Is Orange & Fuchsia Too Loud for a Wedding?
Dear Kristina:
Fuchsia and Orange together can be absolutely wonderful. How you pull it off will depend a lot on the overall look you want to create.
If you are going to a romantic, soft look, then you will need to tone it down a bit. A bouquet with a variety of colors: pale pinks, white, pale yellow, and just a few hints of orange and fuchsia will bring in those colors softly.
One of the bouquets shown here is done in different color roses. If you decide to go this route, make sure to follow suit in your decor: soft colors, and a few strong accents. Another thing to consider is a softer bridesmaid color. Sashes are very popular right now, and a bridesmaid dress in a softer color with a nice bright sash would look stunning. Perhaps pale pink with alternating orange and fuschia sashes?
On the other hand, if you have a flair for the dramatic, these two colors can be used to create a beautiful and yet unique statement at your wedding as well!
Start with the bright-colored gowns, and use bright colors for the flowers as well. A brighter bouquet shown here uses fuchsia, oranges and purples for a beautiful and elegant look.
This look is more exotic, so look for flowers with an exotic style: birds of paradise, calla lilies, and so on. (You may want to consider going with silk, as these flowers tend to get costly.)
Then carry the color throughout your wedding. Use bold colors for your centerpieces, wedding cake, napkins, etc. Make sure you also use a bold color for the men's vests and flowers so that it blends together well.
For a cool, contemporary modern look, consider combining your pinks and oranges with bright lime.
For the flowers, pick a simple, streamlined bouquet made with long-stem fuchsia and orange calla lilies, or gerbera daisies.
Then for your decor, use white clean lines everywhere, with just a few color accents.
For example, your tables could be crisp, stark white with clean glass containers filled with limes and water, each tied with orange or fuchsia ribbon, or holding a bright colored gerbera as the centerpiece. Your cake could be all-white with a few orange, fuchsia and lime accents.
You could even have your bridesmaids in white tea-length gowns with orange, fuchsia and lime sashes if you wanted to go all the way with it.
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Drooooool … love those CPs Mishka!!
Dear Melissa,
I do have a suggestion! I’m going to let you in on a little “secret” of mine - something I utilize off and on here in Vallarta because our access to a lot of the things you have in the States, Canada and the UK are so much more extensive! That is buying glass vases and covering them with chiffon fabric and other fabric that isn’t too heavy in order to create a certain “look” with a certain color … similar to the photo attached, although the colors here are different! If you get back to me in a month, I’m utilizing this same technique for another wedding (although not their centerpieces) in pinks, oranges, sand and chocolate brown so you can get a better idea of how it will look!
Another idea you might want to think about would be to fill glass vases with colored water and float roses or a stem of orchids inside … you don’t need to use something as tall as what I utilized for the photo attached - I think a much smaller vase would still give off a great effect!
best wishes,
mishka
event designer
Hello Ladies! I am getting married next year and our colors are fuchsia and orange. Does anyone have any ideas for simple centerpieces- without flowers? I’m trying to find a cute idea to use for half of the centerpieces, so I can cut down on flower costs. Thanks!
Our wedding is on the 07th June 2008 in Cork. I am wearing white and I also have silver throughout my dress and a silver bow at the back of my dress with silver shoes and silver earings and silver bracelet. My bridesmaides are wearing fuschia pink dresses with silver shoes and a fuschia shaul, our groomsmen are wearing black suits with fuschia cravats and fuschia hankie (sticks out of their top pocket) In the church I am having a small wreath on every pew with whote ribbon and 2 gerberas, I was thinking 1 fuschia and 1 white gerbera. I am putting white large pew bows hanging draping down from the windows and having silver cover church booklets with fuschia pink ribbon. In the reception room I am having the white napkins tied with a fuschia ribbon and their will be white chair covers with fuschia bows, we might do every second cover a lighter pink, not yet decided. I am having 2 ferrero rocher’s in every wine glass and then maybe a silver ribbon aroudn my 3 tier cake (seperate tiers) with gerberas on the 2nd and 3rd tier. What colour bouquet’s would you go and buttonieres and corsages???? I love colour but I still want our wedding to look classy and modern not like a circus…..Every florist I go to has a different opinion.. In the beginning I was thinkign o having all different colour gerberas for the girls and then do the same for me and put a few whote gerberas in my bouquet what do you think??
