To steal a colour scheme?

[Bellaboo91]

I’m getting married next July, still ages away I know.

I’m struggling with colour schemes, I love red but think it’s too common, I really love navy blue and white after SILs wedding earlier this year, I’d never thought about the colour before until I saw how nice it looked at hers.

Now I want to incorporate navy colours into my wedding theme, would it be inappropriate to do this as it could be seen as copying?

It would be inappropriate yes

If lots of the same people are there and it’s the same style of wedding, people might think you’ve copied her. If it’s quite different, go ahead.

However, if you really like red, you should use that instead. It doesn’t matter if it’s popular.

You cannot steal a colour theme - it’s not owned by anyone. I would however choose a different one. There are soooo many colours in the world, just pick something else.

It really shouldn’t matter but I think with it being your sil, and with so many attending who attended hers, it will no doubt be noticed and matter for some.
You should do red if that is your favourite and if you find a way of making it work (it can be ‘hard’ but have also known it to work - just needs some care).
Congrats and good luck.

I think no , do not use the same colour ! I think as it’s a summer wedding then all of the pastel colours look amazing and each bridesmaid could wear a different colour ! Even a different style dress each. Very fresh looking

Do people really remember? I went to a wedding two weekends ago and have no idea what the 'colour scheme' was, so I can't imagine anyone other than the bride would remember by next July.

Do what you want!

Speak to her and ask if she would mind?
Or use a different dark colour to contrast with white like a dark wine or deep plum colour.

I can't believe people would be so precious over a colour - navy! It's not exactly an unusual colour. Fuck it. Do it. Just style it differently if you're worried. It's a lot classier than some choices.

Claret red and gold (matt / beigy rather than bright) is a beautiful combination.

I wouldn’t go with the exact same, no.

You obviously like bold colours, that can make it harder to match flowers if you get a stark contrast rather than a complementary theme, although again, that’s personal taste.

You could choose a similarly strong shade, but not the same as SIL www.babaroni.co.uk/bridesmaid-dresses-uk?colour=Ink-Blue with everyone choosing their own style to flatter their shape. That wouldn’t look so uniform. Or you could choose patterned bridesmaid dresses and be different again.

I wouldn't have navy in the summer anyway. Get on Pinterest for colour inspiration, that's how we found ours.

Red can be very classy, with the right greenery to set it against.... Don't do SILs colours that would nuke your relationship x

Only on MN would anyone remember or care.

Both colours are not very summery, but aside from that, no...don’t use your SIL colour theme.

What about cornflower blue for the summer? You can have beautiful hydrangeas then.

My sister is having a similar colour scheme to my brother because it's her favourite colour. I don't think that's weird. It will look different in a different venue, different style etc. But if you like red I would just go for that.

My friend had navy mixed with a cornflower blue at her wedding which looked lovely in the summer. Maybe add another shade in so that it isn’t exactly the same.

We also had blue. In a kind of petrol colour called ocean blue from dessy bridesmaids. There are lots of lovely blues that you could mix in.

I went to a wedding last September where the bridesmaids were wearing navy blue and another this September with the same colour scheme and I have to say that, on both occasions, although they were very attractive women, the bridesmaids looked dull and boring.

Unless it's more of a rose shade, to my mind red would be too strong for a July wedding and I would be looking for a colour that reflected the summer season and was also flattering for the bridesmaids.

Cornflower blue would suit a country wedding, but a sea green-y blue would suit a town or country wedding especially if accessorised with a small bunch or corsage of pink roses - your bouquet could be made entirely of pink roses or incorporate some trailing greenery or gypsophila (baby's breath).

Brother got married 3 months before me, but we were engaged first and had colours planned as well.
SIL used same colour but different shade of green. My bridesmaids were in emerald green hers in forest green.
Very different styles.
Up shot was flower girl dress was able to be recycled.
I don’t think there is a problem

Despite my user name I don’t think you should.

Navy is too strong a colour for people not to notice the similarities. It’s not so much you are copying her but the whole colour theming thing is a bit dated now. Think of all the early 2000’s weddings that had burgundy bridesmaids, the Scottish weddings with purple, the current trend for green and white. It’s all a bit “done” perhaps, for today’s tastes.