Ivory Wedding Cake with Navy Ribbon and Pink Orchids
As brides are beginning to plan weddings for 2012, here are some of the most popular new color combinations to consider for your wedding cake. Regardless of the season, choose the colors you like, and that most reflect your personality, then add them to your wedding cake in a variety of ways ( See Adding Color to Your Wedding Cake, October 2009, for ideas on using flowers, ribbon, and other decorations to add color to your cake.)
One of the hottest new colors for 2012 is Honeysuckle Pink. This coral-pink color is beautiful paired with many shades of green – especially mint and spring green. It is also lovely with bright shades of yellow and with cream accents.
Many brides are choosing dark, rich colors for a more formal, sophisticated look, such as navy blue, or deep eggplant purple. The dark navy can be complimented with brighter colors such as yellow, pink, and red and cream. Colors used with the eggplant shade include cranberry, cream, and platinum.
Black and white continue to be popular wedding cake colors, with accents of red, pink, turquoise or lime green. Lime green is also being used with orange, brown, hot pink, or purple.
Another popular trend is the combination of three or more wedding colors, with one dominant color and other colors added in a variety of decorative elements. These multi-color combinations include: orange/green/brown, purple/blue/teal, yellow/orange/green, or purple/orange/pink for a tropical destination wedding. Cranberry/purple/ cream, plum/silver/black, turquoise/brown/cream, harvest yellow/ gold/brown. and lavender/pink /mint are also trendy choices.
Be sure to provide your wedding cake professional with color swatches or paint samples from the paint store, so that the colors can be accurately reproduced on your cake. Whatever colors you choose, your wedding cake professional can work with you to ensure that your wedding cake is another beautiful element in your wedding palette!
