Color Crisis

Color Crisis

February 21st, 2010 @ 2:15 pm by Mrs. Argyle
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Recently, I fell in love with gray and yellow. I always loved those two colors together, but really had my heart set on “Garnet, Tangerine and Chocolate” for the wedding colors. Don’t get me wrong, I just had a moment of “Ooo, these colors could be fun and modern!”

And, to give you a taste of the gloriousness that is gray and yellow, here you go:

Thanks to Miss Joey for this inspiration. I just love the yellow envelopes!

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A shout out to the lovely Dallas Brides Something Blue blog for this one! I just love the contrast.

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I think the guys would look great in gray suits, but with pops of yellow (tie/bow-tie, socks, etc.). AND, I already purchased that J.Crew gray dress on the top left (LOVES it) to wear to a wedding.

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I tried to do a bit of convincing with Mr. Argyle, but I was getting some negative feedback. Don’t get me wrong, I love our ideas for making the reds and oranges really pop. Plus, I bought those GORGEOUS Kate Spades that I am beyond excited about. I could not possibly change my mind now (although I would obviously wear those shoes anyway).

Did any of you waver between colors and have a hard time choosing?

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36 Responses to “Color Crisis”

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Carbon Girl (message) 691 posts, Busy bee

My “other wedding” the one in spring, not winter, would have had yellow and grey as the main colors. It is fun to think of the what if’s sometimes.

2/21/10 @ 2:22 pm (reply)

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Jamielee (message) 142 posts, Blushing bee

I totally understand! Like Carbon Girl, my “other wedding” is rustic red and kraft.. unlike my “real wedding” which is romantic pink and green.

I decided to use my “other wedding” ideas for my rehearsal dinner! Can you fulfill your yellow and gray dreams at your rehearsal dinner, or bridal shower?

2/21/10 @ 2:26 pm (reply)

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Miss Scissors (message) 7,343 posts, Bee Keeper

I have a continued love affair with yellow and gray. Originally, our color palette was black, white, and process cyan. Then I went all bonkers, and now it’s rainbow. :p

2/21/10 @ 2:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Cardigan (message) 8,645 posts, Bee Keeper

My colors are gray and yellow and I LOVE them! My “other wedding” would be red and turquoise though - love that combo!

2/21/10 @ 2:30 pm (reply)

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gill84 (message) 725 posts, Busy bee

I hear you! After I had picked my colours based on the fact that my original choices were unlikely to work well together, I found some inspiration boards that showed that they could! I think we just need to realize there are many many awesome combinations, and just go with one.

Thanks for showing us grey & yellow!

2/21/10 @ 2:33 pm (reply)

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Miss Spaniel (message) 6,792 posts, Bee Keeper

LOVE these colors together and wear them all the time… but for some reason, I never thought of using gray in the wedding palette! If only I’d discovered wedding blogs sooner.

2/21/10 @ 2:36 pm (reply)

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bellenga (message) 7,536 posts, Bee Keeper

I love that color combo Miss Argyle and think grey and yellow does pop.

Our colors are just fun summery colors and I’m glad we’re using a grassy green and a coral/pink color!

Originally I was going with pink, aqua and black as a base color, but our new colorscheme is really reflective of us and the time of year and place.

2/21/10 @ 2:40 pm (reply)

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Golden139 (message) 1,768 posts, Buzzing bee

I love this color combo! We’re still deciding on a palette, but this is definitely a contender.

2/21/10 @ 2:44 pm (reply)

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EMARILU (message) 322 posts, Helper bee

I l♥ color! n had so many color schemes in mind. What I’m doing is as others mentioned is using the other colors I love for my rehearsal dinner, n my friends are using them for my bridal shower also.

2/21/10 @ 3:13 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Star (message) 2,057 posts, Buzzing bee

I totally had a hard time sticking with our colors, you’re not alone!

2/21/10 @ 3:41 pm (reply)

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Ella1978 (message) 2,027 posts, Buzzing bee

Very pretty. Saw one somewhere that was grey and hot pink… LOVE. Don’t think my fiance loves pink, so I avoided - but the muted grey and the bright pop of pink (really more of a fuscia) was pretty amazing. I think yellow does the same thing.

We changed our colors half way thru the planning, and if stuff wasn’t already ordered, I’d probably change them again. We started with Watermelon, Cherry & Orange. But everything was really starting to be red - and it wasn’t what I wanted. So we switched, and really focused on black and white, now with just a touch of green… but like I said, I’d love to change it again.. is that bad? I love color.

2/21/10 @ 3:50 pm (reply)

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g8rgirl1020 (message) 374 posts, Helper bee

I’d always talked about having a fall wedding colors- with rich yellows, oranges, reds, and browns. But after FI and I decided to change our wedding to the spring, I thought about pink and green, but after falling in love with a tie on etsy, we finally decided on navy and coral.

2/21/10 @ 4:41 pm (reply)

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Miss Paisley (message) 243 posts, Helper bee

I couldn’t reign myself in colors-wise, so now we’re having our “main” colors as peach and pale aqua, but certain areas of the reception will have other colors that look great together, too, like the bar area will have poppy and aqua, and the candy buffet pink, brown and aqua.

2/21/10 @ 4:49 pm (reply)

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LittleMissNinjaTurtle (message) 50 posts, Worker bee

I change ALL THE TIME! Everyone was really suprised when I chose grey as a wedding color because everything I own is neon! My thinking was I could just use grey as the main color and then just have a rainbow of accent colors! (I love, LOVE, LOVE color!)

2/21/10 @ 5:19 pm (reply)

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LittleMissNinjaTurtle (message) 50 posts, Worker bee

Ps. I LOVE this inspiration board! Thank you for posting it!

2/21/10 @ 5:20 pm (reply)

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Miss Hot Wings (message) 2,213 posts, Buzzing bee

In the beginnign I wavered alll the time. But thank goodness I’ve settled down a bit. I have to keep reminding me that our wedding won’t be the last event I ever plan. It’s tough though.

2/21/10 @ 5:37 pm (reply)

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Miss Pencils (message) 1,027 posts, Bumble bee

sigh, I love the yellow and grey. You’re colors will be so beautiful though!

2/21/10 @ 7:48 pm (reply)

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Miss Argyle (message) 2,516 posts, Sugar bee

@Carbon Girl, @Jamielee: I love that you two are calling them your “other wedding.” Too funny!

@Miss Scissors: I love your rainbow of colors - fun and bold!!

@Miss Spaniel: I catch myself wearing it more and more now, haha.

@EMARILU: Good thinking using your “other” colors for your rehearsal and showers!

@Miss Hot Wings: So true! We still have a ton of events left in this lifetime!

@Miss Pencils: Thanks, lady!

2/21/10 @ 7:52 pm (reply)

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Roux (message) 1,352 posts, Bumble bee

I keep changing my mind too. FFI really wants red, I really want pale green and gold. We sort of comprimised on red and gold, but now I think thats too christmassy and our wedding will be in spring (November). And then one of the bees posted about her love of champagne pink dresses, and I fell in love with that colour and now I want Champagne pink, gold and pale green for the wedding.

*sigh*Maybe if I let FFI name our first born whatever he wants I can choose colours.

2/21/10 @ 7:53 pm (reply)

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Panda Pez (message) 306 posts, Helper bee

Our April 2011 wedding will have a yellow & gray color scheme. I’ve gotten some funny reactions to the palette from my fiance, fam, & friends - that is..until I showed them the inspiration board I designed. They are now SOLD & even commended me on my creativity. Happy Panda!

2/21/10 @ 8:17 pm (reply)

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