For every theme, there are corresponding color motifs that would perfectly complement your wedding celebration. Beach weddings usually take on bright, sunny colors such as orange or yellow, or cool soothing colors such as blue or green. Garden weddings go perfectly well with pastel shades, especially peach, light green, or pink. Or, you could opt to go for earth tones. Bridesmaid dresses ought to take on the theme - well, most of them do, anyway. There are a few here and there that totally divert from the mold.

Bridesmaid dresses should not be white, however. And bridesmaid dresses should not be of the same design as the wedding dress as well. In the olden days, bridesmaids used to dress the same way as the bride to confuse the evil forces. Nowadays, dressing your bridesmaids up with the exact same design as your wedding dress is uhm.. plain crazy.

Bridesmaid dresses should complement the affair - it should be sweet as wedding cakes in Toronto and pleasing to the eye. Not slinky or dowdy. And, wedding dresses should not be ugly - design-wise and color-wise.

Here are some of the colors you ought to avoid in picking out your bridesmaid dresses:

1. Black - Unless your going for the Goth wedding of the century. Well, even if you are planning to have the Goth wedding of the century, black is not exactly the perfect choice. This would mean that all of you would be clothed in black, AND you wouldn't stand out that way right?

2. Purple - This is a wedding, not a funeral. Lavender is cute. Purple is morbid. Unless you are Dracula's bride, that is. Purple, despite being the color of royalty, carries with it a dark appeal. And that is a bad start to have - especially if it's the rest of your life you're dealing with.

3. Neon green - Apple green looks posh, neon looks tacky. The colour itself would surely bring out headaches from your guests. Or a nosebleed, in extreme cases.

4. Dirt Brown - Dull, at its finest. Chocolate brown, dried leaf brown, any dark shade of brown brings on the same effect. It is dull and does not reflect the beauty of the occasion. Your bridesmaids dresses ought to be lovely and nice. Which, brown could never portray in such an occasion.

5. Bright Pink - I've seen it. Twice. And in both occasions it did not work. For one, pink may be a sweet color, but overdoing it makes you wanna puke. Too saccharine and too? uh, female, it does not create a balance for the female-male union of soul.

6. Gold - Okay, so it is not exactly that bad. But shiny, metallic gold is not pleasing to the eye, especially if you are having a beach or garden wedding - or any sort of wedding held outdoors for that matter. Your guests might be inclined to wear heavy sunglasses with that. If that is indeed the color of your bridesmaids dresses, be sure to print inside your invitation "Sunglasses needed for the occasion."

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