WEDDING COLOURS, ARRGGH.

I think sage is a beautiful colour and was considering it as a colour for our wedding too. It was a toss up between that and coral. My MOH wasn't keen on the green though and as I'm pretty easy about it we decided on coral as that was a colour she loved and suited. (She's blonde and blue eyed and thought the green washed her out a little).

However when I picked my dress which is champagne/ivory and held coral colours up to it it looked awful. She tried a black dress on, it fitted like a glove, looked amazing and we bought it. Black was never a colour I imagined as it's a summer wedding but as it's a short dress and quite delicate it just worked.

Our reception is in a barn so we want a fairly rustic look. We're using cream, black, browns (jute, twine etc) and it looks lovely. We'll have candles and fairy lights to lighten things up. As for flowers, mostly creams, a little peach and blush.

HTH.

Don't worry! I was having navy but the dresses we found really didn't suit my bridesmaids, and we ended up with teal because we all loved it (the dress we ended up with came in a complete rainbow of colours). Once I'd met with the florist, she said bright pinks and creams would work with them, so we ended up with teal and hot pink as our colours! My theme was going to be sapphire (the stones in my engagement ring) but we ended up with beside the sea, as that's where we got married. What I'm saying is colours for weddings often come naturally once you starting going through the planning process. Think about what suits your bridesmaids, as although I love sage green, it looks amazing on my mum as she is tanned, but would look awful on my best friends as they're both very pale. Forest colours would be beautiful though, I love that idea. There's so much you could do with it. Don't stress yourself! Choose save the dates in neutral colours, maybe ivories etc to go with your dress rather than fit into a theme, then if you want people to see your theme later you can put it into your invites, as you'll be further down the line. Good luck

I originally wanted a rainbow of pastel colours, but as we started planning that all changed. Firstly, I started making 1,000 cranes. Origami paper comes in a range of colours, but they tend to be quite bright colours. Plus, we decided on Japanese ikebana centrepieces themed around our table names (video games/animes that we enjoy), and pastel kind of limited our choice of flowers/containers. I adore blue dendrobium orchids, so I've now decided to have those for my bouquet. The BMs are going to be in royal blue with gypsophilia bouquets.

For the rest of the decor, I'm not worrying about whether the colours are different as long as the overall effect is right.

We ended up with navy and lemon because mt OH seen a navy suit with lemon tie and hankie that he fell in love with so were just going with it!

good job im easy going isnt it!!

Sage green is my colour basis, not really a proper scheme as we are keeping it quite informal. My BM dresses are sage green coast allure dresses which I really love. I think it is a beautifuo natural colour. We are going for quite rustic/vintage type decor, hessian, lace, etc. I think it makes it more fun to plan once you can rule.out certain things!

How about a citrus theme with oranges with lime greens? Or sage greens with peach? You could add the hessian and silver accents to both of these. There's no hard and fast rule that says you must have a theme or a colour scheme and if you are struggling to decide, then timeless, classic greens with ivory/white is always beautiful anytime of year.

We had navy for our wedding in July. It never occurred to me that it wasn't a summer colour!

We deliberately set out NOT to have a colour scheme, but over the past few months it has evolved itself into coral/peach and Navy, with occasional pops of yellow/gold. Sounds weird seeing it written down, but it really does look gorgeous.

I know that when you have OCD, or similar, about anything, it is not as easy as having us say "relax, you're trying too hard" because you know that and are doing what you can to work with that, so I do feel for you as what should be a fun and relaxed process has that edge for you

BUT, I would say that there is nothing wrong with Navy AT ALL - you can put anything with it, summer colours eg pastels, bright colours eg fuschia, muted colours such as your sage green, or "clean" colours like white/ivory etc.

So, I think you have probably answered your own question....you know what you DON'T want, and that is a mega start! So cross out all those reds, baby blues, pinks etc.

That leaves you with exactly what you like, and all those colours go together......Navy, sage green, ivory, with your hessian and silver decorations.

Do let us know what you decide, but NEVER feel silly about such things!

I think sage green is a lovely colour, and a forest theme sounds nice especially since it means something special to you

I sent out my save the dates before I'd picked a colour scheme, I chose white with silver details as it looked nice and I had a feeling it would go with pretty much any colour scheme.
I ended up picking cornflower blue as my MOH and bridesmaid fell in love with a dress that suited them both (a miracle considering their figures are completely different!) and both OH & I like blue anyway

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I am having a navy and ivory colour scheme for our May wedding with a few metallics thrown in. I chose this scheme as the venue is very decorative and too many bright colours would clash. With my save the dates I went for a black chalkboard style with white text as I didn't want to give anything away about the wedding so far in advance. I think sage would look lovely with ivory brown hessian and silver.

Why don't you go somewhere like B&Q or Homebase and pick up a load of those colour cards you can get for paints? That way, you can physically cross off colours you don't like (which might help you visualise your options better rather than being overwhelmed with all the colours), and mix and match the colours you do like to get an idea of what goes together and what combinations you like.

This is exactly where i am at! We did choose for my bridesmaids to wear royal blue but its hard to find the right colour blue so now we are thinking about navy, however i am loving sage green! Also when thinking of royal blue i had many opinions about the flowers. I liked pastel pinks, peach, browns but was told by a friend/florist that royal blue and pink would clash so i should have cream roses only?! Ive got a long time to go so not rushing to make my mind up

Sage green is gorgeous, and you could always factor in some of that navy as well as an accent colour, which would compliment it nicely.

I was originally going to have coral but there were so many different shades (some of which I really didn't like!) for things like cravats and chair sashes. I thought it looked a bit harsh and some were a bit orange! Therefore we decided to go for navy with coral and ivory flowers - the contrast looks really good together In the end we chose champagne chair sashes as didn't want to overpower the room. I have just bought our bridesmaid dresses in navy and they all looked stunning in them! We are getting married August next year so summer wedding and navy option for me!

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I think your colour scheme sounds gorgeous. I love the idea of the sage, brown and ivory as "foresty"/natural colours, and then touches of silver to add a bit of elegance and stop it looking too muted. If you get on to pinterest and start search for weddings in those colours you'll probably find quite a lot - you can then create a moodboard to see how it will look.

I would also perhaps suggest having an initial look around at bridesmaid dresses/cravats etc to see if you can find things in the colours you like? I did do the Dulux colour chart thing for inspiration, but it doesn't really help if you cant actually find wedding stuff in those colours. I bought some pretty peach bridesmaid dresses quite impulsively, and am now finding that I cant really find cravats to match and probably wouldn't want the groomsmen wearing the same peachy shade anyway. I changed my colour scheme a few times before settling on a sort of peach, lilac and mint scheme. My fiancé wanted to wear a grey suit with pink cravat, but then I started panicking that the pink might clash with the wood in our venue (as its a barn) so I persuaded him to opt for peach instead. But now I'm worried that the shade of peach of our dresses is too orangey, and I hate orange!

I'm glad to hear you are also OCD about these things, as I'm the same. But I've been assured by people that guests wont really notice subtle differences on the day (and if you look back at other people's wedding photos you'll notice that there are always minor mismatches).

Thats an amazing idea! going to play that one this weekend now !