If you are a bride with classic taste, you probably like things which are timeless, elegant, and clean in design.
Many classic brides also love bright colors, which can make the traditional all white color palette seem a bit dull.
These are some wedding color palettes which have a classic sensibility and yet are bursting with beautiful colors.
Lime/Navy/White: I love this for a summer or fall wedding! It is crisp and jaunty, great for a wedding at a yacht club, country club, or in a tent.
The navy is dignified and elegant, the lime green adds a fresh burst of color, and the fresh white ties it all together.
This is a particularly easy color palette around which to design a wedding.
Think navy blue faille bridesmaid dresses worn with pearl tin cup necklaces (as the bridesmaid gifts), green hydrangeas, and navy suits with lime and navy stripes for the guys.
Patterns that look especially nice in this palette are stripes, damasks, and nautical motifs.
Pink/Kelly Green/Slate: For a dyed in the wool preppy bride, what could beat the ultimate color palette of pink and Kelly green? A touch of slate gray will help to anchor the exuberant color combination and make it a bit more elegant.
With a color palette this preppy, you would be well within your rights to choose an alligator motif to engrave on the top of your wedding invitations! For the bouquets, choose lush white and pink peonies tied up with a green and pink grosgrain stripe ribbon.
Slate suits on the men with pink and green patterned ties will be handsome and preppy.
What patterns look best in this palette? Argyle (for the wedding cake!), stripes, polka dots, and playful motifs like alligators and tennis racquets or feminine ones like flowers.
Red/Black/White: This is a timeless color palette with a lot of drama.
Red, black, and white work well for a wedding at any time of the year except perhaps the spring.
Instead of the expected red roses, consider other crimson blossoms such as fat round dahlias.
Or opt for white anemones with black centers and tie them with a red ribbon.
Deep red bridesmaid dresses in silk shantung would be elegant (and a bit more understated than red satin).
Naturally, the men would wear classic black tie or black suits with white shirts and ties with red accents for a daytime wedding (just no black shirts worn with white ties, please!).
Patterns to consider include florals, jacquards, or whimsical polka dots.
Brown/Baby Blue/Cream: Try this color trio when you seek a classic palette which is a little less vivid, yet still offers lots of delightful color.
It is a soft combination which flows beautifully.
You could use brown, baby blue, and cream at any time of the year; in the spring or summer months, play up the blue and cream, or highlight the brown more for a fall or winter wedding.
Picture your bridesmaids in baby blue dresses with creamy pearls as their bridesmaid gifts.
Roses, sweet peas, tulips, hydrangeas, or peonies would all be lovely cream flower choices.
Wrap bouquets with blue and brown ribbons woven together.
A baby blue wedding cake with an intricate laser cut brown scroll design would be the perfect sweet ending to your wedding.
Classic never has to mean boring! With any one of these gorgeous color palettes, you can design a wedding which is timeless and tasteful, yet also upbeat and cheerful.
Because they are so classic, these pretty color schemes will look just as great in your wedding pictures decades from now as they do today.