, then Style, then 2007 colors).
Tape reasons and decorative paper, such as those used in scrap booking, provide for wives beautiful color palettes. Decorative paper of the seller http://www.papermojo.com has a great article on their website in their "Gallery of Inspiration" that gives you several ideas of palette - purple and turquoise and copper cocoa. If you find decorative ribbon and paper you like for a color scheme, another advantage is that it can also be used in your decorations. Tapes can be used to bind the maps of the place of towels, monopolize the wedding favor bags and paper can be used as a backdrop to a white menus invitation or dinner. Discover tapes more beautiful and decorative paper to http://www.paperstudio.com.
Bottom of screen and printed fabric are the other sources of inspiration. Which is great, it is that you can free of charge, shaders and then carry these autour to match other aspects. It does not mean that you will need to use the fabric of your marriage, simply use the color as a guide. More dominant color in the pattern is probably that which you want to so dominant.
Many shops of decoration, such as Pottery Barn, Crate and barrel and Pier 1 ®, have large catalogs that show table ups set to display their dishes and dishes. There are many good ideas for combinations of colors here. Also, make sure you check table linen such as patterned fabric napkins, tablecloths and placemats, also known for the color groups of interest.
If you have decided you want to go with pastel or soft colours, discover the baby clothes and children of color combos fairly mild, especially of places like the gap or Gymboree ®. This may seem crazy, but another great source for a pastel palette are sets of eyelids. One of our favorites is Eye Shadow Trio of the Maybelline in almond truffles - beautiful coordinating shades of silver grey, lavender and blush.
If you have a marriage of Christmas, see high-end cards Christmas or gift wrap for this good combination of elegant seasonal colours. If you are looking for jewel tones, check costume jewels pins, which were generally a mixture of colors that work well together, or at least shades that go well with the gold and silver, which, as large, colour accents. See a few beautiful jeweller to http://www.pugster.comPIN. For a beach wedding it would seek an excellent point of departure for the dynamics of swimsuits or sarongs.
Another powerful tool, you can try is the Panel color Guide feature in the new version of Adobe Illustrator ® CS3. You select a color that you like and it will give you automatically three or four harmonious color combinations.
Also you have to use more than one color of your wedding. Just choose a color and use two or three different shades of it. But if you do not want a combination of colors, you want to a dominant color with color of focus not more than one or two. It would be also useful to have white cream or ivory somewhere in the mix. Also you have to go with the old adage of pastels lighter for spring and summer and shades darker for the fall and winter, unless, for example, your wedding photos will be opposite fall foliage and you are concerned about the holding of the Party of your marriage, clashes with the background.
Find more great ideas, suggestions and advice in our book, marriages with Style, or visit our website at http://www.dcpublishing.com.
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Gail Oliver & Gisèle Sullivan are the authors of the popular e-book, marriages with Style. Their ideas of marriage were published in Cosmopolitan magazine.
