2022 Summer Wedding Color Palette Ideas

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The New Red, White, and Blue

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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.

The New Red, White, and Blue

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Stephanie B. Design created this invitation suite, which combined all three shades.

The New Red, White, and Blue

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Lilac and Peach

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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.

Lilac and Peach

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The light peach-and-lilac buds were so soft, they looked like cream upon first glance.

Lilac and Peach

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Navy, Yellow, and Red

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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

Navy, Yellow, and Red

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—like gold, burgundy, and pink—to bring this multicolored reception to life.

Navy, Yellow, and Red

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Yellow and White

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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.

Yellow and White

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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.

Yellow and White

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Tonal Gray

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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.

Tonal Gray

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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.

Tonal Gray

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Terra-Cotta

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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.

Terra-Cotta

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Green and Black

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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!).

Green and Black

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Sage, Cream, and Gold

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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.

Sage, Cream, and Gold

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Rust and Bright White

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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.

Rust and Bright White

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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.

Rust and Bright White

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Citrus

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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

Citrus

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—at this Italy elopement, which was executed by Amorology, Nomad Republic, and Siloh Floral.

Citrus

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Dark Summer Shades

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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.

Dark Summer Shades

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Fluorescents

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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 

Fluorescents

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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.

Fluorescents

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