Hot Wedding Colours For 2011

If you want to predict which colours will be big for the forthcoming season's weddings, you would be best to look at trends in home decor and catwalk designs. Assuming wedding trends will follow in these preceding footsteps, we can make some predictions as to which wedding colours will be hot for 2011 weddings.

Big colours for weddings in 2009 through 2010 have been green and pink, purples with plum, cobalt and navy as well as mono black and white. Early 2011 weddings may also see these colour trends reign supreme though the outlook for the forthcoming season may see something a little more spicy.

Unlike the weddings over the last year or so, the forthcoming trends for 2011 will be far more unusual. Traditional peach and champagne colours will be seen mixed with subdued greys. In addition, there will be unlikely fusions such as black and yellow as well as lime and purple.

On paper, this sounds a little scary but before you start to panic, you do not need to incorporate these colours too heavily in your overall scheme. You can still remain on trend without going the whole nine yards. On the flip side, if you are a bride destined for a bold statement, then go for broke and make a bold statement with some of these unusual yet incredibly eye-catching combinations.

The key to getting these stylish ideas right is to keep the main areas of your wedding style rather understated. In terms of your dress and the suits of the groomsmen it is best to keep these classical and very plain. This is a great way of accentuating your 'bold' wedding style elsewhere in the overall proceedings. It will be through your table decor, wedding invitations, bridesmaid dresses and wedding favours that you can realise this flamboyant styling.

Nude tones such as peach, pale coffee and coral are colours from a yesteryear palette that are itching to make a hit in 2011. These colours look best when blended with soft grey and gunmetal silver. Use these colours to their best effect with burnished silver favour boxes tied with Peach ribbon and topped with silver butterflies. Team your favours with peach, tangerine and coral floral arrangements immersed in galvanised bucket pots. Continue the theme with peach ribbon and silver butterflies on table plans, place cards and menus.

Making a bold statement in 2011 will also be the fusion of black and yellow. This bumblebee-esq colour scheme will look sensational when presented on a backdrop of crisp white table linen. Alternate black organza chair tie backs with effervescent yellow for true impact. Dot yellow and black cameras on tables and intermingle black and yellow paper petals as table scatter. Ask your cake decorator to alternate tiers in yellow and black. Go for square favour boxes with alternating bases and lids in yellow and black; finish them with one yellow flower and one black flower on the top to symbolise the marriage of the couple and of the two colours. Use artificial bees on wooden sticks in your floral arrangements and give younger guests pots of honey!

Purple tones are always in wedding fashion but as 2011 will be all about shocking contrasts rather than safe options, you need to make an impact and team this season's purples with light green. As we said previously, keep dresses and men's suits simple except for the bridesmaid dresses on which you may wish to introduce the colour scheme green dresses and purple sashes for instance?. You can then go for broken with reception style as you pack a punch with your green and purple partnership. A great way to get the colour scheme in is to have a cup cake tower. Choose green icing topped with purple African violet flowers and co-ordinating cup cake cases. Continue the African violet theme with your floral centrepieces. These are cheap and generally available all year round; they look so cute in terracotta pots that you could tie with mint green satin ribbon.

So, whether you are having a punch packing pretty peach affair, fancy being bold with black and yellow or prefer purples and plums with a dash of lime, you will be a bride who is hot footing it into 2011 in style!

 

An original article written by the team at Chloe Beck.
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