Viva magenta wedding cake showing off the Pantone Color of the Year 2023

Pantone Color of the Year 2023

Photography by The Wild Bride

The Pantone Color of The Year 2023 is Viva Magenta 18-750! What a color to start off the year with! It's a deep crimson red that strikes a balance between warm and cool tones. It's meant to symbolise celebration, and being bold and fearless. After the last few years we've all had, we couldn't think of anything better. But the question is...How could you use Pantone's Color of the Year 2023 in your wedding? Well, we've got a gorgeous magenta color palette below consisting of fashion, flowers, decor, and cakes to show how you could include it as part of your big day!


Viva Magenta is the Pantone Color of the Year 2023!

Fashion

If you want to make your wedding photos pop, include this bright magenta in your wedding party. Whether it be bridesmaid dresses, your bridal dress, the groom's or groomsmen's suits, or even a request in the dress code for your guests to wear this bold color! It's a good way to make your wedding colour palette unique.

Groom's wearing the Pantone Color of the Year 2023 with magenta pink and red suits with bright flowers
Bride in a lace cap veil and wedding dress popping champagne with the bridesmaids in crimson red magenta dresses
Bride wearing traditional Indian wedding outfit in a bold magenta walking with the groom as they have a smoke bomb entrance
Bride with bridesmaids in bright magenta dresses and saree
Bride in a sequin short red wedding dress with a starry headband
Bridesmaids in dark red satin dresses with the bride in a white top and trousers for a city wedding
Groom in a magenta suit walking with the bride for their London wedding
Gorgeous magenta bridesmaid suits for a stylish wedding at Trinity Buoy Wharf

Flowers

Although this color is bright and bold, you could include it in your day in more subtle ways. Adding a few vibrant colours to your bouquet or across the tablescape is so pretty. Or if most of your wedding decor, and outfits are stripped back in color adding in bright flowers will look incredible! See those beautiful images below for proof!

Pink, red, and orange large flower display
Wedding stationery flatlay with magenta pink, red and white wedding flowers
Pale pink and red wedding flower bouquet with pampas grass
Bright and colourful magenta wedding flowers for the table centrepiece
Pink, red and magenta roses, orchids and gypsophila
A bright and bold wedding tablescape in the Pantone Colour of the Year 2023
Bridal bouquet with magenta, pink and white wedding flowers
Bride in shimmery wedding dress and pink boots holding a bouquet in front of pink and magenta wedding flowers

Decor and Accessories

If your venue is quite neutral and acts as a blank canvas, the best way to put your own unique stamp on it is with the Pantone Color of the Year 2023! Whether it's a screen background, wedding signage, or some fun DIY streamers you can make it look so good. Similarly, add some pops to your look with some fun colored shoes, a headband, or even with your wedding makeup! There are no limits!

Bride and bridesmaids stand in front of bright pink, red and silver DIY wedding streamer decor
Bride in short wedding dress with red shoes and headband with partner in a leopard print suit and red makeup
Bride with dark red makeup with a bold wedding headband
Pink, orange, and yellow wedding screen backdrop at the altar
Bright magenta wedding flower centrepiece with pastel blue taper candles
Pink, magenta and orange wedding flowers with steamer decor tied to chairs for a bright and pink theme tablescape for a sweetheart table
Bride and bridesmaid in magenta dress exit the bright red wedding car
The Pantone Color of the Year 2023 is used to decorate this industrial venue with magenta streamer decor

Cakes

Bored of the traditional white wedding cake? Looking for a fun alternative? Using the Pantone Color of the Year 2023, you could have a cake that is totally Pinterest-worthy! Seriously, all the cakes below are on our wedding cake Pinterest board! You could go completely all-out or just add on some magenta flowers for a fun burst of color. We'll take a slice of each, please!

Two tier white frosted wedding cake with bright magenta wedding flowers decorating the cake
Retro style two tier magenta wedding cake in the Pantone Color of the Year 2023
Pink and red marble effect iced two tier wedding cake with flower decor
Three tier textured and frosted wedding cake with magenta flowers to decorate the cake

How will you rock the Pantone Color of the Year 2023?


If you do use the Pantone Colour of the Year 2023 for your big day we'd love to see it! Why not take a closer look at some of the weddings featured above? We've got more of those dark red bridesmaid dresses or that hot magenta wedding cake. Don't forget you can click each image and 'See more of this wedding' for even more inspo!  


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