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Help! Wedding colors stressing me out

Chelsey, on April 10, 2023 at 7:10 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 0 7

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I need help! My wedding colors are a dark gem tone, maroon/burgundy, burnt orange and a blush pink. My bridesmaids and the groomsmen are wearing the gem tone, my fiancé is planning to have a black on black suite with burnt orange accents and our two kids will be wearing orange accents as well to match and then we are thinking of our parents wearing different tones of the maroon/burgundy colors. Also the groomsmen are planning to wear black suites with white shirts. I’m feeling pretty stressed thinking this is going to end up looking really bad. Is this a bad idea to have these colors assigned the way they are? Or does this sound ok and I am just over thinking it?

Our wedding is in October and we love the colors we chose because they are nice fall colors but my concern is just how the bridal party will look in those colors. I’ve seen pictures of bridesmaids wearing these colors and it looks nice. But for some reason the way we currently have colors assigned just seems off to me? The bridesmaids have already bought their dresses so that has to stay the way it is. Any recommendations on the orange and maroon for my fiancé and our parents?

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Veronica · on April 10, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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It seems like you are trying to incorporate too many colors. Your parents should be able to wear any color. They aren't in the bridal party therefore you don't need to dictate what they wear nor do even need to match the bridal party since parents don't usually even have pictures with the bridal party. I think by letting them wear whatever color they are comfortable in that will eliminate some of your stress.
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Chelsey · on April 10, 2023 at 8:43 PM
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That’s a good point! Should the moms be semi matching in color? Like they go with a color and get different shades of the same color?
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Veronica · on April 10, 2023 at 8:58 PM
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There's no need for them to semi-match. I would let them pick out what they are comfortable wearing.
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Taylor · on April 10, 2023 at 10:19 PM
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I would let your parents wear what they want. I wouldn’t dictate colors. There’s never pictures with your parents and the bridal party.

I’m trying to understand. Your colors are burgundy, orange and pink? Is the gem tone another color?
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Chelsey · on April 10, 2023 at 10:40 PM
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Ok perfect, I guess I was under the impression parents wear wedding colors also but this works out much better!

Our colors are burgundy, burnt orange, dark gem, and a blush pink. Similar to this example
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Taylor · on April 11, 2023 at 9:39 PM
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I feel like that’s a lot of colors tbh. I’m having a hard time imagining the orange accents against the green dresses. That feels off to me. Can you have your groom and his guys in more neutral accents and then use the other colors more in the flowers? We did orange and burgundy as our main colors. I wanted some green but red and orange on the same side of the color wheel while green is not so they would clash against each other. So since our wedding was in the woods I used green as an accent color on our stationary. Our invites, menu and program cards and our guest book were green. But our flowers and attire we stuck to just the two colors that were on the same side of the color wheel, orange and burgundy. Too many colors start to get a bit muddy.
I would've suggested using the green as a smaller accent color and keeping your main colors to the orange, red and pink but your bridesmaids have already bought their dresses. So I would go more neutral on the accent colors the guys wear and try to incorporate your other colors into your decor somehow or maybe into your bouquet. You could use a lot of greenery to match your bridesmaids and use the pink and burgundy in your flowers. But if you wanted a fall themed wedding I think the green throws it off. Green and burgundy gives me christmas vibes
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Chelsey · on April 13, 2023 at 4:36 PM
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Oh wow beautiful colors! I talked with my fiancé and we decided to eliminate the maroon. I was feeling like it was off and couldn’t envision it all together and have it look good. Definitely feel better about colors now that we have one less.
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