First we must find out what is the meaning of an Ombre wedding? What does Ombre mean? Ombre means Shadow. According to Merriam-webster dictionary:
ombré
adjective om·bré \ˈäm-ˌbrā\
Definition of OMBRÉ: having colors or tones that shade into each other —used especially of fabrics in which the color is graduated from light to dark — ombré noun
The following website describes it well...http://www.obsessedevents.com/que-pasa-ombre-embracing-the-trend . A new wedding and fashion trend referred to as “ombre”, has been growing in popularity over the past year.
“Ombre”, which is a French term for “shaded or graduated in tone”, is a fun effect where colors blend into one another from light to dark. It can be used to showcase a range of multiple colors or shades of one color— each offering a fun effect. It’s a perfect option for a couple who wants to use lots of different colors in their wedding, in a more sophisticated way than “rainbow colors” may offer. Ombre is being used everywhere: dresses, cakes, decor, flowers, nail polish and even hairstyles.
Now where on earth can I buy Ombre Material to drape with. It all depend on the bride. Does she wants the ombre color to go from dark to light horizontal or vertical. It is much easier to get the horizontal ombre that the vertical ombre. But before we start of with explaining on how to get an ombre gradient I want to tell you a little cheat way of knowing what colors will go together with your ombre wedding.
Go to your local paint store and get some paint sample cards in the colors that you like. Now it will be so much easier to know what color material you must buy to get your favorite ombre color scheme. When you do a horizontal draping make sure you get material as close as possible to your paint cards. When doing a backdrop draping, we always advise our students to start from dark to light and then again from light to dark. In doing that your lightest colors would be in the middle and framed by your darker colors.
Remember: that rule is not set in stone. You can go the other way around as well.. with your ligther color on the outside and your darker color on the inside. Basically just don't try and mixed the ombre color to much. You will start to get a circus effect!
The bottom photo is a good example of draping in ombre color in a different way. Here they decided to use on light and one dark. But note that they kept to the design principals of tone, symmetry and repetition.
If you decide you want to use a vertical ombre effect I would advise you to color your own material to get the right effect that you want. There is not a lot of places where you can buy ready made ombre material in the color you want.
On youtube is a few tutorials on how to dye in ombre style. The best one (and the one I used) was the following one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N458U7QPv5s .
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