Wedding Times

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When you are choosing a color scheme for your flower arrangements, you’ll want to stick close to the colors you have chosen for your wedding. Here are a few different schemes for your wedding and tips on choosing the right colors for your flowers.

White

An all white color scheme is very popular. It matches the bride’s dress and it also lends a clean, crisp feeling to everything. Include lots of lush greenery so that your flowers don’t get lost in a sea of white. To give all white arrangements extra flair, add bold shades that make great accents. For the bridal bouquet for instance, you can mix red roses with white roses. Or give the bridesmaids bouquets of red roses while reserving white bouquet for the bride.

Pink and Green

A pink and green color scheme is very popular for contemporary weddings. For centerpieces, choose soft pink blossoms that are surrounded with lots of greenery. Pastels work well so choose blooms of the softest shade possible. The bride can carry pink roses on a background of rich foliage.

Seasonal Colors

Some colors work better in some seasons and not so well in others. For example, a burgundy and emerald color scheme for a wedding is perfect for a wedding around Christmas time. The flowers that work best with this type of scheme are red roses, holly berries, and poinsettias. Flowers such as hydrangeas, calla lilies, and lavender roses work well for the winter bouquets and decorations. Get creative and compliment your arrangements with bold shades of dark evergreens or pinecones that have had their tips spray-painted gold.

Red and black is another wonderful color scheme to use at winter. This is a very dramatic look and is mainly chosen by adventurous couples who want to add a little bit of a gothic feel to their wedding. Although it’s unconventional, this look can be made elegant and beautiful by using deep red roses that have black lace loosely wrapped around them.

Traditional spring arrangements lend themselves to pastel yellows, pink, and lavender. Lily of the Valley is a very traditional spring wedding flower but can be expensive. Gardenias and roses are also very popular choices and fall in nicely with the color scheme, as they’re available in just about any color you choose.

The modern spring wedding is slightly different, commonly using bright pinks, yellows and purples. Choose to use brightly colored designs or have arrangements made mainly of white flowers with bright blooms used as accents. Following the theme of spring, tulips are a preferred flower to used. Colored calla lilies are another great option. Make an impact with bright flowers by placing a different color at the center of every table at the reception. It will stop individual colors from overwhelming and will create a beautiful air.

Pink

All pink is a wonderful color scheme for either a traditional or modern spring wedding. This look portrays a sense of super femininity and crafts an air filled with romance. Pink roses will look stunning but if you feel that roses are too overdone, calla lilies, dahlias, pansies, peonies and hydrangeas all work well.

Yellow

Yellow gives the atmosphere a sense of a new beginnings and optimism, perfect emotions to display at a wedding. Options for yellow wedding flowers choose among roses, lilies, tulips, daffodils, and gerberas.

Because there is such a large variety of floral color schemes available, first decide what you want the color scheme to be for the entire wedding and match your flowers to that.