Wedding inspiration and ideas can come from many different sources such as favourite love stories and books, nature, travel and art. Today's wedding colour inspiration reflects just that with our palette inspired by the old Dutch Masters paintings. Generally spanning the 17th century (also known as golden era of painting), these beautiful masterpieces often featured realistic clusters of big blowsy blooms and lush fruits painted in rich stunning tones upon dark and moody backgrounds. We've chosen to create this palette as a gorgeous look to consider for Autumn/Winter weddings with its opulent styling and jewel tones...

How to create the Dutch Masters Inspired Wedding look...

• Invitations: Choose dramatic suites with lots of brilliant blooms. Check out our post dedicated to floral stationery for more inspiration...
• Style: Pick rich bold shades for your bridesmaids such as burgundy, dark teal and rich royal blue and pair with lush over sized bouquets. For the groom and his men pick blazers with lots of luxurious texture such as velvet and pair with velvet or satin bow ties. And for the bride, chose a dramatic showstopper to bring the glamour.
• Flowers: Look to the Dutch Masters paintings for classical sprawling floral and fruit inspiration for your arrangements and bouquets. Think big blousy roses and ranunculus, paper-like anemones and poppies, small pretties such as fritillaria and tulips and trailing blooms such as clematis and sweet pea. Add in fruits such as figs, pomegranate and grapes for a truly authentic Dutch masters look.
• Cake and Decor: Create a romantic and stunning visual impact with lots of moody candle-light and flowers everywhere. A beautiful white cake with calligraphy and fresh flowers placed on top finishes off the look. Remember, lashings of blooms is the key to this look.

A Dutch Masters Inspired Wedding Image Credits:

Invitation: Whitney Neal via 100 Layer Cake | Bouquet:  Meghan Kay Sadler  via Once Wed | Floral Centrepiece: Nicole Franzen | Wedding Cake:  Tina Chiou Photography via Ruffled | Hair Florals: Jess Jackson via Hello May |  | Anna Georgina | Floral Installation: Meghan Kay Sadler  via Once Wed

To see more fab wedding boards and colour inspiration check out the rest of our wedding looks.