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The most common email request we receive from brides are ones that ask for help with color schemes. While we can’t pick out your color scheme for you, we can give you some guidelines to help you get started and pick colors that are complementary.

1. If you want to use a particular flower, you can build your color scheme around that color.

2. Rule out any colors that don’t sound appealing as bridesmaids dresses.

3. Take into consideration the carpeting and decor of your venue to choose complementary colors.

4. Think about themes or motifs (such as leaves) you might want on your invitations and stationery.

5. Consider the season you’re getting married in. Spring usually suggests soft gentle colors. Summer includes vibrant bold colors. Fall means rich harvest hues in yellow, orange, red, and brown. Winter suggests burgundys, blues/purples, white, and silver.

6. Use many shades of one color.

7. Use neutrals to complement one color and to have that color stand out.

8. If you’re using related colors, use colors that are next to it on the color wheel.

9. Visit your local fabric store for inspiration.

10. Choose colors depending on their meanings.

Red - beauty, strength, passion, celebration and luck.
Light blue - health, happiness, patience and creativity.
Yellow - intellect, friendship and cooperation.
Green - fertility, nature, peace and harmony.
Pink - love and friendship.
Orange - stimulates, creates energy, color of knowledge.
Purple - royalty, mystery, spirituality and growth.
White - peace, protection, purity and fairness.

These tips were adapted from Wedding Clipart - a wedding clipart site as the name suggests, but they also have some very helpful articles pertaining to all different aspects of wedding planning. Also check out blissweddings‘ flower database that lets you search for flowers by color, season, and region.

Coming in Part II - Understanding the color wheel and types of color schemes defined.

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