This soft pink is a little ‘dirtier’ than our Blush Pink, but suits all complexions and hair colours from auburn to dark to very blonde. A gorgeous colour for all seasons! Combine with Black and ivory -       With Pale Grey and touches of Slate Blue -       With Lilac, Lavender and Pale Grey -       With Milk Coffee and touches of Raisin -       With Dark Chocolate, Nude Pink and touches of Raspberry Red -       With Taupe and Blush Pink with touches of Spring Green -       With Milk Chocolate and a faded Olive Green -       With Champagne, Taupe and touches of a chartreuse green -       With Sage Green, Duck Egg Blue and Milk Chocolate -       With burnished gold, cream and Pewter Grey -       With Glimmer Gold, Soft Apricot, Blush Pink and ivory -       With Sparkling Silver, Soft Apricot, Blush Pink and Ivory -       Flowers could be all white and green, or feature a dusky pink or latte roses, peonies, ‘blushing bride’, dusky pink orchids, baby’s breath, Australian native flowers such as Protea, Geraldton Wax, or  Grevillea. Heather, apple blossom, hellebores, or autumn hydrangeas -       Just picked garden blooms arranged in relaxed arrangements in vases crowded down the centre of the tables -       White crockery, lots of sparkling glassware, crystal in chandeliers or candlesticks, a garden wedding -       Vintage crockery, tea cups and old silverware on dusky pink tablecloths -       Hair caught up with fresh flowers, fresh flowers adorning the elegantly simple cake -       A gown in soft hailspot muslin caught in under the bust, or dusky pink lace over an underslip of ivory, pale pink, Nude Pink or Champagne -       A rustic winery wedding in winter with bare vine twigs and pink toned berries, half wine barrels, stone floors, ivory tablecloths with dusky pink overlays, pink candles grouped on every available surface, vintage touches -       Make a feature of buttons in every shape you can find in dusty pink – attach to napkin ties, seating cards strung on twine, around favour boxes, on your invitations, place cards -       Romantic – bird cages, pots of maidenhair fern, old urns covered in moss and lichen, bell jars enclosing bird’s nests with pink and brown speckled feathers, muslin bags of sugared almonds, mercury glass, wrought iron -       A classic black and white wedding with dusky pink in flowers, candles, dusky pink napkins piped in black,  to add a little feminine edge to your reception -       The boys in suits of Pewter Grey, Pale Grey, Black or a sandy beige colour -       In winter little cardigans in dusky pink for your bridesmaids. In summer try floral sprigged ‘50s style dresses with dusky pink shoes, or elegant long plain dresses in soft fabrics -       Or as the bride, be different, and wear the dress of your dreams in dusky pink -       Crab apple jelly, pink macarons, sugared almonds, pink iced biscuits and cakes, pink fairy floss, pink coloured toffee apples, white chocolate mousse with pale pink chocolate shards, berry meringues, hire a gelato cart to serve pink berry flavoured gelato

Rosedust dress from ModCloth, Edie Velvet Chaise from Urban Outfitters, cake from Martha Stewart Weddings,  photo from Ellen and Simon’s wedding by Hanna Hosking of Hang Studio

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This colour is so flattering to anyone, whether you have dark, red or blonde hair. It’s all in the way you put it together!

Combine with paler teal and dark chocolate

-       With pale teal and Lavender

-       With Spring Green and Apple Green

-       With mustard yellow and Pewter Grey

-       With Indigo and Pale Grey

-       With Raisin and pops of Magenta

-       With Raisin and pops of Saffron Yellow

-       With paler teal, Milk Chocolate and pops of Coral Orange

-       With paler teal and Sweet Apricot

-       With Pewter Grey and pops of a deep rust colour

-       With Midnight Blue and Lavender

-       With Pale Grey, Lavender and touches of Primrose Yellow

-       With Sea Green and Azure Blue

-       With burnished bronze and Antique Rose

-       With burnished bronze, silver and rose gold

-       Teal lends itself to a starkly elegant look, or a softer more ‘woodsy’ look. Here’s how:

Add into a black and white palette – teal glassware, silver candlesticks with white candles, white cloths, teal runner down the centre of the tables, white crockery, white flowers, soften with touches of pale teal in dessert bowls, favour boxes tied with darker teal ribbons, and subtle beading on the teal table runner – for an elegant look

For a ‘down in the woods’ look, add greens into your palette with pale grey. Look at tablescapes of moss, lichen, twigs, pebbles, fern fronds, votive holders made of silver birch tree trunks, set on oval mirrors to reflect the scene back to your guests. Add watery teal tablecloths, pale grey crockery, brushed stainless steel cutlery, an entrance of small trees and ferns to create a woodland path, bleached wooden furniture

-       Hydrangeas (think all white, or varying shades of blue, or their white/lime green hues), orchids (think oranges, pinks and saffron yellow blooms), all white flowers, green chrysanthemums, daisies (for an understated simple look) fern fronds, succulents

-       Peacock feathers/motifs

-       A simple white cake with filigree, polka dots, monograms, or old fashioned lace work piped in pale teal graduating to dark teal

-       A seaside wedding featuring teal, Sweet Apricot  and Watermelon for a different take on the usual blues and greens

-       Choose a fabric with a vintage feel featuring teal and build your wedding décor around this

Jovi Home Cushion, eShatki dress, Teal earrings from Alisha White Designs on Etsy, Anusha shoes via Shoe Wawa

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What a lovely neutral colour this is. Use as your main colour to build your palette on, or as a background colour to make your other hues pop.

