Spring is here, and it's my inspiration for today's blog entry about colors. While weddings tradionally vibrate rich hues of reds, oranges and greens, receptions give you the opportunity to explore the rest of the color wheel. Here are two basic steps to picking your perfect colors:
1) Start with the colors that are the most important to you and your fiance. Are you trying to incorporate two different religions or backgrounds? Did you attend the same undergraduate institution and want to incorporate your Alma Mater colors?
2) Once you have an initial idea of the color that is the most important to you, you can choose your second color in a few ways. Here are two basic theories for harmonizing colors using the color wheel: (displayed above courtesy of www.realcolorwheel.com).
- Complementary Colors: To choose a complimentary color, first find your initial color on the color wheel and then choose the color directly across from it. Colors that are directly across from each other on the color wheel are the most contrasting and therefore complement each other. For example, a deep violet with a lime green looks fantastic.
- Analogous Colors: The concept here is to choose colors that are right next to each other on the color wheel. So for example, you could have a navy blue with a lighter blue or a darker green with a lighter green.
Till next time, happy color-ing!
1 comment:
yah!!! you have well said that"While weddings tradionally vibrate rich hues of reds, oranges and greens, receptions give you the opportunity to explore the rest of the color wheel." Colors are the important part of our life. If both are like red then maintain red color as in background. Decorate your wedding venues with that color as much as possible.
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