Laura Lindsley
Laura Lindsley 17 Aug 2017

how did yous all decide on colour schemes? I'm finding myself constantly...

how did yous all decide on colour schemes? I'm finding myself constantly changing :|

60 Comments
UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

We are having a Xmas wedding and the venue has a real xmas tree which they decorate in red and gold so we went with that. X

Rebecca Sullivan
Rebecca Sullivan 17 Aug 2017

I picked a colour scheme to start with, one of the first things I decided on... a few weeks later when we were further into planning ( set a date etc) the scheme changed to fit with the season we are marrying in (winter)

Bryony Hamm
Bryony Hamm 17 Aug 2017

I actually asked my fiancé to choose. I had a few ideas but I let him decide. He chose my favour colour just cos he thought it would look nice (not because it was my favourite) we are having a mixture of different purples and white.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

The colour of my dress gave me my colour scheme, I knew from the beginning I didn't want white (or a shade of white like ivory or cream) so as I found a lilac dress purple was the colour we went for..

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

we had pastel rainbow kept seeing it everywhere and thought thats different and i love pastel colours x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I had blue yellow and grey

A member uploaded image

Julianne Heffernan
Julie Heffernan 17 Aug 2017

We have a loose colour scheme for the bridal party. But not for the venue. I wanted colour and lots of it x

Donna Palmer
Donna Palmer 17 Aug 2017

I choose blue fiancé wanted different colours so went with his choice 🙂

Amber Neat
Amber Neat 17 Aug 2017

I chose the colour I liked for my bridesmaids, that would suit them etc and went from there

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

i did too so I went for a country garden flowers theme then pretty much any colour will go if you keep it all varied, and went pastels for bridesmaids and groomsmen ties etc

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I was like this but me and my partner have decided with coral and turquoise

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

H2b chose ours x

Bethan Roberts
Bethan Roberts 17 Aug 2017

We kinda just decided on colours we love, so went with those. We're having a bright blue with a baby pink xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Was my fav colour

Jayne Mallinson
Jayne Mallinson 17 Aug 2017

We are having a winter wedding in November. We went with royal blue silver and ivory..xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I knew I wanted pastels, but it was actually when we picked the bridesmaids dresses that the colour scheme came about. The dress the girls picked came in loads of colours, so I let each if them choose a pastel shade. This was the final result.....

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I wanted navy blue at 1st but my fiancé said let's go bright as it was an august wedding, he chose bm dresses, hot pink! They were gorgeous!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

My h2b asked me to marry him in Liverpool , as his mum is dead and she is from Liverpool . He wanted her to be part of it . He supports Liverpool football club so it seemed like the only we could have was Liverpool red . My h2b was so pleased when I suggested it to him xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

We just went for our favourite colours and they happened to match in perfectly with our theme

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I chose turquoise and royal blue. Turquoise was my mums favour colour (she is no longer with us) and royal blue is my favourite colour and knew OH wouldn't have a problem with royal blue.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Hubby picked our s . purple is is favourite colour and as I was sorting everthing else I let him have it ( its also a colour I love if he'd picked orange he would have been over ruled ! )

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

We started with the colours of my fiancé's family kilt, then seasonal flowers for when we're getting married (summertime) helped us pick lighter accent colours!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

My favourite colour is purple I changed my mind loads on which shade though finally settled on cadburys purple

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I was struggling with styles of bridesmaid dresses for 2 very different ladies. I came across some we all really liked on a social media wedding sale page. They were exactly what I was looking for and the right size for my 2 bridesmaids. So mint it was! It did fit in well with our gorgeous boutique hotel venue so turned it into a bit if a vintage theme with pinks x

Zoe-Laura Finch
Zoe-Laura Finch 17 Aug 2017

We decided based on my rings, aquamarine in engagement ring and rose gold/peach in my wedding ring ☺️ xxx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Our daughter who is 8 chose the colours. She wanted a blush pink dress but wanted to stand out so the adult bridesmaids are inlight grey she is in blush pink and then the flower girl who is 3 is in ivory with a grey sash. Our roses are the pink to match my daughter then my fiancé has blush pink cravat and hankie to tie it all together. My dress is ivory and so are the men's waist coats and the other mens cravats and hankies.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Find what flowers you really really want and work from there x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I got my wedding dress a month after we got engaged and that decided my colour scheme

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I decided my colours then fell in love with my wedding dress that would not go with our chosen colour! luckily hadnt bought anything so change h theme of it my style of dress :)
Having worked in bridal wear for a while this is quite common, I would say book venue and try dresses first then colours should be easy :)

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Pastel colours!

