Color Your Wedding
If your moldy-oldie relatives are trying to dictate to you how you should go about your wedding, don’t listen to them. You have your own personality an dstyle and today’s the day to show it. If on a normal day you don’t wear bland colors, you don’t have to do so during your wedding day either. Here are some color schemes you can use at what they mean in our society:
White
Brides have been wearing white wedding gowns since the 1800’s when Queen Victory wore an opulent white gown for her wedding. But before that, brides have been wearing whatever color they wanted (save for black). White symbolizes the innocence of childhood and purity (but how many brides are still virgins on their wedding night these days?).
Gold
In Christian symbolism, gold stands for the brightness of the day. It also symbolizes wealth. As the main color, gold might be too much but you can use this as an accessory to full colors like burgundy and earth tones like orange, brown, and green.
Black
Black is the color of morning, but today it’s also the color of sophistication. For a stylish wedding, have your bridesmaids wear little black dresses with white accents.
Purple
Purple has been the color of royalty ever since the days of the pharaohs. During the Rennaiseance period, ordinary people actually got arrested for using purple and the other royal colors of deep red and black. Today, you have the freedom to use purple whenever and however you want!
Red
The color red has conflicting meanings. One side expresses blood and violence, while the other stands for love and passion. Although Western brides don’t normally wear red wedding gowns, red is the traditional color for wedding dress in China because it symbolizes good luck. If you think a red wedding gown is too much, you can always have your bridesmaids wear it for you.
Blue
The color of the sky, blue is associated with spirituality, fidelity, cleanliness, freshness, and femininity (even though this is the color assigned to male babies). There is very little negative meaning associated to blue.
Orange
They say that people who love life love the color orange. It’s warm and stimulating and adds oomph to earth tones. When added to white, it reminds people of sweet childhood memories like orange popsicles and candy corn.
Brown
While some might think brown is too dull for a wedding, it’s a neutral, dependable color that you can mix with many others to make your wedding party look warm.
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I would love to use purple at my wedding