40 color schemes

Retro Wedding Colors

Retro wedding color schemes by decade: 1920s Art Deco, 1950s pastels, 1960s brights, 1970s earth tones, and sepia.

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Pink, mint green and whitePink and mint, both pale and sweet. #FFC0CB · #98FF98 · #FFFFFF
Orange, hot pink, yellow and whiteOrange, hot pink and yellow at full strength. #FFA500 · #FF69B4 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Purple, lime green and whitePurple against lime green, a glaring pair. #6A0DAD · #32CD32 · #FFFFFF
Olive, goldenrod, rust and creamOlive green, gold and a burnt orange: a 1970s kitchen. #808000 · #DAA520 · #B7410E · #FFFDD0
Black, gold, silver and ivoryBlack with both metals, gold and silver, on ivory. #000000 · #D4AF37 · #C0C0C0 · #FFFFF0
Dark olive green, marigold and ivoryA dark olive green, standing in for avocado, with marigold. #556B2F · #EAA221 · #FFFFF0
Deep pink, kelly green, yellow and whitePink, green and yellow, each one vivid. #FF1493 · #4CBB17 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Gold, lapis lazuli and ivoryGold with lapis lazuli, a pairing from Art Deco necklaces. #D4AF37 · #26619C · #FFFFF0

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Sepia and cream 8

Coffee, eggshell and white Coffee brown on eggshell and white, like ink on paper. #6F4E37 · #F0EAD6 · #FFFFFF
Dark brown, tan, champagne and ivory Dark brown fading through tan, like a toned print. #654321 · #D2B48C · #F7E7CE · #FFFFF0
Golden brown, vanilla and ivory A lighter, golden brown with vanilla. #996515 · #F3E5AB · #FFFFF0
Sepia, burlywood and linen Sepia and a sandy wood brown on linen. #704214 · #DEB887 · #FAF0E6
Sepia, old rose and cream Dusty rose on sepia, soft and faded. #704214 · #C08081 · #FFFDD0
Sepia, tan and cream The browns of an old photograph, dark to light. #704214 · #D2B48C · #FFFDD0
Sepia, wheat and ivory Sepia with wheat, warm and faded. #704214 · #F5DEB3 · #FFFFF0
Umber, peach puff and old lace Umber, a grayer brown, with a faded peach. #635147 · #FFDAB9 · #FDF5E6

1920s Art Deco 8

Black, coral, gold and cream Coral, black and gold, the colors of a 1920s bracelet. #000000 · #FF7F50 · #D4AF37 · #FFFDD0
Black, gold, silver and ivory Black with both metals, gold and silver, on ivory. #000000 · #D4AF37 · #C0C0C0 · #FFFFF0
Black, ruby, silver and white A bright gem red against black and polished silver. #000000 · #E0115F · #C0C0C0 · #FFFFFF
Black, silver, lapis lazuli and white Silver on black, with one deep stone blue. #000000 · #C0C0C0 · #26619C · #FFFFFF
Ebony, ivory and gold Ebony and ivory, two Art Deco materials, trimmed in gold. #555D50 · #FFFFF0 · #D4AF37
Emerald, platinum, black and white A gem green in pale platinum, edged with black. #50C878 · #E5E4E2 · #000000 · #FFFFFF
Gold, lapis lazuli and ivory Gold with lapis lazuli, a pairing from Art Deco necklaces. #D4AF37 · #26619C · #FFFFF0
Sapphire, platinum, jet and white Sapphire blue in a pale platinum setting, edged in jet. #0F52BA · #E5E4E2 · #343434 · #FFFFFF

1950s pastels 8

Aquamarine, peach and white A pale blue-green with peach. #7FFFD4 · #FFE5B4 · #FFFFFF
Baby blue, pink, lemon chiffon and white Three pastels side by side: blue, pink and pale yellow. #89CFF0 · #FFC0CB · #FFFACD · #FFFFFF
Light pink, powder blue, vanilla and white Pink and a powdery blue, with vanilla between. #FFB6C1 · #B0E0E6 · #F3E5AB · #FFFFFF
Mint green, baby blue and cream Two cool pastels on cream. #98FF98 · #89CFF0 · #FFFDD0
Mint green, pink, baby blue, lemon chiffon and white Four pastels at once, like scoops of ice cream. #98FF98 · #FFC0CB · #89CFF0 · #FFFACD · #FFFFFF
Peach puff, mint green and ivory A peach pastel with mint, soft on ivory. #FFDAB9 · #98FF98 · #FFFFF0
Periwinkle, pink and mint cream A pale blue-violet with pink, on a minty white. #CCCCFF · #FFC0CB · #F5FFFA
Pink, mint green and white Pink and mint, both pale and sweet. #FFC0CB · #98FF98 · #FFFFFF

