Is Orange & Fuchsia Too Loud for a Wedding?
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.
Softer Spring Hues
If you're going for a romantic, soft look, then you'll 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?
Be Bold, Be Bright
On the other hand, if you've got 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's a little 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.
Up-to-the-Minute and Modern
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 vibrant 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, holding a bright colored gerbera as the centerpiece. Go with an all-white cake with a few pops of orange, fuchsia and lime.
Feeling spunky? You could even dress your bridesmaids in white tea-length gowns (an ultra-modern look that's super-fresh for summer) with orange, fuchsia and lime sashes if you wanted to go all the way.
my granddaughter is getting married november,2012 and wants a orange, yellow, purple, and turquoise color combination. i am questioning this combination. also, my other granddaughter is getting married october, 2012. she wants brown, ivory, pink, and turquoise. i think it should be light pink then add dark (hot) pink to it. what do you think?
Patricia,
When looking at colors I always like to look at the venues, to see if the colors will work in the setting. If I could get the links or pics to the venues, I would be happy to check it out. Both color schemes are modern and up to date and work great together….
For example: For the first bride…
For the second….
thank you so much. i have a third granddaughter getting married august,2013 and she wants apple (dark red), persimmon,and brown. i have suggested adding some touches of yellow and celadon to lighten it up a bit along with ivory.
Patricia,
I may have just the thing. Lots of ivory will keep it light and elegant…
With a tad of green…
hi to all the brides to be!
im getn married 1st dec 2011, u ladies may wander fuscia? december? huh? but there’s a catch to it ……. i live in the caribbean and it basically SUMMER all year. i just need some help and ideas in combining these to powerful colours.
my problem area is the reception decor white, fuscia,orange.
Indi,
I wanted to run this by you, to see what you think….Gorgeous
And this…
To add to the below – a pic of our cake, just georgious. I hope you all have the best day of your lives as we did. xoxo
We were married August 2010 and had my dress material died Fuchsia pink and Tangarine orange. They looked fantastic. We had these colours for our engagement party and our wedding decorations from the seat sash to the cake. I am so happy I went with these colours.
my daughter was married in july 2011 ( recently), she made her own bouquets of silk flowers in fuschia, orange and bright& lemon with pearls dotted about in them she wore a white crystal encrusted wedding dress, the bridesmaids again had the same colour flowers, but ivory flowers, and head bands that i made of ivory, bright lemon and orange flowers, the groom,best man, groomsmen wore grey suits, white shirts and bright yellow ties, the page boy wore grey trousers, white shirt and lemon waistcoat and cravat, and carried an ivory ring pillow, and i have to say the whole wedding party looked STUNNING!!!, i guarantee if you follow this colour scheme your wedding will be ansolutely FABULOUS, ours looked perfect, all the colours worked, such a sucess my daughter has started a new little business as she received 3 orders for bouquets from brides-to-be after seing the photos of our wedding on facebook. x
We are doing tropical themed flowers. I got $9 tall clear vases at Marshall’s and TJ Max. Alternated vases with orange or hot pink stones and am ordering orange and pink lillies from Walmart (6 to a bunch for $5.00) At the Dollar Tree I bought palm tree leaves and will place 2 per table around each vase. We are adding a Beta fish to each vase with snake grass and the 2 lillies and one Bird of Paradise per vase. Stunning!
This sounds perfect!! If you have a picture I could see that would be great! :) Angeleyez4202@yahoo.com ! Thank you soo much …! My Fiance and I are getting married in March 2012.. ! :) love this idea!
Love the idea too… Would love to see pictures as well Im getting married next summer
my daughters wedding was based around those colours and it looked stunning! Try gerbera flowers.
Bride to be,
Dollartree.com is an awesome site with vases for a buck each.
Search this site by color…
* see “orange and pink weddings”
* and “pink paradise”
Bride to be,
This is nice…
* see this and this
Irish,
* check this out
Awesome!! Looks like a celebrity rocker wedding…..
* see this
I would go with the best blooms for your budget, your florist will show you the best blooms for this color scheme and the season. I personally think the guys in grey with the girls in fuschia would give it more of a rock side. For your invites a cool looking scroll motif to carry thruout the wedding on the programs etc. ( like in this wedding) Orchids would be a great choice for this theme.
Hi Stacey, super thanks for your suggestions.. I love the light gray color for my groom.. I’m not sure if stargazer will blend with roses.. my florist suggested purple roses,then there’s a stargazer at the middle.. I encorporated purple and plush pink for my entourage.. thanks for the help. Have a nice day. God bless =)
Hi to all, I’m getting married by next year Jan, 2012.. I wanted mmy motif color to be gray, purple, and fuschia pink. I wanted it to look classy but a touch of a rocker style. Can anyone also help me how to pick-up floral design esp what kind of flowers I can choose from and dress for this motif?
Primary Color: Purple
Secondary: Fuschia Pink
Highlight Color: gray
Many thanks for your help ^_^