WEDDING BLOG

First featured on February 22, 2008, these coral wedding color ideas really caught readers’ imaginations and became some of our most popular color palettes…

Yesterday I got a fun note from Jennifer in San Francisco who is love with her bold coral color palette for her upcoming August wedding. She’s using rich coral colors in her save-the-dates, invitations, menus and thank you notes, all designed by the fabulous designer Cat Seto, and wanted some inspiration for other wedding details to go along with her coral wedding colors. Here you go Jennifer!

I love the organic way that coral, cream and pink go hand in hand. Throw in a little gold and you’ve got a seriously elegant wedding color scheme!

Top row:
Coral Willow wedding invitations by Cat Seto

Middle row:
Dove silk strapless dress with bead embroidered bodice by Marchesa, available at Net-a-Porter.com
Cream narcissus and white clematis bouquet from MarthaStewart.com
Nerine and hypericum berry boutonnière and miniature cymbidium orchid and jasmine vine boutonnière from MarthaStewart.com

Bottom row:
Citrus-y specialty cocktails from MarthaStewart.com
Pink As U Wish Bow Dress from Nordstrom.com

A coral color palette can also be big and bold when you include colors like bright orange and yellow, and add small pops of contrasting color for excitement and depth. Try splashes of lime green or ocean blue in your table settings, favors or jewelry.

Top row:
Coral Willow wedding invitations by Cat Seto

Second row:
BCBG MAXAZRIA Strapless Applique Dress from Nordstrom.com
Orange and lime floral decor by Michelle Rago 
Summer time drinks photo by Matt Armendariz

Third row:
Sadie silk faille dress in sour lemon and Camilla dress in orange peel from JCrew.com

Bottom row:
Orange and red bridal bouquet from Jo Gartin of Love, Luck and Angels
Caprese appetizer from Michelle Rago

See more coral wedding color ideas in our wedding photo gallery!

This post was fun as it pulled wedding inspiration from an unusual source, and resulted in a simply stunning wedding color combination of Mediterranean influenced blue, red and cream. Originally published on May 16, 2008, this one’s a stunner!

While looking around for more inspirational images from famous fashion photographers, I was so excited to find the knockout portfolio of fashion and documentary portrait photographer Norman Jean Roy. I love the rich tones and the emotional depth in his photos, and couldn’t resist creating an inspiration board out of one of my favorites. Its saturated creams and blues sent me into wedding idea heaven, and I just had to add red to the color palette mix for that true eclectic Mediterranean feel.

Top row:
Photo by Norman Jean Roy
Lilly mirror from Maison Luxe
MAXSTUDIO ‘Sidewinder’ sandal from Nordstrom.com

Second row:
Stationery from Michelle Rago
Resin cast decorative white coral from The Pottery Barn
Blue flower from Rebecca Thuss

Third row:
Coral cake from MarthaStewart.com
Dress by Vera Wang via Inside Weddings
Table decor from Michelle Rago

Bottom row:
Le Mystere ‘Isabella’ bra and thong from Nordstrom.com
Blue Darjeeling glasses from Rosanna

See more red wedding color ideas in our wedding photo gallery!