The plum and gold palette with hex codes
Both colors as co-equal field colors, plus the bridge tone and the neutral the color math derives from them, built from #6d3b5c and #c9a227 with the same generator that powers every color page.
- Plum Lead color
- #543644
- Gold Second color
- #a7862a
- Bridge Bridge tone
- #a87870
- Neutral Neutral
- #eeecec
- Gold Metallic
- #c9a227
Flowers for a plum and gold palette
Plum and Gold share no single bloom, so each color brings its own and the contrast carries the arrangements.
What plum brings
- Calla lilyPlum
Calla lilies are available year-round on a sturdy stem that holds through a long day, and they come in deep plum and near-black as well as white.
- DahliaPlum
Dahlias have a long field season from midsummer to the first frost and a wide color range, but the cut stem is short-lived: vase life runs about 3 to 5 days, shorter than a rose, so long-lasting describes the season, not the cut flower.
- TulipPlum
Tulips run from late winter into spring, with Dutch forced stems adding a November to December window; they keep growing in the vase, so account for the bend.
What gold brings
- Garden roseGold
Roses are the one wedding staple truly available every month, grown year-round in Colombia and Ecuador; field-grown garden varieties peak late spring through fall, so off-season garden roses lean on imports.
- RanunculusGold
Field ranunculus peaks late winter through spring; imported and greenhouse stems stretch it wider, at a higher off-season price.
The metal for plum and gold
The purple's own page spends the metal on the shine and grades itself up through mauve to stay legible. Take mauve out and the lift has to come from the computed bridge tone and an ivory linen, because the metal is now one of the two colors and cannot also be the light.
This palette finishes in gold.
When plum and gold works best
An evening reception, candlelit, in fall or winter.
Both anchors need the same condition to read, one goes flat in daylight and the other is only reflected light, so noon is the one hour this palette cannot do.
Who wears what in a plum and gold palette
Deep velvet in front, sequins catching the candles behind it, an ivory linen taking the job a lighter third color would normally do.
- Lead
- plum velvet bridesmaid dresses
- Supporting
- sequin or metallic-thread dresses
- Accent
- ivory linen and candle wax
The colors in this palette
Each color on its own, with its full set of palettes and hex codes.
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