Choosing your wedding colours can truly be a head scratcher! We are not all artistically minded people with the intuition to know which shades blend effortlessly together, but we know enough to see when the colour palette is completely off.
A great way to choose your wedding colour palette is to choose your flowers first and work from there. We love a sustainable wedding, so why not go with a seasonal bloom. This is always a cheaper option than choosing something exotic and out of season, and it ensures your wedding aesthetic marries nicely with the vibe of the day.
We have curated some colour palette ideas based on British seasonal flowers for each season to give you an idea of what might work for your wedding colours. Remember, you don’t have to use every suggested colour in each colour palette.
Spring
Spring weddings are some of the easiest to choose a colour palette for. The seasonal flowers are all totally wedding appropriate, and the associated wedding colours are universally flattering.
Bluebells usually flower from mid-April to late May. Their dusky blue tone is a gorgeous addition to your wedding colours, and can work as your “something blue”.
A great way to use this colour palette is to include a lot of greenery in your wedding. Think eucalyptus for that muted grey-green, and other fresh green leaves. Purples work wonderfully with bluebells so you could consider having your bridesmaids wear a dusky lavender shade.
Daffodils are in season all the way from February to late May. The quintessential flower of British springtime, these sunny yellow buds really brighten up a wedding colour scheme.
Since yellow is a statement shade, it looks best when paired with a complimentary neutral. We love daffodils paired with a pale seafoam or dove grey in a wedding colour palette. This will result in a really fresh aesthetic. Use lots of natural browns such as hessian, string, and driftwood accents to ground the colour palette. These wedding colours would be right at home in a sunny church or garden party setting.
Tulips are available all the way from October to June, but they are at their peak around February. A versatile flower, they are available in every colour of the rainbow. We love the drama of red and pink tulips, which is what we have used as our inspiration here.
Tulips feel quite sophisticated due to their clean lines and smooth petals, so a grown up colour palette of pinks, reds, mauves and greens feels right here. Bridesmaids in mauve, the bride in a statement red lip, and a backdrop of trees as centrepieces would be a chic use of this colour scheme.
Summer
Summer florals are abundant. This is the time where you really have your pick of the crop in terms of wedding flowers, and all of the potential wedding colours to go with them.
Peonies bloom from April to July in the UK. If you are shelling out to feature peonies at your wedding, then it is only right that they are the star of the show. The delicate blush pink and exaggerated drooping petals of peonies really lend themselves beautifully to a muted pastel colour palette. Think ballerina pink, pale champagne and light rosy mauve.
The pastel greens here could be brought out beautifully using plants like succulents in your wedding décor for a nice pop of green and a slightly edgier feel.
Roses are a classic flower associated with love, so it is no wonder they are an eternally popular wedding flower. They can bloom from March to October in the UK, so remain a brilliant floral option almost year round. While we love red roses, for this colour palette we were inspired by those gorgeous yellow orange roses. They feel so summery, and make a real twist on the classic bloom.
Orange as a wedding colour has really grown in popularity recently and we love it. While you can use orange as an accent paired with its complimentary shade blue, we love it as part of a tonal colour palette which celebrates warm tones. These wedding colours work great for desert rose or fantasy garden style weddings.
A late summer flower, sunflowers begin blooming in July. They have become an increasingly popular choice at weddings over the past few years and we can totally see why. Their cheerful looks and artistic associations make them a really gorgeous addition to a wedding.
We love sunflowers paired with strong colours like purple, indigo, and burnt ochre. This is a really strong set of wedding colours which create a cheerful ambiance. This confident summer colour scheme would be just as at home at a barn wedding as a stately home.
Autumn
A lot of people automatically choose warm autumnal wedding colours to compliment the changing of the leaves. We love this idea but figure you’ve seen it all before, so here are some alternative autumnal wedding colour schemes that make the most of other seasonal botanical delights.
Lilies bloom from late summer to early autumn, making them a great wedding flower choice for end of season weddings. Since they are so elegant and simplistic, they look great within a muted colour palette.
These elegant wedding colours are made for a swanky hotel wedding, paired with a simple silk wedding gown and lots of champagne.
Another early Autumn flower, orchids make a real statement as wedding florals. Orchids lend themselves to a dreamy, feminine colour scheme of pinks and purples. Don’t be afraid to choose whimsical wedding colours, it’s all about how you use them!
Ground the pinky tones with a sophisticated range of dark greens for a perfectly balanced aesthetic. These wedding colours are really inspired by the out of this world, alien feel of orchids.
Delphiniums flower from June to September, and their tall spears of blue flowers are a really striking option for your floral arrangements. There is nothing more dreamy than a full cool-toned colour scheme, from blues to teals to stormy greys. These wedding colours are guaranteed to flatter all of your bridesmaids, and could even be echoed in the groomsmen’s suits. The wedding photos would be stunning!
Our dream setting for this colour palette is a striking Victorian orangery, but we could see it working perfectly for a hotel, library, or aquarium wedding.
Winter
You would be surprised at how many plants thrive during the UK winter months. There are truly some gorgeous options for winter wedding florals, so you don’t have to use holly and ivy if that’s not your thing.
The elegant white Camellia flowers bloom between October and January, and are a staple of winter wedding bouquets. Since they are so striking, you can really pair any colours with these white flowers.
We love the idea of a winter neutrals colour palette with black, white and some natural earthy tones here and there. This colour scheme would work really well with gold accents, twinkly lights, and fireworks.
Anemones are known for their bluish white petals and vivid dark purple centres. They flower from Spring onwards, but we love their look for an early winter wedding.
This colour palette makes use of a hot fuchsia pink as the accent tone, which will really pop against the other muted neutrals.
The vivid red Amaryllis begin blooming in late December, making them the ideal flower for New Year’s Eve weddings. Red is a beautiful wedding colour, it signifies passion and works really well against the gloom of winter.
To keep things fresh try and avoid pairing your reds with a stark white or a dark green. Instead, use tonal shades of red for a luxurious feel, minimal greenery and a neutral backdrop of champagnes and creams.
