Description
Colour is the first decision on every wedding and the one every other choice hangs off. Get it right and linen, florals, stationery and lighting fall into place. Get it wrong and you find out at 6pm on the day, when the blush you loved on screen has gone grey under the venue’s warm lights.
The 2026 Colour Palette Lookbook gives you both halves of the job: the theory that stops you guessing, and the client-facing process that gets a palette approved and signed off without three rounds of second-guessing.
What is inside
- How colour actually behaves in a venue — fixed colours, light, quantity and viewing distance
- Six rules for how colour photographs, including white shades, skin tone and metallics
- The four jobs every palette must fill, and the 60 / 30 / 10 ratio to build from
- A printable palette build sheet for leading, supporting, accent and neutral colours
- Twelve 2026 seasonal palettes across spring, summer, autumn and winter, each with leading colours, base, accent and the venues they suit
- How to adapt a palette without breaking it
- A six-step method for presenting a palette to a client
- Word-for-word scripts for the awkward moments — unworkable colours, two people who disagree, late additions
- A client colour consultation worksheet and a swatch and sample tracker
- A pre-sign-off checklist and the colour mistakes that cost you money
Who it is for
Wedding stylists, planners and florists who choose colour for clients, and event designers who want a repeatable process instead of a Pinterest board and a hope. It also works beautifully for anyone styling their own wedding who wants the room to look considered.
After you use it, you walk into a consultation with physical samples, one recommended palette, a reason for every colour and a written sign-off. Your suppliers get exact shade names, your quotes stop drifting and your photographs finally look like the work you want to be booked for.
What’s inside
- How colour behaves in a real venue
- Six rules for how colour photographs
- Palette build sheet with roles and ratios
- Twelve 2026 seasonal palettes
- Six-step client presentation method
- Scripts for awkward colour conversations
- Consultation worksheet and swatch tracker
- Pre-sign-off checklist
