Is Teal a good idea.......?

I wanted teal too but gave up and have changed to purple.

You can match shades of teal but its very diffucult to find anything that purfectly matches. you do need a second colour for flowers and things, i wanted pink but OH wasn't happy with that option, so we looked at white but that impacted the budget so i gave up.

its a great colour and if you have the patience with it to find matching shades and a complementing colour it will look stunning.

sorry not sure thats too helpful!

Hiya. Teal is a lovely colour (actually my favourite) but I know that the hitchers who have had it as their colour scheme have had some trouble in finding things to fit it, there doesn't seem to be a lot of teal stuff out there.

We're having bridesmaids in red, I can post pictures if you want, and it seems to be much easier to find stuff for your wedding but a lot of people do have the same theme.

I guess it all comes down to how much time you have to search for things and whether you mind having a colour scheme that lots of others have. That probably doesn't help does it?

(Shouts) kellllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

She'd jump and down and go, yes! Teals a fab idea!! LOLOL....

My Bms are in a winter colour - navy blue - in july!!!! I dont think the time of year really matters anymore, choose whatever you're happy with. But be warned, teal can be a tricky colour to match, ask Kelly!

And probably sell you a load of teal stuff too!!

I love it as a colour, but as others have said, hitchers who chose it as part of their colour scheme often had difficulty matching items and finding the right shade! But if you want teal in your colour scheme, why not go for it!

Thankyou - all comments helpful!

You've confirmed my suspicions bout it being hard to match! I might move away from it...it's just so nice!

I don't know if I'll have the patience to make it work if it's going to be a struggle.

I'll wait to see what the colour looks like on my sis again on saturday...but if I love love love it still then I might have to go with it!

Oh, this is the first of so many decisions and Im struggling already!

I'm glad I found 'hitched'!

How about teal and dark pink / purple -

I don't think it would be too heavy for Summer, it would look elegant.

x

I agree with OLL, teal with dark pink is gorgeous.

DON'T PANIC I'M HERE!!!!!!

When I started planning my wedding in March 08 there was very little teal about so I was having absolute nightmares especially as I was very particular about the shade of teal I wanted.

However, since the autumn a lot of wedding suppliers have cottoned onto teal become a more popular colour for weddingss and there is a lot more of it about now.

My biggest advice is not to be too matchy-matchy. You are NEVER going to match two items of teal together because everybody's interpretation of the colour is different, and it will drive you insane if you try!

Not that I'm a flash whore, but if you want to get an idea of what teal can look like, my wedding photos are on here. Click on client proofing and enter crawford as the password. There are two sets for my wedding.

I may have won the Hitched award last year for "Most Awkward Colour Scheme" but I would never dissuade anybody else from using it.

I'm mostly over on the BT forum nowadays but if you need help sourcing something please give me a shout.

Thanks for that colour board OLL, the purple looks amazing with the teal! I just don't know if ill get away with it with H2B's kilt. I'm going to take the kilt with me dress shopping on saturday and actually try to match it to all these colours! It is mainly blue, with dark green, red, a bit of white & a bit of yellow! ha...sounds strange but looks fab!! Should be lots of choice for colour schemes in there but may be difficult.

Kelly - your photos are fab! Thanks for sharing ? You look beautiful! Everyone looked so happy & what a nice day you got. The teal looked great! I really like the teal cravats/ties the men wore....also like that your hubby had the ivory to match you, rather than the same as all the other men.

mmm...decisions decisions decisions! Im not good with them at the best of times!

I'm just going to have to go with my gut instinct on saturday when I see the colours on my sis. I'll let you know though 'cos I'll be needing one of those colour boards from ooh la la!

? x

Another teal and dark pink that I came across earlier and forgot to post.

Did someone mention Teal and Yellow?!?!

more here.

x

Hi Mushy

Before we went for our brown and gold theme, we were looking at a teal and yellow theme... but we found the same as you, it was difficult to match.

We were going to have teal table clothes with a ivory organza overlay and gold/yellow table clothes with ivory overlay, teal bridesmaids, I was going to have a white dress etc and hubby was going to be in a yellow tie and a black suit.. We were even considering having cadbury flakes as favours with a teal label around the purple bit!!

I've found these though if it helps...

Teal and Ivory

Teal and Red

I know this one is for living rooms but I think the colours go well together -

Back to weddings!!

I really love the red & teal.

What about this

thanks monkeybear 7 ooh la la....lots of ideas there.

BTW my H2b is delighted i have found hitched! He is much more of an organised person than me - I am very last minute & sometimes too laid back about things. He was beginning to panic that nothing was decided on, never mind arranged. Now every time I come on the computer and tell him i'm weding planning, he's delighted! I'm actually enjoying it a lot more too....thanks!

Oohh mushy, I love it!! And might I say, stunning bridesmaid dresses too, perfect colours!

The blue has to be right otherwise it can look a bit too 'Miss Britain' or Britain's got talent!! hehehe.

Saw these invites and thought they were pretty!