Color schemes for Mother of the Bride?

Bump... I'm struggling with this too..

My colors are navy blue dresses, with fuschia flowers, Guys in Charcoal suits with Navy ties. I have no idea what to put the moms in.

If its gorgeous and she feels pretty in it I would let her wear what she wants. My mom and FMIL didn't really choose colors that went with my color scheme at all. But they both loved their dresses so I said whatever. I don't think it really matters.

ETA: Our colors are black, grey and reds. My mom is wearing taupe and FMIL is wearing eggplant.

I read somewhere that the MOB was to wear something similar to the bride and bridesmaids. Not sure if that helps.

My mother is probably wearing this beautiful light pink dress she found despite the fact our colors are White, Khaki Brown, and Plum I think it fits nice because our theme is like rustic fairy tale.

I'm just concerned about the photos. I'm not even wearing white, I'm wearing ivory. The dress looks a little like a wedding dress, no?

My mom just picked out dressed for her and FH's mom (she's in a nursing home). The colors don't go with any scheme, they are just colors they look good in.

It really doesn't matter what color they wear, let them wear what they feel beautiful in.

@Michelle I don't think you need to be concerned that her dress may look like a wedding dress, everyone knows you're the bride, there will be no confusion. I would just let her wear what she feels comfortable and pretty in.

The white would bother me, personally. I would have a problem with white or black but other than that I wouldn't really care if it matched my colors. Funny enough at my wedding the MOB, MOG, and my aunt all wore nearly the same color. Sort of a champagne (my MIL insisted her dress color be referred to as "toast" and got irritated when anyone said anything else *eyeroll*).

If you have two main colors it could work nicely for the BMs to me in one of them and the moms in the other, but it's certainly not required.

Our wedding colors are kind of a collaboration of he and I. His favorite color is blue, so he chose sapphire. Mine is green, so I chose emerald. If we can get both moms on board, we would love for them to each wear our shade. Otherwise, whatever they want and feel most beautiful in.

My mother wore champagne and my MIL wore like a navy-grey colored dress. Both were beautiful. They were able to pick whatever they felt comfortable with...even though they both wanted my help and they just so happened to match the colors a little.

ETA: Our colors were navy, gold, blush and ivory.

My mom asked me what she should wear a few days ago.

I told her whatever the hell she wants, because I don't care. There are so many bigger issues in this planning process for me to bother caring what color she wears.

@Kathryn - Try putting your mom in a silvery-blue colour. My colours are navy blue, silver and white and that is what my mom is wearing. FMIL is wearing an eggplant colored dress.

@Michelle - What are your wedding colours?

So I may be an outlier, but I've been thinking that I don't want my mom or FMIL to wear our wedding colors. I would like them to wear something that looks nice with the wedding colors, but definitely not to match the tablecloths or the bridesmaids!

My mom already bought hers this past weekend and it's champagne. Our colors are turquoise, orange, and chartreuse. My step-mom is probably going to wear fuschia to complement the colors and herself (she looks amazing in bright pink). Haven't talked to FMIL yet but I'll probably give her the swatches of the wedding colors and let her choose whatever...hopefully something that goes well with the colors.

edit: typo correction

I don't think it really matters the color but, I asked my step mom, mom and FMIL to wear either grey or a blue. Our colors are grey, light blue and hints of yellow. So far step mom has been looking at dark blue so we will see what they come up with