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    Miss Blossom    February 2011   Australia

    (tee hee! my first post!)

    Help me with my colour palette Hive!

    Below is the bridesmaids dresses I bought ($180 reduced to $130 SCORE!!!) for my girls because I absolutely adore them, and I wanted to pay tribute to my mum, who also had yellow bridemaid dresses. The groomsmen are wearing charcoal grey with pale yellow ties.

    I want an accent colour to use in the decor and the flowers, but I don't want to use the dominant fuschia/purple colour in the dress.

    Ideas?

     
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    ClairDarling    August 14, 2010   San Diego

    the picture of your dresses isnt showing...

     
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    jb30    August 28, 2010   St. Louis

    no picture!

    But, we are doing charcoal grey, mustard yellow, with blue and green accents if that helps any.

     
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    MissLLC    August 7, 2010   Los Angeles

    Celadon green? I'm doing pewter grey and yellow but I'm going the fuschia accent route :)

     
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    Mthdgirl    June 19, 2010   Seattle

    Turquoise and grey and turquoise and yellow are always classic color combos.  I can't see the dresses but the "tone" of the turquoise should match that of the yellow.  I.E. if the yellow is pastel then the turquoise should be pastel, but if the yellow is a bright, the turquoise should be a bright.

    Have you thought about white?  I know you'll probably be wearing white but as far as tablescapes and stuff is concerned, it might be a great choice.  I'm planning a yellow grey and white kitchen so I think it goes together and you maybe could do some fun stuff with vintage milk glass or something...

     
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    ejs4y8    June 20, 2009  

    What about a limey-yellow green?

     
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    AshCo    June 19, 2010   Minnesota

    Lime Green!!! my sis in law is doing the same!!

     
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    Mrs2theDr    April 16, 2010   Chicago, IL

    Hmm...we are using lilac/lavender, charcoal grey and ivory....so maybe you can use varying shades of yellow?

     
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    kjpugs    March 20, 2010   Indianapolis, IN

    I would go with a muted, natural green (think greenery- it always goes) or black and white- you could easily add white flowers and pop from b&w anemones, black fiddleheadferns, and/or black ranunculus.

     
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    smilez    june 26, 2010   toronto, on

    i second turquoise!

     
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    LaBelleBride    February 16, 2007  

    I think a splash of red would looks nice.  Kinda like Michelle Williams at the Oscars last year. 

    http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20007870_20164474_20259854_1,00.html

    Just a few accents would be super cute. 

    xoxo Chantale

     
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    Melissabegins    December 12, 2009  

    Turquoise - would be a good contrast

    purple - varying shades would give a different mood, but a rich purple would make that color palette seem more sophisticated

    orange - springy and would totally pop!

     
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    grace8367    September 6, 2009   Chicago

    Any blue tone would be pretty- I vote for turquoise

     
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    monitajb    July 17, 2010   Sacramento

    I think white would be very clean looking. White flowers are abundant, and that way if you go for the less expensive white option (linens, china, chairs, candles, etc.), it looks as if you coordinated.

     
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    AnnieAAA    October 25, 2009   Dallas, TX

    I agree with green!

    Take a look at this, it is a board for grey & green, but you can really imagine your yellow in their too, looks like it will compliement very well & will be very pretty!

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    locket    September 25, 2010  

    I was thinking chartreuse...it's like a yellow green color

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    We're doing yellow, charcoal gray, and white. I like the idea of only having one big "pop" of color coming from the yellow, with everything else being pretty neutral.

     
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    cwamack    May 15, 2010   Chattanooga, TN

    I love the idea of using either orange, turquoise or white with yellow and gray. Any of those colors go very well together. My fave pick would prob be turquoise though.

     

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