1960s brights 8

Azure, hot pink, yellow and white A bright sky blue with hot pink and yellow. #007FFF · #FF69B4 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Dark violet, orange, hot pink and white Violet, orange and pink in sharp contrast. #9400D3 · #FFA500 · #FF69B4 · #FFFFFF
Deep pink, kelly green, yellow and white Pink, green and yellow, each one vivid. #FF1493 · #4CBB17 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Magenta, yellow, aqua and white Three pure screen colors, as loud as a poster. #FF00FF · #FFFF00 · #00FFFF · #FFFFFF
Orange, hot pink, yellow and white Orange, hot pink and yellow at full strength. #FFA500 · #FF69B4 · #FFFF00 · #FFFFFF
Purple, lime green and white Purple against lime green, a glaring pair. #6A0DAD · #32CD32 · #FFFFFF
Red, hot pink, orange and white Three hot colors in a row, cooled only by white. #FF0000 · #FF69B4 · #FFA500 · #FFFFFF
Turquoise, orange, hot pink and white Turquoise against orange and hot pink. #40E0D0 · #FFA500 · #FF69B4 · #FFFFFF

1970s earth tones 8

Dark olive green, marigold and ivory A dark olive green, standing in for avocado, with marigold. #556B2F · #EAA221 · #FFFFF0
Goldenrod, brown and cream A deep gold with plain brown. #DAA520 · #964B00 · #FFFDD0
Marigold, rust, dark brown and linen Gold, burnt orange and brown, like a shag rug. #EAA221 · #B7410E · #654321 · #FAF0E6
Moss green, ocher, dark brown and cream Moss, ocher and brown, earthy all through. #8A9A5B · #CC7722 · #654321 · #FFFDD0
Olive, goldenrod, rust and cream Olive green, gold and a burnt orange: a 1970s kitchen. #808000 · #DAA520 · #B7410E · #FFFDD0
Persimmon, olive and wheat A hot orange against olive, on wheat. #EC5800 · #808000 · #F5DEB3
Rust, dark olive green and tan Burnt orange and dark green on tan. #B7410E · #556B2F · #D2B48C
Rust, mustard, chocolate and cream Rust and mustard over dark brown. #B7410E · #FFDB58 · #7B3F00 · #FFFDD0

How it works

Retro wedding colors borrow the look of a past decade. The schemes for each decade follow what a named source says it used, and each swatch gives its hex codes.

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Where each decade gets its colors

Art Deco flourished in the 1920s and early 1930s; one of its jewellers set silver against black lacquer and gold against lapis lazuli, and others used coral, emeralds and rubies. Interior design of the 1940s and 1950s used pastels. The poster art of the late 1960s used bright, highly contrasting colors. Avocado green, harvest gold and burnt orange were common on household goods of the 1970s. Sepia is the brown now associated with antique photographs.

Questions and answers

What are 1950s wedding colors?

Pastels, pale colors of low or medium saturation: Pink, mint green and white; Mint green, baby blue and cream; or, with four at once, Mint green, pink, baby blue, lemon chiffon and white.

What are 1970s wedding colors?

Earth tones: Olive, goldenrod, rust and cream; or Rust, mustard, chocolate and cream. The color list used here has no avocado, so olive and dark olive green stand in for it, and rust stands in for burnt orange.

What are 1920s Art Deco wedding colors?

Black, gold, silver and ivory is the plain one. Two add a jeweller's stone: Gold, lapis lazuli and ivory; and Black, coral, gold and cream. Ebony, ivory and gold takes two of the style's materials.

What are 1960s wedding colors?

Bright colors in strong contrast: Orange, hot pink, yellow and white; Turquoise, orange, hot pink and white; or Purple, lime green and white. White is the only neutral among the 1960s schemes.

Notes

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More notes about this page

Results are random and meant for fun, practice and planning. Do not rely on them for a decision that matters.

How this list was compiled: Every scheme is our own grouping of three to five colors, sorted by the decade whose look it borrows; the group Sepia and cream names a look and not a decade. The pastels are pale by their codes and the brights are saturated by theirs. Nothing here is a rule of etiquette, and no color is said to mean anything. Each color name and its hex code are taken as printed in Wikipedia's List of colors (A–F, G–M and N–Z: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_G%E2%80%93M, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_N%E2%80%93Z), read 12 October 2026. Every name and code in this list was compared with those three pages that day, and no color named after a paint maker, a crayon maker, a school or a product is used. Names shortened in a scheme's name: Chocolate is the list's Chocolate (traditional), Gold is the list's Gold (metallic), Ocher is the list's Ocher (Ochre), Orange is the list's Orange (web) and Pink is the list's Pink (web). The words accent and neutral follow Wikipedia's Color scheme article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_scheme), read the same day. The bands of each swatch and the hex codes run in the order the name gives them. What retro means is from Wikipedia's Retro style article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_style). That Art Deco flourished during the 1920s to early 1930s, what its jewellers combined (silver and black lacquer, gold with lapis lazuli, coral, emeralds and rubies), and that the style used ebony and ivory, is from its Art Deco article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Deco). That pastels are high in value and low to medium in saturation, and that the 1940s and 1950s used pastels in interior design, is from its Pastel (color) article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastel_(color)). That the art of the late 1960s used bright, highly contrasting colors is from its Psychedelic art article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic_art). That avocado, harvest gold and burnt orange were common colors for household goods and shag carpets during the 1970s is from the Avocado section of its Shades of chartreuse article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_chartreuse#Avocado). That sepia is associated with antique photographs is from its Sepia (color) article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepia_(color)). All were read the same day. The list of colors prints no avocado: olive, dark olive green and moss green stand in for it, and rust, ocher and persimmon for burnt orange. Licence: own work