Our wedding is big on meaning. There are a lot of things that are really special to us and we want to incorporate them in our big day. Mr. Palm Tree said it best when discussing Pad and Pie, our flower girls: “Our wedding is going to be so meaningful. Rev Fun officiating us and Pad and Pie being the flower girls…it’s going to be really full of love.”
I know, I know—gag you with a spoon, right?
Needless to say, though, our wedding colors would also fit with us. I know there are a lot of really pretty color themes that are in right now:
Image via TheKnot / Really bright, popping colors
Image via Bridal Canvas / The awesome peacock trend
Image via TheKnot / Soft, pretty hues
As is typical of my life and attitude, I didn’t know—or care—about trends when I thought about our wedding colors. For as long as I can remember, I’ve known (after discussing with Mr. Palm Tree, of course) that our colors would be sapphire and aquamarine after our birthstones. Say it with me now: vommmmm awwwwwwwwwww.
Until I got heavy into wedding planning, I didn’t really think about splashes of color. I sincerely thought we’d just alternate the shades of blue: bridal party in aquamarine, groomsmen in sapphire; flowers the opposite of whichever color; napkins in both. You get the picture. No? Let me show you:
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Image via TinyEyeLabs
As much as I love the above two colors together, the first thing I think of is: snow. The second: cold. Get where I’m going with this? Considering we’re getting married in May and I sincerely despise anything even remotely winter related, this is not the look I wanted.
I mixed in some color and was much happier with the results:
Image via TinyEyeLabs / Some of these images are really bizarre, aren’t they? Sheesh.
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The first one had a percentage of purple, the second had a percentage of pink. Both had hints of yellow and green. I like the overall look of the second one more, I think because the purple and the blues mixed too much.
After I discussed the added splashes of color with Mr. PT, who surprisingly wholeheartedly agreed upon their necessity, I set to work finding inspiration pics featuring these colors. My main idea is to have the beautiful Pad and Pie decked out in multi-colored something or other, but I’m still toying.
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MS Paint creation by yours truly, sources as follows, from top left to right: One via Bells and Whistles; Two via Style Me Pretty / by The Rhoads; Three via Sun Kissed Weddings; Four via Sakura Photography; Five via Wedding Channel; Six via Curbly; Seven via Wedding Wire; Eight via Etsy and Nine via Etsy
With the help of Pinterest, I was able to create (a term I use loosely, mind you, considering it was a quick MS Paint mashup) what I am referring to as an idea board. Any time I see any—or all—of the colors I have in mind, either as “main” or “complementary,” I quickly save it. None of them are THE Vision, but I think the one that truly embodies what we’re going for is image eight of the bouquet against the yellow: Although the shades are a bit off, it does capture the overall idea. I’d like to add another color in there (pink, silver, light purple) to break up the blues/greens, or maybe if there was more yellow in the actual bouquet and it rested on a silver background I’d be more pleased. Still, it’s nice to have a starting point and, again, one of the best things about starting the planning process so early is that I still have time to play before I/we decide.
How did you pick your colors? Do you have any color suggestions for me or others in “play” mode? 
The idea of using birthstones as color inspiration never occurred to me, I think it’s the cutest idea ever! I immediately looked up my FI’s birthstone, red, woo was already going with that color! Mine’s blue…not sure how they would look together. But I love this and it’s awesome you guys are using them!
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I was first shown this in a game-modeling class, for color theory. It will give you the best shades of complimentary colors!
I don’t think you need to worry about having those two colours on their own looking cold, it’s all about percentage. It’s true, the 50-50 split does look a little cold, but if you put more emphasis on the aquamarine, it’ll warm it up. Also, with a colour scheme website like that, although it is useful to see how the colours work together, it’s hard to tell without looking at your personal wedding elements how they’ll work together. My advice would be hold off on another accent until you start seeing how they actually work with your wedding elements, and then see if you need to warm it up. Also, I would say a neutral or metallic would work best, so as not to take away from the sentimentality of your scheme.
Great idea! I immediately thought of our birthstones, and I am already using those colors, lol. Feb and Oct, amethyst and pink tourmaline or opal. I picked them because I just love the idea of formal hot pink bridesmaids dresses, and then I started noodling with a berry idea, getting the deeper pinks and violets. I really enjoyed tinyeyelabs and the colorschemedesigner. Thanks for sharing.
What a cute idea to use your birthstones! We don’t really have official wedding colors – does that make me a bad bride?
I love the idea of using your birthstone colors! Mine is diamond and Mr. T’s is aquamarine. I told him that someday, I’d love for him to buy me a diamond-and-aquamarine piece of jewelry.
@Ms_Maple: We didn’t have official wedding colors, either.
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Pretty! I love that you are using your birthstones as inspiration!
@bmb5260: Aw, thank you! Red and blue go GREAT together – think of all things nautical. Even if you didn’t want to go that route, they still play off of each other nicely. I wore a pair of red heels and red jewelry with a blue-and-white striped dress and it looked awesome (if I do say so myself). I think you could definitely incorporate both colors!
@wouldyoukindlyy: GASP. Goodbye afternoon! ha. Thank you for showing this to me!
@pocketfox: Thank you for the kind words and suggestions. In person, the colors definitely don’t look as ‘cold’ as the multiple images represent, but we didn’t want to have everything be straight blue, either. For our invitations and such, we ended up throwing in hints of yellow and silver and everything looks pretty cohesive overall.
@mtkny: I’ve always been so jealous of February girls, because purple is my favorite color! I think going for deeper pinks and purples is a great idea and it’ll photograph fabulously.
@Ms_Maple: Heck no! You do you, girl! 
I’m just crazy and one of those ‘there’s a place for everything and everything in it’s place’ type of people/Brides. I always joke that I’m not a Bridezilla, I’m just a ‘Zilla by nature.
@Mrs. Treasure: Aquamarine is such a pretty stone. My first piece of jewelry from Mr. PT was a gorgeous aquamarine ring. I love that you’d be able to rock some rocks (see what I did there? ) that also have meaning. I’m a saaaaap.
@Ahsan Raza: Thank you, I definitely agree when comparing those two pictures.
@Mrs. Toadstool: 100% agree. Sometimes you start in the middle of nowhere and find yourself where you want or needed to be.
@Mrs. Pony: Thank you! It’s always been a thing to me, I think because the blues just work well together.
I love your inspiration photos…I’d love to use Sapphire for my main wedding color!
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Mrs. Palm Tree, Pittsburgh, PA Age and Occupation: 23, Lease Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 25, Associate Systems Analyst Engagement Date: December 22, 2011 Wedding Date: May 2013 Venue: The Fez in Aliquippa, PA About Me: I’m Miss Palm Tree - an opinionated, loyal and outgoing bride-to-be. I currently work as a Lease Analyst by day and a catering assistant by night. Mr. Palm Tree is a Computer Engineer with a love for all things cats. Mr. Palm Tree and I are absolute soul mates. Having grown up across the street from each other (I have the scars to prove it), we have been a part of each other’s lives for almost as long as we can remember. We are far from perfect: we fight, we get annoyed with each other and we certainly take advantage of knowing one another so well when pushed to the edge, but ultimately, what truly defines us as a couple is our love.
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