August Colors for Wedding

Choosing August Colors for Weddings

Still considered summer but on the brink of fall, color choices range from vibrant fiery tones to cooler color combinations. Find tips on choosing the right August colors that match your wedding theme, style, and locale.

Seasonal Feel

A large factor in choosing the right August wedding color is the seasonal feel in the locale where you will be saying your vows. If you planning a destination wedding where bright flowers will still be lending a mid-spring feel even at the end of August, you can easily go with bright, spring colors like pinks, tangerines, and yellows. If you're getting married in your home town that experiences an early onset of cool weather, you may want to opt for more autumn-y choices like burgundy, gold, or dark brown.

Considering Wedding Style

Another consideration for an August wedding is the style and atmosphere of the wedding. A formal catered wedding at a reception hall in August may be stunning with dark blue and light grey. A rustic outdoor August wedding, on the other hand, would work well with colors like russet brown and sunflower yellow.

Hot Colors for August Weddings

Some of the hottest color trends for weddings can work perfectly for August nuptials.

Orange and brown make a delicious combination!

Crazy for Yellow

While pale and pastel yellows are typically better suited to early spring, yellow is in vogue, and there are many shades that work well for August. Consider shades of yellow such as:

• Goldenrod
• Sunflower yellow
• Saffron
• Dandelion

Yellow is a versatile color and can be used with many colors a late summer wedding, such as white, ivory, browns, oranges, blues, and violet/purples. However, yellow with pinks or greens is typically more popular for spring weddings.

Orange Explosion

Another on-trend wedding color is orange, in every shade imaginable. From peachy pinks to rich rust, orange can be a lovely August wedding color. Shades to consider:

• Pumpkin orange
• Peach
• Tangerine
• Dark salmon
• Terra Cotta
• Mango

Pair orange shades with yellow, brown, ivory, rich pinks, burgundy, or green colors.

Create elegance with grey hues.

Bold Brown

While chocolate brown continues to be popular, seen in everything from bridesmaid dresses to invitations dark, serious browns such as seal brown and baker's chocolate. Color combinations to consider for August:

• Champagne and baker's chocolate brown
• Deep brown and ivory
• Cinnamon and orange
• Black brown and ice blue

Grey: The New Neutral

Grey is hot color, and incredibly versatile! While silver is well-suited to winter weddings, many other grey hues are great for late summer or early fall weddings. Consider:

• Pearl grey
• Dove grey
• Steel grey
• Slate

Pair grey with shade of blue, violet, or purple. Other hues that look delicious with grey include yellow, deep aqua, and medium or muted oranges.

Choosing Contrasting Colors

August is a month that hints at change, and your wedding colors can reflect this sense of the season. Although bright greenery may still be on the scene, in many locations a richening of the landscape may occur with the colors of the harvest season and lightening skies. Use nature's prompting to come up with scheme of two or three colors. Consider colors that may not initially seem to complement each other and you may be surprised at the stunning results.

For example, take candy red, robin's egg blue, and black-brown. While you not immediately think of these colors as August colors for a wedding, when you look at the combination together it presents a fresh, modern, and yes – appropriate for August – scheme. Other combinations that utilize unique colors for fresh appeal for this interval month include:

Consider contrasting colors for August.

• Light grey, orange, and cream
• Medium grey, deep butter yellow, and ivory
• Deep brown, maple red, and slate
• Wine or burgundy, wheat, and deep or navy blue
• Goldenrod, violet, and burgundy
• Wine with claret accents
• Chocolate, black, and gold
• Forest green and brown
• Midnight blue and orange
• Jade, maple, and ivory

Whether you go with a highly original or classic color scheme for your wedding, keep in mind that if you love the colors and they reflect your style, what is traditionally an August color or trendy for the moment is secondary to creating your special stamp of color on your wedding day.