White, ivory, off-white, champagne? There are so many different colors for a wedding dress. Which color suits your skin tone? And what about the color of your eyes and hair? Below you find some useful tips and thorough color advice to help you finding the best color for your wedding dress.
Choosing the right color wedding dress for your skin tone is important. The wrong color can wash you out in seconds. Check which color type you are and shine at the big day!
Four season color analysis
Discover your color palette and find out which seasonal type you are.
We name the following types:
- Autumn
- Summer
- Spring
- Winter
In a bridal fashion store, you could also check out which color suits you. The expert will choose different colors of scarves. Soon you discover which color suits you the best.
Spring
Your skin is light with gold undertones. You have reddish, golden brown, yellow blond or brown hair. Most of the time, the color of the eyes from a spring type is green or blue.
Do: go for pastel shades and warm colors. For example: camel, golden-yellow, golden brown, green, grey, sea green, creamy white and navy blue.
Don’t: snow-white, purple, turquoise, gray and black.
Summer
Summer types have a very light skin with a reddish or blue undertone. They often have light or dark blond hair. The eyes of a summer type are blue-gray, green-gray or blue.
Do: pastels and soft neutrals with pink, blue and gray shades. Also, beautiful on summer types are lavender, taupe and off-white.
Don’t: yellow orange, orange, beige, red and army green.
Autumn
As an autumn type you have an ivory-colored skin with a beige undertone. Most of the time the hair of an autumn type is golden brown or maroon. The eyes are dark brown or green.
Do: dark blue, khaki, off-white, brown and bronze.
Don’t: baby pink, yellow, raspberry red.
Winter
Winter types have a dark skin, also called ivory or beige. They have very dark brown or black hair with deep dark brown eyes.
Do: black, navy blue, anthracite, black brown and white accents.
Don’t: beige shades, moss green, pastel shades and khaki.
The white wedding dress
Most brides prefer to marry in white. There are many shades of white. Below we listed the most common ones.
Ivory: a milky white color.
Cream white: this color tends to beige, but is a little bit lighter.
Champagne: a warm white tint.
Peach, also called blush: a white tint with a reddish undertone.
The colored wedding dress
Nowadays it’s becoming more common to marry in a different color than white. White isn’t suitable for everyone. Do you prefer a colored dress? What do you think of champagne color? Purple, pink, green, yellow, blue, black or burgundy red?
Do you already know the color of your wedding dress?