Christmas Colour Inspiration

What are your Christmas colours? It’s a question that seems to be getting discussed a lot lately on facebook.

Do you go traditional red, green and white? Do you like to change it up every year? Or do you stick to the same (but unique) colour palette each time?

We all know Christmas is about a lot more than just the colours we decorate in and it’s important that we don’t put pressure on ourselves as mum’s to have a Christmas tree or dessert table that is ‘magazine worthy’ – especially when you have children who want to be hand’s on in the decorating!

However I always find decorating in a colour scheme (and choosing the colours) is a fun part of the early Christmas preparations!

Here is some colour inspiration for you based starting off with what is fast becoming quite a popular colour combination – bold red and soft aqua:

 

Red and Aqua Christmas table – Save the Date for Cupcakes Blog

 

Red and Aqua christmas – Country Living

 

I love these soft colour palettes of blue with creams and golds for a fresh look:

 

Heavenly holidays dessert table featured on Hostess with the Mostess blog

 

With a different shade of blue and gold you can create a warm feel:

 

Blue and gold table – The Guardian

 

Blue and gold Christmas tree – Country Living

 

A unique pink, gold and blue colour palette makes for a bright and beautiful Christmas spread:

 

Vintage pastel Dessert table by Glorious Treats featured on Hostess with the Mostess

 

Vibrant purple is a great colour for Christmas! Team it with a bold red:

 

Christmas table from LMG Events featured on the Anders Ruff Blog

 

 

Pink seems to be the ‘new red’ of Christmas! A soft pink, gold and silver colour scheme would look gorgeous:

 

Pink and Gold tree – image via Sweet Tooth – Shauna Younge Blog

 

You could go rustic with browns mixed in with reds, greens or golds:

 

Rustic Woodland Christmas table featured on Pizzazzerie by Sandra Downie Event Designs

 

Rustic Christmas table – Save the Date for Cupcakes blog

 

Add silver to a traditional red and white combination for a stand out look:

 

Red, white and silver table – High/Low, Food/Drink

 

Isn’t this a great Christmas centrepiece using baubles? Love it!

 

Red christmas bauble centrepiece – Searching for Style blog

 

Red, white and green will always be a Christmas favourite:

 

Red, white and green christmas table by Anders Ruff – Image from Very Rosenberry

 

You could also keep things very simple and light with a white winter wonderland feel in the midst of our hot Australian summer!

White christmas dessert table – Merryl Brown Events

Another take on the pinkcolour scheme, this time with different shades of pink with gold. So elegant…

Pink Nutcracker dessert table by Kate Landers Events – Hostess with the Mostess blog

This is a stunning table! I love how they have brought in elements of traditional red ad green but also mixed in touches of creams and golds:

Candyland dessert table featured on Bakarella

 

For a unique touch, why not mix pink and green together this Christmas?

Pink and green tree – Kathleen Ellis Lifestyle Design blog

Pink and green baubles – Destiny Awakes blog

 

Perfect for an adult’s Christmas dinner is this black, silver and white Christmas colour scheme:

Black, white and silver by Bird’s Party – Peach Pizzazz

 

I’ve noticed some neon christmas decorations in store this year so if you want to go bright and bold this year – here is some inspiration for you!:

Neon christmas tree – Salty Pineapple

 

 

Neon christmas tree – House to Home website

 

Neon christmas gift wrapping – Sweet Style

 

I hope you have found a Christmas colour combination for Christmas.

It’s impossible to collate every possible Christmas colour combination available.  So – what are your Christmas colours? Did I include them in this selection or are you doing something different? I’d love to hear from you!

 

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3 Comments to “Christmas Colour Inspiration”

  1. Bobbie October 28, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Oooh, I love all of them! That makes it even more to decide on a colour theme! We’ve had for the past few years gold & dark red, so I think its time for a change…

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