To choose a color palette that blends nicely, consult the color wheel. You can pick one up at any craft store in the art section. When using the color wheel remember opposites are classic color choices. Red and green or yellow and violet are considered complementary colors.

Related color schemes (or accent colors) are colors next to each other like green, blue green, blue. Fiddling with shades and tints can give you a lot of different looks depending on how they are used. Usually a shade (darker) or tint (lighter) combinations look lovely together. Monochromatic is different tints and shades of the same color like, pale blue to navy with any in between on the scale. Also picking up paint strips or fabric swatches are very helpful in getting the exact color and are helpful to take to your florist and cake person.

If you go with an intense color, dark or primary (red or blue) use it as a focal color, and use accent colors to frame your main color or neutrals. Neutrals are white, gray, beige, metallic and black. Consider one color used sparingly, a metallic used lightly to add drama and another neutral or accent color used more abundantly. An example of this would be sapphire blue, silver and an abundance of a tint of blue/lavender if you want to play up the winter snow. Any rich jewel tone will look fantastic for a winter wedding!

Here are a few popular color combinations that work well together:

• Turquoise and Red
• Purple in different shades
• Navy Blue and Silver
• Chocolate Brown and Tifffany Blue or Robin Egg Blue
• Black and White with Lime accent