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I went for a range of colours as I couldn't decide and then picked the best one that looked nice with the suits xxxx

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Pintrest x

Emilie Sandelance
Emilie Sandelance 17 Aug 2017

Grey and silver because me H2B is colour blind. And navy blue to match my sapphire engagement ring.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I couldnt so didnt. Bridesmaids are different colours so decided my theme is mismatch xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I went lavender picking x

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I always knew I wanted a black dress, but not a Gothic Wedding. It just made sense to put it with bright colours. The problem was how many and which colours to have. We settled on Red, Yellow, Orange, Green. Blue and Purple. We've been really lucky and everything has worked out perfectly enough even with so many colours. xXx

Susan Coleclough
Susan Coleclough 17 Aug 2017

I'm loving those pastels, however I am allowing my daughter (my MoH) to choose her dress and a lot will depend on that. Overall though we are having a garden reception with lots of flowers so it will be a bit multicoloured I suppose.

Helena Dean
Helena Dean 17 Aug 2017

If you have an idea of flowers that you like that might give you some ideas

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I looked at the chair sashes as we liked a certain colour but when we saw that colour on a chair sash we hated it! We ended up with mauve/pale violet which looked amazing

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I also had a mixture of colours

A member uploaded image

Debbie Watt
Debbie Watt 17 Aug 2017

I went on the colour of the bridesmaids dresses..then having that as the theme. .as I couldn't decide on the colours.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

My wedding dress was ivory n i wanted either blue or yellow dresses yellow cos we got married in October, but i settled for blue in the end x

Khati sturley
Khati sturley 17 Aug 2017

I'm having these as my bridesmaids dresses and my colours are coral, pink and peach ombre with silver and rose gold accents

A member uploaded image

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Just went with my fave colour which is pink, didn't do hot pink as think it looks tacky for a wedding so went with baby pink

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I basically copied from someone else, loved the colours, grey and baby pink so that's what it is, it's your day so do as you like xx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

I chose my hubster to be's favourite colour - burgundy. It's not ALL about me after all!

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

We are having red white and blue. Ive always wanted red & blue is my fav colour. Hubbys football team is chelsea & his nfl team is chiefs(red) so it fitted perfectly.. plus hes a huge fan of superman..

Jaki Green
Jaki Green 17 Aug 2017

We're not really having a colour scheme as such as it's just too hard to decide lol x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 17 Aug 2017

Even before we set a date I knew I had my heart set on purple. I didn't particularly care what shade I just knew I wanted purple as it's always been my favourite colour and my OH didn't particularly mind. It was only when we picked a date in August that I decided that we were going with lavender. I think it depends on time of year as well as what colours you both like

Karen Walkey
Karen Walkey 17 Aug 2017

I wanted mocha colours originally but couldn't find hardly anything in that colour so changed to dusky pinks with a hint of gold running thru the theme, it all turned out fantastic and exactly what I wanted. Happily married for 3 weeks now :) x

Emily Barnett
Emily Barnett 17 Aug 2017

We knew straight away we wanted black and red x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 18 Aug 2017

im getting married next year.we have 4young children together and really want the older3 (7, 6, and 5years) to Be involved so the girls chose our colour theme and our little boy (with daddy's help) chose the suits.my daughters being young want a rainbow wedding.we have toned it down by useing white.

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 18 Aug 2017

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 18 Aug 2017

We picked a colour that meant something to us, so since the day we meet we've always played the yellow car game on any trip out, so we picked yellow and even had little yellow toy cars on our tables lol

A member uploaded image

Jayne Timmins
Jayne Timmins 18 Aug 2017

I love pink so it was easy and then the sage green just looked lovely x

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 18 Aug 2017

Fave football teams of hubby and me

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 18 Aug 2017

I picked a colour than I went dress shopping and the colour I picked was completely wrong so I wait to you go dress shopping and bridesmaids shopping to find what suit better xx

Scott Sanders
Scott Sanders 18 Aug 2017

I wanted to suit my theme with reds and blues (comic theme) but have decided to go with my heart with light pink; navy, and grey as I love those colours and will Photoshop my comic pictures to suit colours xxx

UKbride Administrator
UKbride Administrator 19 Aug 2017

We dont have one! 🤣
If i HAD to say its whatever colours we want. Lol.
Decorations are bright, pastels, shiny, glitterly, floral. Anything. Our venue is a vintage barn so anything goes.
I think your colours should reflect who you guys are... people tell me im wacky and have my own sense of style... so mix amd matched coloursband decorations are us. X

Jayne Young
Jayne Young 23 Aug 2017

Future husband is in the Royal Navy. You've guessed it, Navy suits, navy bridesmaids dresses, with white flowers, navy & white centre pieces etc. You must have a favourite colour, luckily that's mine!?

Comment

Before we add your comment, please: log in to an existing UKbride account or join UKbride
Why Join?