Sneha Raval A palette chosen in daylight, on paper, will betray you under a banquet hall tungsten wash. Here is how to choose for the medium the wedding actually lives in: the photograph.
Warm light eats warm colour
Indoor venues light warm. Peach, coral and blush lose their distinction under it and read as a single muddy band. Anchor a warm palette with ivory or white so the camera has something neutral to hold on to.
Contrast beats saturation
A saturated palette photographs flat if every colour shares a value. Deep emerald behind ivory reads instantly; deep emerald behind crimson reads as a dark smear.
The three-colour rule
- One dominant colour, covering roughly seventy percent
- One secondary, at twenty
- One accent, at ten — this is where gold belongs
Break the rule deliberately, never accidentally.
