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Is Orange & Fuchsia Too Loud for a Wedding?

Hi — I'm getting married in June of 2007 and I really like the idea of combining fuchsia with some kind of orange. But I'm having trouble finding the right flowers if I dress my bridesmaids in that color. Can you help me — and reassure me that these colors aren't too loud? — Kristina

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!

monogram favor boxes 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.

Crystal Unrau is an experienced wedding planner who specializes in ettiquette, wedding decor, wedding fashion, wedding planning and most importantly, dream weddings on a budget. She is the owner of Wedding Style Diva.

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Chandra Roberson
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on July 2nd, 2008 at 11:26 pm
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hello….I am planning on having a somewhat themed wedding since i am from the US and my fiance is from Egypt.I really want to incorporate the colors pink, orange, and yellow in my wedding since egyptian traditions are full of beautiful colors. Could anyone give me any advice on adding or taking away any colors, or even adding simple things to incorporate my egyptian theme. Thanks

 
Joyce
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on July 1st, 2008 at 4:13 pm

Hi. I am getting married December 14, 2008. I am 45 and my fiance is 50. We are having a very formal traditional wedding at a pier outside on a lake at sunset. Colors: Fuschia, and the guys wearing black with silver and the groom is wearing black w/white. Decor: fuschia and silver candles and those lovely glass balls that you use for flower arranging. the glass pebbles fuschia and silver. Where can I get the glass pebbles? Any ideas on bridesmaids gowns? I am having 6 girls. I want satin but my girls are various sizes. My dress is that poofy sleeves lots of lace Cinderella type of get-up. For flowers I was thinking of the pink and white pointsettias (sp). I know, I know but its the fiance’s first wedding and he is Italian. So this is all about him. :D

I want to find a website where I can see these color combinations…..

 
Lasha
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on June 24th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
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I am interested in decorating with orange slices I need ideas……help :-?

 
Lisa
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on June 13th, 2008 at 10:45 am
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Originally I was planning to do aqua. Lately my attention has been tours orange. But my fiance doesnt want hot pink, fuschia, you know pinks. What other color do you recommend with orange?

 
JODIE
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on June 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm

I AM GETTIN MARRIED AUGUST 8, 2009. I AM NOT SURE WHAT COLORS ARE GOOD TO USE IN AUGUST BUT I DO LOVE PINK. ANY IDEAS OF WHAT COLORS I SHOULD USE? PLEASE HELP ME! THANKS!!!

 
Dawn P.
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on June 4th, 2008 at 10:28 am


Here’s the most beautiful orange/fuchsia/green candy buffet I’ve seen yet. :?

 
BeachGal
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on May 28th, 2008 at 4:48 pm

Dianna-
A deep red color will be more dramatic, while fuschia is more of a bright and fun color. Both will work great with black and white, it just depends on which you prefer.

Also, consider the items you will be buying (bridesmaid dresses, mens’ vests, decorations, and favors). Which color would you be able to find in the items you want to get? Consider skin tone and color- some people don’t look as great in a color as others. For insance I can’t pull off red unless it’s the right shade, but I can wear most fuschia shades just fine.

I wish you luck for the wedding of your dreams!

 
Dianna Enriquez
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on May 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
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Hello!

I am getting married on November 2, 2008. I am doing a black and white color theme wedding. However, i am not sure if I should go with a fuschia or red as my accent color. Please help before I amke up my mind!

Thanks.

 
Melissa
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on May 20th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
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Hey everyone. I am curious as to where I can get blank sticker sheets to print out stickers for my favors on my computer. Anyone have any ideas? All I can find are mailing labels. Thanks in advance!

 
cijoni
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on May 12th, 2008 at 4:41 am
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i am confused about the theme for my wedding which is on jan 5th 2009…was narrowing down on aqua.Basically i want bright colours like fuschia pink, orange, aqua blue for my wedding can u plz advice me and also on the colour of my bridesmaids dressed

 
Angel
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on May 10th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

I’m trying to plan a simple yet elegant indian themed wedding with flowing curtains and exotic colors for 4th of july2008. I haven’t found a venue as of yet since we only have 30 or 40 people to invite max. Any idea’s that can save me time and money??? I’m also thinking about hiring an indian dancer but don’t know where to call to hire one please help….I live in Bethesda MAryland Thank you!

 
Delores
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on May 9th, 2008 at 10:22 am

I received the gerber daisy favor boxes the other day, and they’re great. Just as pictured. Thank you favorideas!

 
Rebekah
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on May 6th, 2008 at 11:40 pm

We haven’t set a day yet, but we’re looking at April -July of 09 the thing is I can’t pick a color scheme. I really like modern clean lines and reds, browns, black, greens and white I’m just not sure because it will be summertime. We’re getting married in our church then we’re having the reception at a hall. The hall has ugly curtains too. I just want it to look simple and clean and flow together. Can someone help me pick colors and get some idea for center pieces, THANKS

 
cathy
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on May 6th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
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Anyone have any pictures for brown and orange or tangerine. i was thinking of changing my color to brown/orange instead of pink. The wedding is moved until November. what do you all think?:D

 
Jessica
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on May 5th, 2008 at 7:23 pm

I am getting married august 23rd of this year, and my bridesmaids dresses are palm beach coral( orange) and i was thinking of using fuchsia as another color but i am having a hard time thinking of how to do that, with the flowers an what else i should include it in, and if it will be too much with everything else?????

 
Sarah
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on May 4th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

I am having hot pink and orange flowers for my April 2009 wedding. I’m thinking tulips, callas and/or gerbers, but we haven’t met with the florist yet.

The bridesmaids are wearing a neutral color dress, a champagne /beige color, so that way they can easily wear it again.

 
Delores
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on April 28th, 2008 at 12:34 am


Hi Melissa,

I’m getting married June 14, 2008, and I’ll be posting pics after the wedding. We’ve been planning since December. Our centerpieces will be those mini chandelier votive stands from giftsforonegiftsforall.com We’re using the floral picture frames also from giftsforonegiftsforall.com to hold the table numbers. We’re also using those smaller votive holders from orientaltrading.com, and I purchased preserved rose petals from flyboynaturals.com in “gingersnap” and “tango”.

 
Ann
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on April 27th, 2008 at 9:02 pm

This is a response to Melissa about keeping your flower bill down and how do you make a great centerpiece.

I have orange and fuschia on July 19, 2008..

I have all white table linens. In the middle I have a tall, meduim and small votive candle holders with orange candles. I then have a tall hurricane holder with fuschia crushed glass in the bottom and we are having two goldfish swimming around. I then have some orange glass discs scattered around that area. It looks great and quite reasonable.

I got the 3 sized votive holders at Target.com and then the large one at Hobby Lobby…a local hobby store. I can’t remember the website for the orange discs but they are all over and if you scroll down you can find an old post of the crushed glass.

Hope this helps. Good luck and let me know if you have any more questions. Oh, I also made round menu’s that fit on the top plate in fuschia…add’s more color.

Ann

 
Dani
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on April 25th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Hi I am getting married in August 2008 and I don’t know what color of flowers to use with my bridemaids turquoise(bahama blue) dresses. Any ideas? And what would be a good centerpiece?

 
Dawn P.
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on April 24th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

Mecca, check out Snippet & Ink’s Berry Bliss (click here), the colors are persimmon, green, and “berry” a.k.a. fuchsias and pinks. Personally I really, really love persimmon. It’s one of those underused colors that just looks sizzling hot in a bridesmaid dress, a very womanly color if you know what I mean, and it has that subtle touch of east indian to it. A great color to plan a wedding around.

 
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