Styling · 12 June 2026 · 1 min read
How to Choose an Event Colour Palette
The mood, the venue, the season. Choosing event colours starts with three honest questions. Here's a simple method that works.
Choosing event colours can feel like a high-stakes decision, but there's a simple structure that makes it comfortable. At T&Y we follow three questions with every client.
1. What mood do you want guests to feel?
Start with feeling, not swatches. Calm and romantic? Bold and joyful? Sophisticated and intimate? The palette should reproduce that feeling the moment someone walks in.
2. What does your venue already say?
Your venue has fixed tones: stone, timber, sea, plaster. A good palette works with at least one of them. Sand and slate venues carry different colours from a whitewashed barn or a velvet-lined city room.
3. What are you drawn to in the real world?
Trust what you already wear, buy and save. If your wardrobe and your saved photos share an obvious thread, that's your starting palette.
The three-layer method
Once the direction is clear, we build a simple three-layer palette: a base (your dominant tone), a support (a secondary that does most of the work in décor), and an accent (a metallic, deep or bright note used sparingly). That structure keeps the event cohesive without ever feeling repetitive.
