Colored Wedding Dresses And What Your Color Choice Represents

Ever thought of wearing a colored wedding dress for your wedding? If you want to find a colored wedding gown, there is now a variety of choices. Colored wedding gowns are getting more popular, particularly for weddings with a seasonal theme.

The first thing that you must take into account when you are choosing a color for your wedding dress is to find whether the color suits you. This is an individual matter depending on your skin, hair and eye coloring. Most people will automatically prefer colors that suit them, so go with colors that you often choose. If you have a problem with this you can consult a book like Color Me Beautiful which contains charts and explains how to determine which group of colors will suit you.

The second important point is the meaning of each color and the psychological message that it gives out. Throughout history, we have attached symbolic meaning to different colors. Not surprisingly, some of these meanings will be more appropriate for colored wedding dresses than others. So what are these meanings?

Red

Red is hot: warmth, love, excitement and desire, but also anger and danger. It is associated with speed, daring, strength and bravery.

Orange

Orange is associated with 'cheap and cheerful'. Enthusiasm, a bargain, also creativity.

Brown

Brown is an earthy color of course and strongly associated with nature and the fall season. Solid and reliable, relaxing, comforting and honest, it also suggests qualities of endurance.

Yellow

Yellow gets our attention! That's why bright yellow is used for safety clothing and for highlighting text. Associated with summer and the sun, it speaks of energy and enthusiasm, hunger, optimism and happiness. However, it is also linked with cowardliness.

Green

Green is another color of nature, associated with the environmental movement and with the spring season. It symbolizes calmness and relaxation, harmony, well-being, honesty and freshness.

Blue

Blue speaks of professionalism: honor, loyalty, trust, dependability, stability and peace. Associated with winter, it is generally a cold color and can imply boredom and depression.

Purple

Purple was traditionally the color of royalty. It has meanings of nobility, prosperity, luxury, elegance, sophistication, mystery and magic.

Black

Black was another expensive dye in the past and so like purple, it is associated with elegance and sophistication. Worn well it can be very slimming. On the other hand it is worn for mourning in the western world and therefore it is linked psychologically with death, negativity and depression. It is also the color of the illegal activities of the 'black market', linked with dishonesty and unfaithfulness.

Gray

Conservative and traditional, gray is associated with intelligence and seriousness, but it is likely to be seen as dull and boring unless you brighten it up with striking accessories in another color.

White

White of course symbolizes purity, innocence, simplicity and virginity and is the traditional color for a bride's dress, at least at her first wedding. In the past it was often felt unsuitable for a widow to wear a white wedding gown and she would more often be remarried in a shade such as ivory or cream.

So those are the main meanings of the different colors of the spectrum. But what if you would like to wear a certain color because of its meaning, but you do not think you look well in that color? Just remember that there are many shades of most of these colors. Try different shades and choose the best shade that fits your skin tone. Best wishes!