Combine with all shades of whites, creams and champagnes

-       With all shades of  browns from Milk Chocolate to rust to Dark Chocolate and cream to lighten

-       With darker berry shades and chocolate

-       With magnolia and touches of Tiffany or Ice Blue

-       With fresh green and shots of  Zesty Orange and red

-       With rust, chocolate, cream and a  sprinkle of Olive Green

-       With Cherry Red, and touches of Milk Chocolate

-       With Antique Rose, dusty pink and off white

-       With Olive Green, Spring Green and pops of Zesty Orange or Saffron Yellow

-       With Blush Pink, magnolia and touches of Milk Chocolate or Antique Rose

-       Latte Honeymoon roses, seed pods, pebbles, weathered wood draped with lichen, grape vines, or brightly coloured flowers such as poppies, Australian natives, or berries

-       Coffee bar  – make it special with single origin coffee, or free trade coffee – with sugar coated stirring sticks, liqueurs such as Frangelico, or a coffee liqueur such as Tia Maria or Kahlua, crushed peppermint flakes, chocolate flakes, caramel and chocolate syrups, cream – and a good coffee machine(with a barista if you’re really inclined). Try flavoured Australian coffee (order via the internet)

-       In summer try an iced coffee or milkshake bar – tall glasses with the above condiments, plenty of whipped cream, fun straws, coffee syrup, chocolate shavings, coffee and chocolate icecream to dollop on the top

-       A ‘help yourself’ table laden with vanilla, chocolate and coffee flavoured  biscuits, cakes and desserts, cream, syrups, chocolate shavings, and candied nuts, cream, flavoured ice creams – guests can make their own dessert with as much or as little piled on their plates as they desire

-       Favours of chocolate coated coffee beans, hessian sacks full of coffee beans, bags of coffee flavoured  lollies/sweets, tiny bottles of coffee flavoured liqueurs

-       Antique Rose coloured bridesmaids dresses accessorized with coffee coloured shoes, hair pieces, bride in a pale coffee coloured gown, men in  darker coffee coloured suits, brown shoes, latte coloured bouquets with dried vines and berries

-       Dark distressed wooden tables and chairs, stone ware pale latte dinner plates topped with darker coffee coloured dishes, table runners of coffee coloured  textured silk or hessian, succulents in rusted tubs, rust coloured napkins,  coffee, chocolate and  cream coloured groups of candles

-       Rainbow coloured chairs at zinc covered, or stone tables, poppies, daisies and spring greenery in glass jars or coffee coloured stoneware bottles,  coffee coloured crockery, bright colours in glassware, coffee and coloured streamers or bunting strung from the trees

-       An barn or stables with old wooden furniture and accessories, antique linen covering vintage side furniture, ornate mirrors, armfuls of Australian native blooms and leaves on coffee coloured cloths, coffee stoneware, bone handled cutlery, bark covered votives on every surface you can find to put them on, a roaring fire

Cupcake from A Little Slice Of Heaven, gown from Dorothy Perkins, Tie from Ties-Necktie, Floral arrangement by Mondo Floral Designs photo by Calli B Photography

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A cool colour always so fresh for spring or summer weddings, or as a lively addition to your autumn or winter palette.

Combine with soft apricot and soft yellow

-       With white, white and more white

-       With lilacs and purples of all shades

-       With magnolia and touches of Indigo

-       With all shades of green

-       With Fairy Floss Pink, Blush Pink, touches of Soft Apricot and white

-       With Azure Blue, Hydrangea Blue and magnolia

-       With Antique Rose and touches of Nude Pink

-       With Watermelon Pink and touches of Sweet Apricot

-       With lots of magnolia and pops of Zesty Orange

-       With Olive Green and Soft Apricot

-       With black and white

-       With Pale Grey, magnolia and tiny touches of Primrose Yellow

-       Green gem stones – Peridot, green topaz,  tourmaline, green sapphires, emeralds

-       Cake – think more subtle touches rather than apple green fondant (which could be rather off putting!) – white fondant with apple green polka dots (of course!), or graduated dark to pale apple green filigree, or a lace design echoing the lace in your dress, think fresh flowers, ferns fronds, moss around the tiers

