Funeral wear - but colour! Help!?

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I have a funeral to attend soon but have been asked not to wear black, but bright colours instead. But now I’m wondering what’s too causual. I don’t own much that’s formal anyway.. let alone formal and colourful 😆

If they have asked for bright colours I don't think they will be bothered about it being formal clothes.

We asked people to wear bright colours at my husband's funeral - we wanted it to be a celebration of his life. We didn't expect people to wear ',formal 'clothes, just whatever they felt comfortable wearing.

Only one person wore a black suit and tie to my DF’s funeral, everyone else just wore normal clothes.

I would say just wear whatever it comfortable to you, and feels appropriate. Obviously not all black in this instance, but I always think that when the dress code is ‘colour’ it means smart, respectful and not black.

For my Mums funeral we had a wear what you like policy but as she hated black we encouraged a "splash of colour"
I wore a black dress but with a favourite purple scarf of hers, DD wore black but carried a bright red handbag my Mum had admired, DS wore grey but with a bright yellow tie because my Mum used to watch Spongebob with him when he was little, DH wore dark blue but with a pink tie as my Mum had joked about pink being for girls when he wore a pink t shirt once. The rest of the family did similar, SIL wore a lovely purple dress (my Mums favourite colour)
If you don't feel comfortable dressed fully in bright colours then you could do something like that

I would just wear what t i would wear going out for a l dinner or something like that or maybe dark trousers and a brighter top half.

I don’t think anyone who’s asked for bright colours at a funeral will expect the brightly-coloured clothes to be formal.

Sorry for your loss. There was a similar thread last week which I'll link if I can find it. I'd wear a blazer to smarten trousers/blouse up.

www.mumsnet.com/talk/style_and_beauty/5454133-not-black-funeral-dress-december?reply=148939442

I've been caught out like this before and been the only person who actually did the bright colours. Now I do muted with "some" colour, like a bright jacket or scarf.

Yes I have been to a bright colours funeral one poor woman went all out bless her, most people do go muted as you say,

I attended a funeral like this and I did wear a smart black dress but I coupled it with brightly coloured tights and a bright coloured jacket

I'm going to my grandad's celebration of life service next week. I'm going to wear my seasalt dress that he liked and my yellow hoodie. Dh will probably wear trousers and a jumper. My dc who like to dress to impress will wear suits and the ones who don't will wear trousers and a shirt.

I don't think anyone will expect anything really formal, just don't wear anything scruffy, or what you wear to do the gardening in.

If they've asked for colours I wouldn't worry about the formality of clothing. For a friend's funeral the family requested people wear something yellow as that was his favourite colour. Knowing my friend the brighter yellow the better, everyone looked awesome. It was a sea of sunshine and highlighters 🥰 I've only ever seen a bucket hat being worn at one funeral but it was perfect 😁