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After I boldly declared our red and green color scheme, I began thinking about adding an accent color to the mix. Accent colors can add a pop of unexpected fun or elegance while adding depth to the colors already in the mix. In our case, I was just hoping an accent color would help our wedding look less like a Christmas party and more like a wedding.

First, I decided to add white as an accent color. This one was pretty easy. I don’t think I have been to a wedding where white/ivory wasn’t involved somewhere. It kinda goes with the territory, so to speak.

But adding white did not help alleviate the feeling that Santa is coming to town.

Image via Suggestsoft

So, I decided that more color should be added to our palette to even things out a bit.

First, I thought I would add the rich, beautiful colors shown in this invitation suite:

Image via Printable Press

Adding these blues, oranges, and yellows would certainly dispel my worries of our wedding looking too Christmasy. But…I think it’s too much color. Yeah, I can’t believe I just said that either.

I love color, but I felt like I would be overwhelmed using so many different colors. I know that I would want to coordinate everything with all five colors, and I would end up giving myself a migraine. Or ulcer.

Moving on, I thought brown would make an excellent accent color. Mr. Pony wanted to get married outside amongst the trees, and I thought a nice brown/wood grain would make the perfect addition. I even went so far as to buy this yummy wood-grain paper for future paper projects.

Image via LCI Paper

Luckily this was the only wedding-related purchase I made with this color scheme in mind, because we soon found out that our plan of marrying in a grove of trees was not going to happen. (Don’t worry, I’ll cover this tragedy in future posts.)

So, back at square one, I started contemplating what other color we could add to this shindig. Then I found something I wanted to buy really really badly.

Image by The Party Fairy via Art Fire

The ubiquitous paper straw. They are so pretty! And in gray, the straws are so elegant looking. I have to have them. So I again asked Mr. Pony if we could add gray to our wedding colors. After he acquiesced, the Ponies had their final color scheme: green, red, white, and gray.

I think it falls somewhere between elegant and crazy, but I think we have enough moxie to pull it off. And I think Santa would approve.

What do you think of accent colors? How did you choose yours?

On a related note…do you love paper straws? Do you love the word moxie?