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CREDIT: ABBY JIU PHOTOGRAPHY
Whether or not you're planning a Fourth of July wedding, your guests don't really expect you to incorporate this patriotic trio into your warm-weather big day. Prove them wrong—and show them how fresh a red, white, and blue palette can be by opting for super-saturated crimson, slate, and eggshell décor.
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Stephanie B. Design created this invitation suite, which combined all three shades.
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CREDIT: LARISSA CLEVELAND PHOTOGRAPHY
Pastels aren't groundbreaking for summer, so keep them so muted that they offer just a touch of color. We love this ground arrangement by Eddie Zaratsian—the installation looked like a rose garden growing up out of the last row of chairs at this ceremony—for its barely-there colors.
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The light peach-and-lilac buds were so soft, they looked like cream upon first glance.
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CREDIT: LAUREN GABRIELLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Looking for a bold palette with major impact? Consider the primary colors (and their tonal derivatives!) when brainstorming your dream summer event. A Charming Fête used cobalt poufs and a ton flowers in a myriad of red-and-yellow shades
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—like gold, burgundy, and pink—to bring this multicolored reception to life.
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CREDIT: JESSICA RIEKE PHOTOGRAPHY
A simple palette can still feel unexpected. Just take this single-flower Jenn Sanchez Design bouquet, for example.
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The daisies' sunny centers offered a whimsical pop of yellow (an underutilized wedding color, in our opinion!) against the bright-white petals.
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CREDIT: MARIA LAMB
The desert—a common destination for summer nuptials—is full of muted, tonal shades to inspire your warm-weather color scheme. Turn to the locale's earthy, rocky grays for colorway ideas, whether or not you're getting married there.
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This bride (who tied the knot in the canyons of Moab, Utah) did just that: She dressed her bridesmaids in two shades of gray (dove and purple-charcoal) on her big day.
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CREDIT: SARAH KATE PHOTOGRAPHY
Here's another desert-derived summer palette to bookmark. We loved this Bows and Arrows bouquet's overarching terra-cotta color scheme, created with rusty orchids and blush garden roses.
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CREDIT: HUDSON NICHOLS PHOTOGRAPHY
Attempting to make your tropical wedding—full of exotic greenery—your own? Take notes from this Shannon Wellington and Fresh Designs Florist setup and offset palm leaves and snake plants with black décor (believe us, your guests expect white accents, not charcoal!).
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CREDIT: SARAH INGRAM
Your summer event's color story doesn't have to revolve around splashy shades. A calmer palette, like the sage, cream, and gold trio seen here on this Every Little Letter suite, is an unexpected, but welcome alternative.
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CREDIT: SYLVIE GIL PHOTOGRAPHY
Regardless of seasonality, orange isn't a popular wedding color—which is something we invite you to change. If a true orange-inspired palette feels too harsh, opt for a darker interpetation, like rust.
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Juxtapose the richer shade with a bright neutral, like wedding white, to enhance its depth. Need proof that the shade won't feel offbeat on your big day? You're looking at it: This red-orange velvet chaise was the perfect backdrop for bridal portraits.
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CREDIT: REBECCA YALE PHOTOGRAPHY
Citrus fruits, readily available in the summertime, just might be the key to a punchy palette that doesn't feel cliché. Limey greens, lemony yellows, and soft oranges made an appearance—through the modern poufs and bright floral arrangements
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—at this Italy elopement, which was executed by Amorology, Nomad Republic, and Siloh Floral.
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CREDIT: SALLY PINERA
If you're throwing a late-summer event, turn to colors that speak to both summer and fall. Let the golds, rusts, burgundy, and mauves seen throughout these potted aisle arrangements by The Bloemist guide your big day's color story.
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CREDIT: ANTONIS PRODROMOU
The easiest way to make any summer wedding color palette feel unexpected? Take your desired colors and pump up their saturation. The red-and-purple flowers (these were arranged by Luciana Wedding Creations) on and surrounding
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this Warrawong confection were so bright, they felt flourescent—translate these shades across your own big day, or apply this approach to any other colorway.
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