The Ultimate Bridesmaid Dress Color Guide for Every Season

Dusty Blue Bridesmaid Dresses with Train

Your wedding color scheme may be most evident in your bridesmaids’ dresses and floral wedding decors. Guests usually relate the wedding colors to your persona, just as what each color indicates. Use the inspirations below to guide your color choice and find the ultimate bridesmaid dress.

Wedding Setting

Season

Choose shades that are appropriate for your ceremony’s season. Light and vivid floral hues suit a spring celebration. For the fall indoor, or garden festivities, naturally occurring deep, a rich maroon, and gold look relevant.

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Use tropical colors such as yellow, green, and other lively colors for summer weddings. If you have chosen the winter season to tie the knot, apart from Christmas colors green and red, choose gold, white, or light blue.

Time

Pick something appropriate for your wedding day – daylight or evening time. Dark dresses might look proper in November at night indoors, but less severe tones will suit a mid-day outdoor ceremony better. Gold and silver metallic lend themselves to glamorous after-sundown affairs.

Red Bridesmaid Dresses to Light Up the Day
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Location

Some seasonal shades may not fit every location like a balmy beach in winter. A chiller color palette’s icy blue and silver hardly reflect the tropical paradise in the background. Consider your surrounding’s organic aesthetics to select tones that feel realistic.

Green Bridesmaid Dresses in a Forest Themed Wedding
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For any coastal setting, pick neutrals like sand and brilliant water-inspired blues or greens. Try a yellow tint that contrasts with the sea while mimicking the sun. If your rustic vineyard venue features burgundy décor, choose complementary nature hues instead of bright ones.

Bride’s Preferences

Select shades you love that blend with your wedding gown’s white, ivory, champagne, or unconventional hue. They should be pleasant to view and tones you’d want to wear. If you need help picking a coordinated theme, check out a color wheel. Complementary combinations like yellow or purple on opposite sides offer dynamic contrasts for extra energy. Side-by-side analogous options like blue or purple are more relaxing.

Lavender Bridesmaid Dresses to Match the Lavender Flowers in the Bouquets
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Priorities

You may have your heart set on a certain bouquet and centerpiece color. Then just pick another shade for your attendants’ dresses that go well with that established one.

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Mood

If casual, intimate, or peaceful describes your wedding, go for lighter tints. Vibrant pops match outdoorsy spring or summer festivities while darker tones suit formal ceremonies.

Bridesmaids’ Concerns

Attendants’ Diverse Skin Complexion

Skin tone and tan shades differ. Popular blush pink and taupe are becoming on some women while washing out others. Very deep colors might make light complexions seem eerily pale. Strive to choose something that flatters all your bridesmaids’ complexions, ranging from fair to olive to dark.

No compromise should appear too harsh on any woman. If everyone looks similar, you’re very lucky. For fair skin, try amethyst (purple), emerald (green), or sapphire (blue) jewel tones. Brighter, bolder options like fuchsia pop against dark complexions. Also, consider hair colors. Avoid hues like pinks and oranges that would clash with red tresses.

Bridesmaids’ Body Types

Certain colors suit some figures than others. A darker one, for instance, will flatter a plump woman more than a bright one.

Shade Variations

Keeping all attendants in one single color is no longer necessary. Modern fashion possibilities extend beyond the basics to boast intermediate intensities. Embracing the trend of dressing bridesmaids in light to dark tones from one color family like purples or greens. Subtle variants create a dreamy visual medley.

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Assign them in order from the shortest to the tallest for a smooth gradation effect. Or, go for a mismatched palette with two ladies in pink and two in blue. Bouquets featuring both shades will harmonize contrasts. Another option is letting your maid of honor shine brighter than the rest in the most conspicuous hue.

Mixed Styles

Finding one chic style that fits and flatters several women and meets everyone’s price point perfectly can be hard. One trendy solution allows enough diversity to support all individual tastes, comfort levels, and budgets. You pick the material color to ensure a unified look. Perhaps, you can also request other basics like silhouette, length, and/or fabric. Then, invite each bridesmaid to decide which distinctive design suits her figure best.

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Variations for these similar yet different dresses include unique necklines or sleeves, so every attendant can elect to reveal or conceal her cleavage or arms. You may also have the maid-of-honor reserve the grandest dress with the most extras. An asymmetrical hemline, a dress with a dainty train, or cascading ruffles will help her claim the most attention after you.

Where to Buy

Trusted Bridal Stores

If you are one of the brides or bridesmaids who prefer trying on certain clothing to make sure it fits you well, make a list of the bridal stores you have within the area and do some checking. Most of the stores these days have reviews on the internet.

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You can check each store’s reviews if they meet your standards – quality and prices. If not satisfied with what’s on the internet, you can go for a store visit. You can also ask your friends’ opinions about the stores.

Online Shopping

Meanwhile, with the above guidelines in mind, you can also browse online stores that offer affordable yet quality bridesmaid dresses. JJ’s House has a wide range of identical and mismatched bridesmaid dresses in different colors – from light to vivid to darker colors.

A-Line V-neck Floor-Length Chiffon Bridesmaid Dress With Bow(s) Split Front Cascading Ruffles
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You can filter by season, color, and other details to simplify the selection. If unsure about the color, you can order color swatches prior to ordering the dresses. JJ’s House custom make all gowns with luscious fabrics to fit all shapes and sizes perfectly.

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