Fall Wedding Color Ideas | David's Bridal Blog (2024)

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What are the best colors for a fall wedding? ›

We love burgundy, orange, dusty orange, and even dusty yellow in fall weddings. However, for a moody fall wedding, black becomes an integral part of your color scheme. This color is beautiful, for sure, and adding it to your wedding makes your day look classy and opulent.

Colored Accessories

Consider selecting colored shoes, a vibrant veil, or statement jewelry that complements your dress and adds a personal touch. By strategically coordinating your accessories, you can enhance the visual impact of the colors in your gown and create a cohesive, captivating look.

Neutral shades of white and ivory are great for most skin tones; however, cool-toned colors like champagne and blush can be more flattering if you have fair skin. For olive or tanned skin, warm-colored wedding gowns such as off-white or cream will look beautiful.

Lighter shades of purple, such as lavender, lilac, and violet, will create the perfect backdrop for a late summer wedding in early September, whereas deeper tones of plum, eggplant, and wine will better commemorate the changing seasons in late September.

For a regal wedding palette, consider an emerald green, white, and gold color combo. The emerald shade lends a royal feel that can be elevated with velvet tablecloths and gold metallic accents. This color palette also works great for rustic weddings.

Typically the Mother of the Bride's dress should complement the bridal party's color palette. Not necessarily match with the bridesmaids, but choose a color in the color family. The most popular color for the mother of the bride to wear is navy or a royal blue, followed by blush or a shade of nude.

Neutral shades are timeless options that won't detract from the wedding's formal atmosphere. For a more colorful look, consider wearing shades of blue, lavender, or pink to show that you're in the celebratory spirit. If the wedding is in a tropical destination, opt for colors like yellow, orange, and green.

What are the Most Popular Wedding Dress Colors? The most popular wedding dress colors are shades of off-white and ivory, which are more universally flattering. However, we've also noticed that many brides opt for a gown with a lining in a shade of blush or nude to allow the details on their dresses to pop!

Soft, pastel shades such as blush pink, lavender, and dusty blue lend themselves to a romantic atmosphere. Often associated with love, tenderness, and sweetness, these colors make a perfect choice for romantic weddings.

October. You can't go wrong picking a wedding date in October. It has everything you want in a Fall wedding, October has temperate weather, usually, changing leaves, and is the best month before holidays start usurping weekends and Winter brings cold weather and snow to outdoor weddings.

What are the colors for October? ›

Traditional October colors connect with the season's transition, a warm “earthy” palette presentation. It's a cozy embrace of nature's wonderful colors for the month. Envision deep, rich browns, autumnal reds, rusty oranges, emerald/moss greens, and deep moody blues.

A color palette needs pigments, and there are three types that are involved in autumn color: Carotenoids: Produces yellow, orange, and brown colors in such things as corn, carrots, and daffodils, as well as rutabagas, buttercups, and bananas.