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Hullo folks ...

Bit of a cry for help here. We're getting married in August and the colour theme for the wedding is cyan (aqua-ish) and bright orange. We've found suits to match, the bridesmaids dresses are cyan ... but we can't find any cyan flowers!!

Could anyone point me in the right direction for such a thing (if it even exists)? I'd be eternally grateful

Thanks very much for any advice.

You are asking the impossible here Oddie. As you have probably been told by lots of other florists- there is no such thing- unless you have dyed roses (but I wouldn't recommend them as the dye could easily come off and ruin your expensive clohthing).
Your options are-
1) silk flowers- you'll find a shade of cyan in a good stockists, either add a couple of the cyan coloured silk flowers into a fresh flower bouquet or go the whole hog and have all your flowers in silk.
2) steer away from trying to match cyan at all- you have picked orange as your accent colour, orange will be a lot easier to match- maybe you could soften the use of orange in the bouquets by using a touch of peachy toned flowers.
3) an all white/cream colour combination for the flowers picked out by a cyan accesory ie a butterfly, beads or feathers. Cyan ribbon could be used around handle of the bouquets.
Remember, the colour you are describing sounds quite dark- in the photographs the dresses will provide a large block of the cyan colour you want already- putting cyan flowers against cyan dresses and the effect may get lost. You can bring in the colours throughout the rest of the wedding on your tables (napkins, favours, balloons?) and cake (a ribbon tied around the cake?).
Good luck Oddie.

Hi,

I agree with Jo. I would not try to match dress colour as the flowers would dissapear.

Would certinly bring in cyan with the use of accesories.

I am doing a wedding at the mo were bride wanted claret flowers to match dress, I explained about the flowers disappearing against fabric & that it is difficult to match colours exactly. She is now very happy with matching ribbon & beads.

So have a re think & google some images to see the effect of same colour & what other colour combinations look good.

Good luck