This is such an effervescent colour, it’s hard not to be inspired!

Combine with aqua and magnolia

-       With azure blue and sand or taupe

-       With orange and olive green

-       With pewter grey and magnolia

-       With pewter grey and touches of saffron yellow

-       With white, cream, magnolia and ivory and touches of midnight blue

-       With taupe and midnight blue

-       With Tiffany blue, magnolia and touches of milk chocolate

-       Roses, grevillea, waratah, kangaroo paw, poppies, red berries, gum blossom and gum nuts, grey leaved plants, NZ Christmas bush, Australian Christmas bells, dahlias, nemesia, tulips, fern fronds, variegated leaves

-       Toffee apples, cherries, raspberries, jelly candies, lollipops, candy canes, red jelly beans, Turkish delight, French macarons (built into a tower a la Masterchef Australia), red velvet cake

-       With glass candlesticks, poppy red crockery, vintage floral tablecloths incorporating red and spring green, large glass vases holding red poppies or red roses, spring green undercloth or napkins, white furniture all in a garden setting

-       Or keep it fun and casual – a school yard theme – red gingham cloths, lunch pails with your guest’s ‘lunch order’ (menu) tucked inside, vintage furniture, apples in buckets, little blackboards with chalk, a book to write ‘reports’ in – i.e. wishes to the bride and groom for their future, class photographs, toffee apples, popcorn, ice cream bar with a choose your own topping theme, red balloons, old books

-       With lots of white, and touches or hot orange and fern green in berries, flower arrangements, napkins ties, green glassware, trims

-       Consider a poppy red border design, beading or embroidery on white tablecloths, red napkins with the same design scaled down, in white

-       Red polka dots on shoes, ties, cakes, cupcakes, ribbon, crockery

-       Or red candy stripes as the basis for a striped theme – echoed in lollipops, candy canes, fabrics, red bordered plates, striped shirts or ties for the men, striped skirts on the bridesmaids with a little plain cardigan to tone it down, red shoes

-       A nautical theme using any of the above colour combinations

-       Old French linens, dark metal lanterns, moss covered urns, stone walls or floors,  metal chairs and French bistro tables, baskets with berries, red letterpress invitations

-       A bright red wedding dress

Red ball gown from rubypearl on Etsy, , matchbox from Brides, table setting from Martha Stewart Weddings, red chiffon flower hair pins from nomsa on etsy

This beautiful elegant colour has a grey base and lends a soft, yet crisp look to your wedding colour scheme.

Combine with ivory and champagne

-       With apricot and ivory

-       With darker peach, magnolia and pearl grey

-       With mid pink, blush pink and ivory

-       With grey-ish lavender and pewter

-       With ivory, magnolia and cream

-       With pewter, pearl grey and white

-       With navy, magnolia and pearl grey

-       With pale slate blue, silver and touches of indigo

-       With milk chocolate and ivory

-       With taupe, dusty pink and magnolia

-       With sweet peas, hydrangeas, daisies, peonies, roses in creams, white, apricots or pinks, grey gum leaves, gardenias, lilacs, anemones, dusty miller, lamb’s ears, dried or fresh lavender

-       Armfuls of a single flower such as sweet peas or white anemones, slate blue linen, organza over cloths in ivory, embroidered in  slate blue,  napkins, sparkling silver edged glasses, silver candelabra, slate blue and ivory candles, ivory crockery

-       Pewter and silver filigree in brooches, shoe clips, printed on invitations

-       Capiz shell in garlands, ‘chandeliers’ , dishes, mother of pearl, crystals

-       Think Wedgewood and their ivory silhouettes on slate blue – that effect could be used on invitations and other paper items, cake decoration, in white chocolate as part of a dessert, printed on placemats or napkins

-       Pearlised paper items printed with your monogram in slate blue

-       Cream or ivory crockery with ornate crimped or lace-like edges, cutwork cream cloths over slate blue under cloth, slate blue or cream cutwork napkins, echo the cutwork design in your cake embellishment, off white peonies in cream china bowls, add a touch of silver in napkin tie embellishments, candelabras

-       Use slate blue as the basis of a different take on a nautical theme. Add fabrics in taupe, peach, navy and ivory stripes. Bunting, paper flags, twine, white wooden furniture, ship’s lanterns, clear glass bowls filled to the brim with ivory and peach coloured shells and starfish. Add in a few silver shells for elegance. Serve small bites in flat pearly abalone shells, set on serving platters.

-       The bride in a transparent pale slate blue over ivory with pink crystal and pearl embellishment, the bridesmaids in darker slate blue with a touch of the bride’s dress embellishment carrying white anemones, purple privet berry, dusty miller and pink rose bouquets, the guys in mid grey suits, slate blue ties, pink rose boutonnieres.

