Wedding - colour code for guests…?!

[BigGlassOfWine]

Have just received a wedding invitation, and it’s got an actual colour chart (ivory, beige and various shades of green) as dress code attached. Lovely people, but I fear they have let themselves be talked into it by the wedding planner…
are colour codes a Thing these days?
I really don’t like the idea of buying a dress I won’t wear again, green doesn’t suit me 😝

I'm going to a wedding at the end of the year with a colour theme too!
I gather it is a tiktok type thing for photos.😫

Bugger that! Can you book yourself a city break in another country or conveniently catch covid/norovirus/plague on the big day?

Ivory/Beige/Green - the first 2 would make me look like an old nhs hearing aid and I wouldn't suit green either.

I think there is a shade of green for everyone, that's the route I would definitely take.

Yes, colour coded weddings are now a thing.

For this wedding you're going to, I'd be tempted to wear sackcloth.

I've had two invites with this nonsense and ignored them both. No one said anything on the day and a lot of other people had ignored the silly colour code thing too!

Is that for men too? Beige or green suits? Or don’t men count in dress codes?

I really can't imagine going to a wedding as a guest where the 'happy couple' dictate my clothing choice.

Such a shame you're a bit colour blind and thought your navy dress was forest green, isn't it?

Monumentally rude of the hosts. I'd not go.

Seriously?! I'd wear something really garish like the hottest cerise pink to make a point. And stand out on the photos

I was invited as an extra person to a Nigerian wedding (that was later massively scaled back as a close relative passed away, so I didn't attend in the end). The Bride explained that colour schemes were a thing for them. I don't know if that was just a family thing or is more common than that - but it's a possibility?

Me too. I think I have orange in my wardrobe too.

Yes, I was going to ask this exact question.
I'm guessing they can wear their usual suit and maybe a shirt or tie in one of the specified colours.
So I imagine OP could wear whatever she fancies but add in an accessory in the approved colour scheme - eg floral dress, nude bag/shoes.

Bugger that! Can you book yourself a city break in another country

Yea, exactly.

They'll be divorced before you know it. That way you'll have life-long memories.

Utterly ridiculous, expecting you to pay out for your own new clothes for their wedding.

Are they not aware we're in a COL crisis? And the world on fire.....?

I haven’t been invited to a colour themed wedding yet but I love the sound of it, I think it would be fun.

Green - you can't wear green to a wedding ! My Mum's family would have a jiminy fit if anyone turned up wearing green as it's considered bad luck. I have no idea where they have got this from.

Anyway sorry but ivory beige and green - not my colours. The only people who get the cloths dictated to by the bride and groom are the bridesmaids and ushers. And anyway ivory is a strange colour to dictate - unless the bride is wearing cerise pink what would it look like if all the women turned up wearing ivory.

And anyway ivory is a strange colour to dictate - unless the bride is wearing cerise pink what would it look like if all the women turned up wearing ivory.

Similar to how at a lot of weddings there are various male guests with suits similar in colour to the groom's?

According to an Irish Catholic friend, green is the colour of the Little Folk. Marriage is a holy sacrament and they have no part in holy sacraments, so they'd be jealous of people wearing their colour and cause trouble in revenge.

Thank you @VikingLady - that's very interesting to learn. Yes Mum's family Irish Catholic

I am Irish Catholic.
Loads of people wear green to weddings here!

My mum was aghast when I painted some rooms in my house in sage green. Maybe it's older Irish people who have a thing against green?

I'd wear green earrings / socks / scarf / headband or the like, and feign ignorance at anything else being 'required'.

Tempted 😂

That's the colour palette of xmil's living room c2005. Think it was entitled "Next catalogue p254". Maybe that was their inspiration?

Same colour chart for the men, but they may also wear black!