So far, the decision on “wedding colors” has been the easiest—but even then, that doesn’t mean everyone agrees! I was positive I wanted to include the color coral in the wedding colors. Sure, it’s trendy—or maybe it used to be trendy, and I’m just that far behind?—but it’s also at least a somewhat flattering color on me and the tones are good for a spring wedding.
Coral it was, then.
The slight problem came in deciding on a second color. Everyone says you’re “supposed” to have two wedding colors, right? I was fairly set on seafoam—I mean, look at these inspiration photos! How could you say no?
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So, coral and seafoam were definitely in. I debated for a while if I needed to have “secondary colors.” Eventually I decided that it doesn’t really matter! If I wanted to, I could add shades of blue, yellow, or lavender. Any of them would look good with coral and seafoam and with each other, so I don’t have to worry too much.
Did you use coral as one of your wedding colors? What other colors do you think would work?
I am using coral and pool/malibu blue and I guess ivory as an accent color. I love those colors together and I feel it will be perfect for our beachy theme because we are having a destination wedding.
I think coral is a beautiful color and can look good with many other colors like purples,greens,yellows…etc. Good luck to you, excited to see what you come up with and see your ideas!
Soooo pretty! Can’t wait to see how you bring your colors to life!
I am using coral as well! and I’m also using a similar accent color. I have told everyone it is a light teal but it might be more of a seafoam. Its kind of between a tiffany blue and a mint 
We must have similar taste. All the photos you posted are on my pinterest board!
I’m using a similar color palette with aqua, pale pink, pale orange and gold as my colors!
Those are my colors, with Gold/champagne accents. I’m also using some burlap & lace table runners.
I love these colors, Im having similar for my wedding. these table numbers are amazing. done anyone know where i can get them?
@joanne: I think those white frames are from Ikea; seems like they turned up very recently in a post. Then you just need to create a chevron-striped background and find some sort of paintable numbers that fit. If you try it, please post your results – good luck!
I don’t think you need to “make” the chevron – you can use scrapbook paper cut to size. My experiance is that this is usually cheaper then creating/printing.
Also, for numbers – check micheal’s wood crafts section and the ‘address numbers’ section of home depot and lowe’s.
I loved coral and seafoam when I started planning…but seafoam/mint is an unbelievable hard color to pin down/be consistent with…When done right, it’s gorgeous…but again, just hard to find.
We are having coral/peach flowers…BM dresses are periwinkle, MOH is in navy and groomsmen all in light gray. I would have never thought I’d have these colors but once you start looking, you quickly get ideas of what is do-able and what isn’t ….good luck!
I used a similar color scheme but I called it teal & peach. Our wedding was very small and had kind of a shabby chic feel to it…as well as a bird theme.
Yay for so many other coral brides!
@HaveGroomWillTravel ugh I had the exact same problem! when we get to bridesmaids dresses I’ll tell you more about the ridiculous problems I had with colors. They look gorgeous together though don’t they?
Coral was kind of hard to find sometimes too! I ordered tissue paper, etc. online.
I’m using orange/coral colors with eggshell blue accents. My wedding theme is rustic so we wanted to use those colors to give it a sunny sort of feel, and we think it will go well with the sunflowers we plan on using for bouquets and pew decorations.
This is such a lovely combination, I can’t wait to see what you do with it!
I really, really like that combo of colors. I wouldn’t use them as my wedding colors, because they’re not “us”, but I’ve seen a lot of wedding with similar combos and they are to die for.
Coral bride here! At first, I was going for almost the exact same colors as you. This was before I decided on a venue. After I decided on a venue, I thought that the blue and coral I was using looked weird with the deep gold walls of the reception room. I think its beautiful for an openy, airy spring like space but our venue is not that. So I am doing navy blue and coral with gold accents to tie in the venue decor.
I am using mint & pink! So very similar colors, I’m getting married late August, I didn’t want all pastels. So I decided on a medium pink, mint, & grey. Mint & grey are my main colors, while pink & some white (flowers) will be accent colors! I’m also using grey & white chevron table runners for my reception, I loved the way they brought fun into the tables! We found donna Morgan BM dresses in “spearmint”, I think that’s the “mint” I’ve been looking for! She has a lot of colors, for those of you looking for mints /teals /aquas!
Mrs. Lemur, Greenville, South Carolina Age and Occupation: 22, Graduate Student Fiance's Age and Occupation: 22, Security Officer Engagement Date: October 9, 2012 Wedding Date: May 2013 Venue: Pleasant Ridge Camp & Retreat Center About Me: I may fancy myself a doctor after too many episodes of House—but in reality I'm finally almost done with my degree in business administration (less than three months left!). My fiance and I met at school in undergrad hundreds of miles away from either of our hometowns and have been happily running and hiking together ever since. We're undertaking a long distance relationship as I finish school and we plan our casual wedding for a day after graduation—needless to say, it will be the busiest and most exciting weekend of our lives so far!
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