feature | FOR THE LOVE OF COLOUR Styling Knots & Kisses Clare Kinchin Photography
FOR THE LOVE OF COLOUR The way you think about colours can help create a perfectly personal wedding. Here, the wedding styling experts share their top palette-picking tips and trending tones words Hannah May What is your colour scheme? Though it’s only
Primary concern
may be certain flowers that are more readily
one decision, whatever palette you pick will filter
Is there a mood or place you’d like to evoke, or a
available in different seasons and this will play a
down into almost every detail and decision you
favourite colour you wish to incorporate into your
part in your choice.”
make for your wedding, from the bridesmaids’
wedding day? Do you want something muted or bright,
dresses and cake to the flowers and tableware.
a mix of tones or more distinct shades?
So, for example, if you’re in love with the deep berries, golds and rusts of autumn and want to base your summer
Even if you’re opting for an organic approach with a
“Think firstly about the colours you love,” suggests
shindig around them, ensure that you’ll be able to source
vision of it all eclectically coming together, there will
Rebecca as a starting point. “Look around your home,
the items you’d like to carry those particular colours.
be a predominant theme or idea that drives the overall
in your wardrobe, and identify the colours that appear
aesthetic – including colour.
the most – colours you are naturally drawn to.”
“The final thing to consider is the feeling of the wedding,” says Rebecca. “Certain colours can provoke
“Your colour choice can set the overall mood
After honing your individual preferences to a shortlist,
certain emotions and feelings; for example, regal
and ambience for your entire wedding day,”
it’s important to consider the wider scope of your
colours may create an opulent vibe whereas neutral
affirms wedding planner and event coordinator,
colour scheme, including setting. “There’s a reason
tones rich with florals may feel more high-end.”
Rebecca Marie from Rebecca Marie Weddings
you’ve chosen to marry at your venue; quite often this
(rebeccamarieweddings.co.uk). Or, as Johann Wolfgang
is down to liking the aesthetics,” says Rebecca. “What
Colour scheming
von Goethe proclaimed while exploring the subject in
colours are already present here and throughout?”
Once you’ve established your top colours, think about
‘Theory of Colours’: “When the eye sees a colour it is
As well as place, there’s also the element of time.
how they can be combined and utilised to maximum
immediately excited.”
“Another thing to consider is the season, as typically
effect while making your vision manifest. This is the
they lend themself to a particular palette. That
time to be specific and really consider the subtleties of
We’ve canvassed the professionals’ advice and delved
absolutely does not mean you need to follow this
certain shades, and how best to place them throughout
into the latest colour trends to help you get started...
trend, but it can help,” continues Rebecca. “There
the big and small elements of your day.
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