-       Green and white parrot tulips, orchids, green hydrangeas, fern fronds, chrysanthemums, hellebores, apple mint, white flowers, apple and pear blossom, moss, Granny Smith apples, limes, snowdrops, white berries

-       Think garden wedding (and a Gone with the Wind outdoor feel), all white or bleached wooden furniture, apple green checked tablecloths, green napkins, white crockery, milk glass, white daisies, men in light beige suits, white shirts and green patterned ties, high tea – cucumber sandwiches, beautiful cakes, white chocolate and green pistachio macarons, tiny mouthfuls of yumminess

-       A formal black, green and magnolia wedding – lots of off white, with silver ware, silver candlesticks and compotes, black wine glasses, white crockery with silver edging, green and white floral arrangements in silver vessels, serve apple martinis. Bridesmaids in black, bride in magnolia with black embellishments, black formal suits and bow ties for the men, white bouquets with touches of green, tied with black ribbon

-       A wedding in the country – using the countryside as your inspiration for a colour scheme of apple green, soft yellow (think ripe wheat), soft apricot and touches of soft blue (for our big sky). Armfuls of flowers in full bloom in those colours,  randomly arranged  for that ‘just picked’ look, on tablecloths of green. Your maids in patterned (? a ‘watercolour’ look of all these colours) or each maid wearing a dress in a different colour, all tied together with the same green shoes. Make the most of large country gardens, orchards, rustic fence posts, arbours covered in white wisteria, and great country cooking

-       Other details to consider are green glasses, green toffee apples, apple cakes, apple butter, lime based cocktails, apple shaped biscuits, baskets of apples and limes

Gold feather fan earrings from DanaCastle On Etsy, Kate Spade Chrystie Street Bag, Order of Service from The Elite Invitation Boutique, Apple green pashmina from ClassyWedding on Etsy

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What a beautiful colour this is – a little bit pink, a little bit red. A vibrant, joyous colour just right for adding richness to your palette.

Combine with dark grey green and pale pearly grey

-       With Tiffany blue and ivory

-       With Sage Green, plum and pops of orange

-       With Taupe and Dark or Milk Chocolate

-       With Pewter Grey, plum and Indigo

-       With Spring Green, Pale Grey and touches of Olive Green

-       With Slate Blue and ivory

-       With chartreuse and Pewter  Grey

-       With berry pinks and purples and lots of magnolia to soften

-       With Hydrangea Blue and Pale Grey

-       With Ice Blue, ivory and touches of orange or Primrose Yellow

-       With Pewter Grey and pops of Saffron Yellow

-       With Coral Orange, Saffron Yellow, Antique Rose with sparkling Silver

-       White or dark chocolate wedding cake decorated with raspberries, blackberries, red, white and black currents – yum

-       A  secret garden themed wedding with wooden or wrought iron fencing  and pergolas entwined with raspberry branches and grapevines, jars filled with ripening bunches of berries, rosehips and pepper berries, floral or green/white toile tablecloths, weathered wooden furniture, stone flagged floors,  raspberry crockery or wine glasses

-       Favours – potted raspberry plants, homemade raspberry jam,  raspberry syrup, jam drops filled with raspberry jam, mini raspberry cheesecakes, raspberry liqueur filled chocolates, raspberry and lillypilly jelly, Turkish Delight

-       A raspberry based cocktail designed just for you – using raspberry vodka or raspberry liqueur as a starting point

-       Your maids in long floral dresses in a vintage print incorporating the raspberry colour, raspberry shoes, earrings featuring dark green stones

-       Sage green autumn hydrangeas flecked in raspberry, peonies, tulips, berries of all sorts, roses, calla lilies, spider orchids

-       Satin ribbons in various lengths in raspberry, spring green, orange and white hung from old trees, entrances, as ‘bunting’ from railings, tied on the backs of chairs, as an edging on a dessert table

-       Old tarnished metal bits and pieces look particularly nice with raspberry – old boxes, cow bells, lanterns, metal framed mirrors. Use natural hessian as your cloths and set up tablescapes of old metal wares,  pebbles, lichen covered twigs and berries  with raspberry in glassware, napkins, berry colours and crockery

-       Mercury glass vases and dishes, orchids in raspberry and white, white cloths and crockery, silver cutlery, raspberry napkins, white chairs, in a white room with dark timber beams

-       Raspberry tablecloths, old lace or crocheted cloths over the top, mismatched vintage flower patterned crockery and old silver cutlery, silver candlesticks with long tapered candles, peonies and roses with jasmine, lace edged handkerchiefs for favours, small dishes of old fashioned sweets dotted over the tables, pink lemonade

Earrings by SeaAndCake on Etsy, Savoy dress from BHLDN, Gardenia hair flower from OrliniFloral on Etsy, Notepaper and envelopes from NoteMaker

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