Is this dress bright enough for a funeral?

[AnnaQuayInTheUk]

Hi, I need some advice. I'm going to a funeral next week and the instructions are "wear bright colours only please".

The trouble is that I tend to wear quite sombre colours. I never wear pink/red/orange as those colours don't suit me at all. I've got an olive green top but that doesn't feel bright enough, plus I've only got black or navy trousers to go with it.

I do have this dress but the background is black. If I wore it with a yellow cardigan would it count as "bright colours"?

I think that with a yellow cardigan would be lovely. Sorry for your loss.

apparently my images are "under review" but it's a dress with little yellow flowers but on a black background. There are more flowers than background.

Hopefully the images will be posted shortly but in the meantime, if anyone can post a link to a bright dress for under £60 that would be appreciated

I think the yellow cardigan will do the trick and possibly borrow a bright silk scarf from someone?

I can see your photos and I think that dress with a yellow cardigan is perfect. Whatever your outer layer is will have the most impact on the overall perception of the brightness of the outfit anyway.

Yellow cardi with it will be perfect. Sorry for the loss of someone close to you.

I think the dress is lovely and will look nice

I'm sure the person whose funeral is, wouldn't expect you to go out and buy something just for the funeral in a colour you wouldn't ordinarily wear. To me that kind of instruction is there's no need to wear black can be sober. I'd like a bit of colour and life at my funeral and that is a lovely dress.

Some mustard tights from snag would also brighten it up.

I’m sorry for your loss.

https://snagtights.com/products/80-denier-tights-classic?variant=42022170394666

Yes, the yellow cardigan will fit the bill perfectly, even if the dress weren't flowered.
I've been at a funeral where they said to wear bright colours, and many people did that just with a pink / yellow / red / orange / turquoise scarf.

Sorry for your loss.

Thanks, mustard tights is also a good idea.

Thanks everyone for your reassurances and also for your condolences.

I've got a yellow cardigan which I think will go, and I'll be buying some yellow/mustard tights.

It has made me realize that my winter wardrobe is very dull. Even my patterned tops and dresses are in sombre colours. I need a wardrobe revamp!

It's absolutely fine.

Yes, that dress and cardigan will be perfect for the dress code. Often at funerals with a 'bright' dress code, guests wear grey or navy with a coloured scarf or top, so your outfit will be fine.
Sorry that you've lost someone dear to you.

I went to a funeral with that dress code once. It was a much loved work colleague, so about 20 of us went in our most colourful clothes, only to find that the family had changed their mind, but forgotten to tell us. Our management were also represented, soberly dressed . I would make a token gesture if it happened again.

It's ideal, OP. Another one offering you sincere condolences.

I have to say that I dread this kind of dress code. I don't wear bright colours at all and have had to borrow things in the past for this kind of situation. I wear navy, black, grey, and white, and sometimes dark green.