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I finally made it to Home Depot to thieve some paint chips for assembling our color palette.
Our primary colors will be pale aqua (almost robin’s egg blue) and a hot tomato red-orange. Accent colors will be our neutrals (from pure white to maple to barn brown), green (from greenery and nature) and less saturated versions of the tomato in the forms of coral, salmon and azalea (mostly from the girls’ dresses).
Given the wide variety of colors, I was concerned that we could go from “Hip Farm” to “OH MY BLEEDING EYES!” if we didn’t get the colors just right and exercise some hue-related restraint.
So, I started playing with our paint chips. Here’s the final color inspiration:
What do you think? How did you get inspired to choose your wedding colors?
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I love it! Summery like watermelon and swimming pools. Perfect! Makes me want to change my dark rich winter colors!
Your main colors are very similar to Miss Dachsund’s wedding, I love the combo! So hot right now…. 
Pretty!! They’re really popular colors!!! It’s a great combination!
I like it! I like how you’ve thought through all of the accent colors, too. There’s no need to stick to 2 or 3 colors!
Thanks for the feedback all!
These colors do seem to be very popular right now (they’re pretty common in political campaigns and they’re colors in the Chicago flag…almost). We looked at a variety of combos (we thought about hot pink a lot…an homage to the bathroom, I suppose ), but this scheme seemed to fit the best for the season, locale, and aesthetic. Mr. Snow always says “Color combos are popular because they work” and I suppose he’s right.
@Miss Trail Mix: Yes, I loooove Miss/Mrs (Has the Hallowedding happened?!?!) Dachshund’s colors!!
Very pretty! I especially love the pairing of red and green and blue. Never heard of the paint chip idea, but that makes so much sense. It’s also great because you can literally take your palette with you when you’re shopping.
Hi Miss Snow, I love your color palette. We wrote a post on our blog about choosing colors for your wedding. http://fireflygroupevents.com/blog/?p=284 we list some websites that help you choose your color palates.
Love it! “OH MY BLEEDING EYES!” you are too freakin funny… I think the paint man at Lowes got a little suspicious of all the paint chip pilfering I was doing.
Gorgeous! Love those colors together…I have two whole pages of paint chips….
I love that combo! We used paint chips too and it made it easy to coordinate colors.
The colors are beautiful together. I can’t wait to see the final product And I never thought of paint chips… totally will remember that for friends!
Love the colors!
And… paint chips are free?! When did I miss this memo!
Beautiful! Love that you used paint chips — we were going to play around with colors that way, but never made it to home depot.
We have the same color scheme! I love it…it can be translated into so many different styles! We’re adding a little silver to it as well to make it fit with our art deco theme.
What a unique palette! I was worried about bleeding eyeballs, too (we chose bright pink, orange, and yellow), but I think we’ll both be fine. : )
I chose my colors the same way with paint chips, except it took not one, not two, but THREE trips to Home Depot. Every time I got some home, I would want more! I’m SO happy with my palette now though
http://bellsandbouquets.blogspot.com/2009/08/finding-perfect-purple-palette.html
I think your wedding is going to look awesome with those colors can’t wait to see how you incorporate them
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Miss Snow, Madison, WI/Asheville, NC
Age and Occupation: 28, PhD student
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Graphic Designer
Engagement Date: August 5, 2009
Wedding Date: June 2010
Venue: Claxton Farm
About Me: I am true Southern gal displaced in the beautiful and blustery midwest. A true theatre geek at heart, I love any kind of performance and spend most of my time researching old productions in dank library archives. When not in the library, I love music (punk rock, bluegrass, and everything in between), design in all forms, any reality TV show on Bravo (especially those that feature housewives or sharp knives), beer and wine from Oregon, and exploring the outdoors. My fiance and I are true best friends, and he inspires me every day. After a long and happy dating relationship, we’ve decided to tie the knot in the mountains of North Carolina, our home state. We’re planning a long-distance, largely-DIY, eco-conscious hip farm affair that celebrates family, friends, and love.
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