Orange — good no matter how you slice it

July 6, 2007 in Bouquets,Brides,Cakes,Flowers,Invitations,Weddings with 9 Comments

Being that I went with chocolate and gold for my summer wedding colors, I did my best to avoid all permutations of orange lest anyone think I was embracing a fall theme. But orange truly can be awesome on its own without channeling autumn at all!

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Pair orange with pink as people have done here, or try mixing orange with light, yellowy greens or deep, rich purples for a little zing.

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9 Responses to “Orange — good no matter how you slice it”

  1. Twistie July 6, 2007 at 10:58 am #

    Oooh, the orange with hot pink is lucious, and actually perfect for summer. Those are sherbet colors, and so they give a sense of coolness even though both colors are on the warm end of the spectrum. I don’t know about anyone else, but that table photo made me smile.

    Oh, and that is one funky cake, in the best possible interpretation of the phrase.

  2. C* July 6, 2007 at 11:43 am #

    That’s exactly what I was thinking Twistie…sherbet colors. What a great combo!

  3. Toni July 6, 2007 at 11:52 am #

    I did bright pink, orange, and yellow for my mid-summer wedding, and I thought it was a lot of fun.

  4. Pencils July 6, 2007 at 12:09 pm #

    Orange and blue can be great too. Earlier in the week, my husband sent me a first anniversary (first month anniversary) bouquet. It has the most gigantic orange roses–they’re incredible!–blue hydrangea, some yellow touches, and some other purply-blue flowers. Delphinium, maybe. It’s a gorgeous arrangement. My husband knows I love orange, I’ve been going on and on about how I love the tangerine KitchenAid mixer we received as a wedding present.

  5. C* July 6, 2007 at 12:32 pm #

    *sigh* I wanted orange and blue for our wedding colors but I was vetoed. FI’s family is half Yankees half Mets fans and had I gone with orange and blue I would have been mocked endlessly the whole day, which is not something I wanted.

    We registered for a bright green KitchenAid, Pencils. I can’t WAIT to see it in our kitchen.

  6. Pencils July 6, 2007 at 12:38 pm #

    C*–but those are Islander colors. Why would that be a problem? ;) (I’m a hockey fan, not a baseball fan….)

    Bright green sounds great. My sister has a lavender one, it’s fab.

  7. C* July 6, 2007 at 1:50 pm #

    Islander colors…I should have used that argument! hehe. ooo lavender…I bet that’s lovely!

  8. Toni July 9, 2007 at 5:05 pm #

    Orange and Blue is also Gator colors. (I’m from Florida.) I understand how strong associations like that can be.

  9. Lynn July 17, 2007 at 7:29 pm #

    I’m a fan of orange and brown for fall weddings. Being from TN originally, I know many a family that would go with orange and white. I’m just not cruel enough to make bridesmaids wear solid orange. I look good in it, but not everyone has my strange coloring.