Help with colors

[sap483]

Like Indy, I'm having two weddings, an ethic one at a hotel near my parents home and an oceanside ceremony and a tented reception the following weekend. I have the color scheme down for the oceanside ceremony, turquoise and celadon green. However, I have no idea what to do for the ethnic wedding. The banquet hall at the hotel has really ugly hunter green floral carpet, a parquet dance floor and hideous red chairs - my mother booked the place without giving me a chance to see it so there's not much I can do about it. I plan to get chair covers to at least hide the chairs, but I'm not sure what to do about the decor - as I don't want it to clash with what's already in the room. The wedding is at the end of June. Any suggestions on colors and other ideas to draw ppl's eyes away from the ugliness?

 

[Foureyes]

Hi sap483 -

I understand what you''re going through. When I was looking at locations for our wedding (before I eventually decided to do it at home), the ugly carpets and chairs are what turned me off the most. Why do seemingly beautiful places (in other respects) insist on choosing ugly floral carpets? I just do not understand it! Seriously - if you''re going to be hosting weddings and other events, wouldn''t it be nicer to add *neutral* carpets?

Anyway, I don''t know if you''re up for it, but I''ve seen some really beautiful monochromatic color schemes, and shades of green might be lovely (depending on how commanding that carpet is). I''ve also seen green with brown (very classy and chic), green with pink, green with yellow, green with purple....

Then again, if you don''t like green at all, this might not help much

I''ll try to dig up some photos if that helps though...

 

[Foureyes]

Oh -

BTW, sorry if you''ve posted this elsewhere, but what type of ethnic wedding is it? Are there dominant colors that you traditionally wear that might help with the color decision?

 

[sap483]

It''s an Indian wedding- so I''ll probably be wearing red or a coppery/peachy color. I''d like to avoid green and red though- Christmas in July really isn''t my theme. I like brown and green, do you think that would wrong though in the summer? Maybe green and yellow/gold? I think that would look pretty. Any pictures you have would be wonderful! Thank you so much!

 

[Foureyes]

I think brown and green are nice for early summer - very natural looking. But you''ve got to go with what you like! Green with yellow/gold sounds absolutely gorgeous, very light and airy. Then again, if you take your potential dress color as inspiration - coppery/peach and green might also look really good!

Some pics of brown and green weddings (courtesy of http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/page.aspx?username=green_brown_bio)

A beautiful green / brown table:

 

[Foureyes]

A richer green / brown combo....I like this better because the colors are bolder, and the lime green is reminiscent of summer I think, too:

 

[Foureyes]

Green brown cake: yumm!!

 

[Foureyes]

Ideas for the chair covers (if you get them....) I think this is especially nice because plain white chair covers are kind of "blah" IMO:

I got these pics from this site: green / brown knot bio

 

[Foureyes]

Green and peach! I think this is a beautiful color combination - I almost decorated my living room in this scheme

 

[surfgirl]

sap, if it's an Indian Hindu ceremony, I think you're golden, no pun intended! Look, you can use those rich Indian color palates like golds, violet/purples, coppery oranges, reds, shimmery highlights, with some light and dark green accents that tie into the green carpeting. I think you can make it work and make it look very "Indian" and exotic! What about tableclothes made from saris or other Indian fabrics? Something Rajasthani, with mirrored fabric, etc? Lush jeweltones? The list is endless but I think you can "camoflage" the red chairs and green carpet by incorporating red/green accents but as part of a larger color palate, if that makes sense.

 

[sap483]

Yup Surfgirl, it''s a Hindu ceremony... and you''re right those are all very predominant colors in Indian clothing, etc. You ladies have such excellent ideas. I''m now envisioning gorgeous copper pots, like the kind that they used to store water in filled with flowers in shades of oranges and yellows, maybe some reds and deep purples and lush greens. Should I stick with plain chaircovers in white or off-white and maybe use a colorful sash?

 

[Hera]

Date: 10/25/2007 2:51:39 PM
Author: sap483
Yup Surfgirl, it''s a Hindu ceremony... and you''re right those are all very predominant colors in Indian clothing, etc. You ladies have such excellent ideas. I''m now envisioning gorgeous copper pots, like the kind that they used to store water in filled with flowers in shades of oranges and yellows, maybe some reds and deep purples and lush greens. Should I stick with plain chaircovers in white or off-white and maybe use a colorful sash?

I don''t think you need to stick with white or off white. I''d use a color in your color palette.

 

[Foureyes]

Date: 10/25/2007 4:22:18 PM
Author: heraanderson

Date: 10/25/2007 2:51:39 PM

Author: sap483

Yup Surfgirl, it''s a Hindu ceremony... and you''re right those are all very predominant colors in Indian clothing, etc. You ladies have such excellent ideas. I''m now envisioning gorgeous copper pots, like the kind that they used to store water in filled with flowers in shades of oranges and yellows, maybe some reds and deep purples and lush greens. Should I stick with plain chaircovers in white or off-white and maybe use a colorful sash?

I don''t think you need to stick with white or off white. I''d use a color in your color palette.

Colored chair colors would be pretty, but are they easy to find? If your color scheme incorporated deep colors, you could also just let the original color show...depending on how err...aesthetically pleasing...they are.

Here''s another idea...also in copper!

 

[surfgirl]

sap, check out this site...

http://www.variations.net/Mandap.html