Yellow gets a bad rap for being unjustly connected to bellied and streaked, and mustard’s certainly not doing it any favors. But in reality, sunflower’s no wallflower. Honeyed hues are bold and brazen in such an unusual and unexpected way, they make red slump meekly off into the background. Plus it’s such a sunny color- it’s completely impossible to be pouty amidst the bursts of bright. As if you needed help being jovial on your wedding day, right? But for a smile so hard and permanent you’ll pull cheek muscles – go yellow.
baby yellow and lemon chiffon
Using individually-wrapped, miniature baby-shower, butter-cream frosted bunt cakes as your inspiration, take cuteness to the next level of aw-shucks. A color scheme of baby yellow, lemon chiffon, cream and white is enough to make us melt.
unmellow yellow
Bright yellow bouquets, shoes, place settings and diamond jewellery are enough sun-burnt pizzazz for any celebration. So if this is the sole color in your wedding palette, try and land somewhere between over-the-top eye-popping and downright timid.
pink and purple, unsweetened
Pink and purple embody girlish glee, but when you let the former dwindle into the background, infuse moxie into the latter, and add a healthy helping of off-the-charts yellow, you pop-shock sweet demurity right over into cheeky territory.
a sure bet
Good-enough-to-eat décor’s simply not good enough. On the other hand, good-enough-to-lick-all-summer-long will totally work. Decorate you wedding in fruity sherbet hues like yellow, orange and pink.
yellow and gold
Yellow and gold might sound over-powering, but done up right, it’s probably the most serene look so far. Best of all, maize yellow and a nearly matted gold is calm in a completely exotic and sensual way. It’s not without the glitz, but just a barely modest, almost teasing, amount.
old yellow
Baby yellow and blue, so faded they almost rivals sepia for the title of old-timey, antiquated-aesthetic perfection, are great because the baby-bedroom hues pull in the opposite direction. Youthful and antique-y, all in one neat, pretty package.
sweet and sour
Lemonade, limeade, buttercups, fresh grass, sunflowers- lemon yellow and lime green have got summer covered in sticky, candy-coated goodness. Pucker-up to these sour hues for a bright, striking scheme.
darker shades
Pair up a darker shade of yellow, like say, amber, with black or brown; red or purple. And add some peach to the mix, so yellow’s not so lonely in the spotlight.