I am having a hard time picking the colors for my august wedding. I saw persimmion dressses for my bridesmaids and I want to add a bright ponk but I am not sure how. I am also thinking of a Bright pink and a preety gree. I love bright colors and i want a bright wedding please help.
Thanks
MECCA
I am getting married outside in June with the Fuschia and Orange colors. We have ordered all real flowers, at least for the inside portion(reception)My girls are wearing tee-length black dresses so the colors will really pop. My centerpieces are black bubble vases tied with the color ribbon and filled with the gerber daisys. The vases will sit on mirrors for the added emphasis.
If you use candy for favors I highly suggest the orange m-ms if you use the candy but the pink was not my color. Let me know if you need anything…I have been doing lots of research! 2 months away!!
We are looking to have a Navy Blue colour scheme for our winter wedding however the venue that we are having the reception in decorated in very warm colours, red, orange etc. Will blue clash with these colours?. If yes hat colours can you suggest we pick?
Thanks
Caroline
what do you think about the colors orange and green for a wedding. what color of tale linen can use. i was thinking of different sting across the table. have no clue for the centerpiece.
:-? Iam to having a orange with fuschia wedding iam trying to find neat cutiie centerpiece ideas help please
We are having a summer wedding and we were wondering if peach is a ok color for summer? What are some colors that would compliment it? I have been on a few sites looking bridesmaid dresses and the close I can get to it is a “ginger” color.
What do you think of this picture frame? I’m thinking of using them for centerpieces.
I love the pink and orange combination. I am considering it for my own wedding. I was thinking about just using different shades of pink at first, but the orange is wonderful. I like the idea of bright pink bridemaids gowns with orange sashes.
I got my dress at Jcrew last year the had both pink and orange.
Hi,
I have one color so far. I have chosen tangerine. I thought about that ivory and gold accents. What do you think?
Hi I am getting married in September, we r thinking about maybe changing to November, but anyway the color of the bridesmaid dresses are Tangerine and my dress is Ivory with lots of bling on it(crystals,etc..) I thought of accenting with ivory, but I like the idea of COLOR, like fushia, bright orange, what other color shoud I use. I was thinking of the table linens to be a color with the flowers.:-?:( confused.
HI Kelly
Have you tried to look on the Aflfred Angelo website? They have bridesmais dresses with orange & fushia together, or just orange , or just Fushia. You should definetely chack it out. One of the pictures they have posted on the webpage has those colours as a combination together. One bridesmasi is wearing Fushia, the other orange and the 3rd is wearing orange with a Fushia ribbon around her waist. Very cute.
Kelly…I don’t know if they have a David’s Bridal close to you, but they have a rich orange color called persimmon that I am using in my wedding to accent my bridesmaid’s fuschia colored dresses. It’s definitely not that orange creamsicle color that most places have. You should definitely check it out if there is one nearby.
Hi, I am so excited! I am having an outdoor wedding in the summer. I want my color to be orange with fushia and lime green as accent colors. I like bright colors, especially since it will be outside. Im planning on using orange tiger lilies as my main flower. I am having a hard time finding bridesmaid dresses. I want something short but nice in a rich bright orange. Many companies seem to mellow the orange out or make it look rusty. Any suggestions on where I can find the colors I am looking for?
More proof of the mightiness of orange and blue! Darn, I fell head-over-heels with this combo. I need to go paint some walls or something.
The first two pics, I lost the link, I could slap myself. I will find it, tho — anyone interested in orange/blue has got to see the rest of this wedding. What about that beautifully subtle pattern on those BM gowns? Isn’t that hot?
The last pic is from a glorious San Diego wedding snapped by the talented Sarah McGee.
Lia, brides.com has published some stunning peach/blue weddings … I’ve seen a beach one w/ very similar colors/treatment, but can’t think where right now.
Anyway, these two look great!