Orange Wedding Invitations

As the famous Russian painter, Wassily Kandinsky, once said: “Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow”. The name of this color was introduced in English dictionary in 1512, via the Spanish term “naranja” which originally came from a Sanskrit word. The old English term used for defining this color was geoluhread, translated as “yellow-red”. Interestingly enough, no English word can rhyme with “orange”.

On the color spectrum, the orange stands between red and yellow, representing energy, warmth, and gluttony in the Christian belief. This color can be associated with the royal house of Netherlands and in Ireland, with the protestant English king, William of Orange, the great grand-son of William the Silent. The Amerindians associate this color with kinship. In the Chinese and Japanese cultures, orange symbolizes love and happiness, while in India, orange is used for the Hindu swamis, representing fire. The Indian flag has a saffron stripe symbolizing the sacrifice, the courage and the spirit of renunciation.

Orange is the color of the second chakra, Svadhisthana, also known as the Sacral Chakra, being associated with creativity and fertility and the reproductive system by stimulating emotions and the sexuality. Some people love this color and its vibrant brightness while others hate the sight of it. If you find yourself among the first category of people, the suggestion of selecting orange as the main color for your wedding invitations or even your wedding wouldn’t sound so strange. The wedding day is all about happiness, overwhelming joy and inexplicable optimism, the exact feelings the orange color conveys. There are different shades of orange you can choose for your wedding invitations and these invitations come in different sizes, designs, shapes, and color combination, so if you think that a simple orange wedding invitation might look a bit too plain and simple try finding the right combination of colors or patterns.

Match this wedding invitation card with a double orange envelope or a single one; for the text you can use black or blue ink to create an interesting and elegant contrast. The classic wedding invitation is usually hand written, but the raised letter effect of thermography could be regarded as an alternative. Of course, there is no need to use a traditional wedding invitation: set your imagination free and create your own unique wedding invitations. If you consider that to be too much hard work I suggest to order them online since this method is less costly and faster.

The formal wording used for the wedding invitations is probably less formal today, depending on the personal choices of the bride and groom, and although the wording etiquette has a long lasting history, the future couple usually choose to write basic information about the wedding and some details about it if they are needed: the names of the wedding hosts are not mentioned all the time, the name of the bride is written first, and only after that, the name of the groom, their parents name, the location, time and date of the wedding, and some details are added, like a printed wedding location map with directional signs or an RSVP card. This advice is for guests who receive the wedding invitations and the RSVP card: make sure to always give an attendance response, it is very important for the upcoming wedding arrangements. Try sending the wedding invitations with ten, eight or minimum six weeks in advance; you could also consider of sending a ‘save the date’ card but remember that this card doesn’t replace the formal wedding invitations. Share the happiness you feel, with your guests, with the help of the orange wedding invitations. Sometimes, words are not enough to express powerful feelings so be inventive and choose some other methods like the use of colors.