Cake from Cake Occasions, Chanel dress via SoloLisa, Meadow Letterpress invitation from Bella Figura, Sergio Rossi suede heels from Beso

Love it or loathe it – this purple is an attention seeker!

Combine with different shades of lighter purples and magnolia and touches of green

- With soft yellow and grey green, burgundy and charcoal

- With royal blue, navy blue and lavender blue

- With deep teal and pearly grey

- With white, pale mauve and touches of hot pink

- With pale pink and silver grey

- With sage green and touches of deep red

- With magenta and wine colours and charcoal grey

With wine colours and plummy brown

- With saffron, caramel and touches of sage green

- Silver, pewter, crystals, marquesites, platinum,

- Flowers could include pure white flowers of any sort, larkspur, delphiniums, Queen Anne’s lace, sea holly, limonium, violets, dark red leaves, grey succulents, pansies, irises, dark purple lilies, lilacs, hydrangeas

- A champagne coloured wedding dress caught at the waist with an intricate amethyst and wine coloured crystal brooch, bouquets of purple, caramel. champagne and green orchids, pick up the green in the maids dresses with purple shoes for all, black suits for the men

- Magnolia tablecloths, purple napkins, champagne coloured plates, purple wine glasses, twigs, shells purple interiors, pearly finishes on dishes, cutlery handles,

- Hanging from the ceiling above each table, a flower arrangement incorporating the flowers used in your bouquets, on the tables purple candles of different hues, tiny purple and green boutonniere sized arrangements around each napkin

- Lots of glass to add light and sparkle – in plates, glasses, vases, candelabras, chandeliers, crystal drops looped amongst flowers, around lights, amongst the table decorations, mirrored tabletops

- Lanterns hung in groups – metal, paper, glass, hung amongst the spring blossoms of a wisteria covered pergola, or on the branches of a jacaranda tree

- Groups of paper flowers either in pure white, or in your bouquet colours. Hung from the ceiling, surrounding an archway, at each place setting, or even as your bouquet.

- And last but definitely not least – base your wedding theme on violets or pansies – tiny vases of them everywhere you can cram them, tucked into your bouquet, as fresh fragrant favours for your female guests, sugared violets on your cake, cupcakes or decorating your dessert

Placecard from Brides, Sergio Rossi Chi Chi pump from Neimen Marcus, hair flower from Triple7Custom on Etsy, ribbon from Pink Frosting.

This is a gorgeous feminine very pale pink – so appealing you can almost taste it!

Combine with whites of all hues

- With champagne, cream and pale creamy beige

- With pearl grey and magnolia

- With soft sage green, touches of deep red and cream

- With milk chocolate and champagne

- With bronze and champagne

- With pewter and pearl grey

- With deeper pinks of various intensities

- With softest lemon yellow and cream with touches of pearl grey and deeper pink

- With soft grey blue, magnolia and pearl grey

- With black and white

- With milk chocolate, bronze, magnolia

- Roses, peonies, faded autumn hydrangeas, grey leaves, variegated ivy, tulips, Australian natives such as white or pink kangaroo paws, pink tea tree, or pale coloured grevilleas

- Incorporate lichen covered branches or moss covered stones into your tablescapes

- Use vintage touches – old postcards, vintage lace dress, pink crystal headpieces, patterned ribbon, tiny velvet flocked artificial flowers used as embellishments

- Filigree in headpieces, cupcake holders, brooches to catch the folds of your dusty pink wedding dress, belt buckle

- Beading, old lace, floaty fabrics, layered fabrics, vintage beaded champagne net over dusty pink satin, feathers, floral headpieces

- Vintage velvet covered furniture

- Generous flower arrangements (think Marie Antoinette!) bursting out of the unusual places – half open console drawers, over archways, along balustrades, from old metal garden urns, from bird baths, bird cages

- Pewter, silver, soft bronze, pearlised things, capiz shell

- Sugared almonds, pink champagne, pink hued cocktails, pink ice cream, Turkish delight, dusty pink lollipops, cupcakes iced and dusted with glittery sugar, iced Vovo biscuits, French macaroons

- The clean modern look of lots of silver in candelabra, plain silver containers, silver edged crockery and glasses, softened with voluptuous vases of creamy and dusty pink roses, creamy linen, silver, clear or white chairs, white candles

- Fans, lace edged handkerchiefs, hats with veils, lace gloves

- For your bridesmaids, shoes covered in beautiful dusty rose patterned fabric, match up a pocket handkerchief for the boys and add a plain tie

- Black or grey suits – from mid to charcoal for the men

Table arrangement photo from NK Photography, shoe from Midas Shoes, Photo from Chris Nicholls Photography, Cake from Real Simple.