Colour of the Week: Tangelo

Tangelo is an unusual wedding colour, but more and more brides are seeing its potential. The Tangelo fruit is a cross between a tangerine and a pomelo grapefruit, which gives it its rosy orange colour. Tangelo is beautiful as either a main colour or a highlight, and it can be paired with many other shades. Click here to see how one couple combined it with hot pink to create beautiful bouquets and decorations.

Gerbera daisies, cannas, calla lilies, tulips, alstroemeria, and tiger lilies all come in a deep tangelo colour. My favorite? The chrysanthemum.

For your decor, have tall vases brimming with real tangelos and tie tangelo ribbons to the back of each chair. If you're lucky (and you look hard enough!), you might be able to find some vintage tangelo chairs, or maybe some chair covers with tangelo highlights.

At the reception, use slices of tangelos to garnish your dinner plates, and serve a tangelo cheesecake for dessert. Serve tangelo cocktails, or have pitchers of tangelo punch on every table.

Tie bright tangelo ribbon around your favor boxes, or, for something unique, give away personalized packages of tangelo soap (it smells so yummy!).

Here are some of my favorite colours to pair with tangelo:

For a dramatic effect at your black and white wedding, use tangelo for a splash of colour. Use tangelo highlights, like ribbons and flowers, to brighten up your black and white decor. Pair tangelo callas with white tiger lilies, or have a bouquet filled with giant white and tangelo chrysanthemums.

If you like bright colours, pair it with hot pink. Have tangelo and pink cloth pomanders and the end of each aisle, and have a bouquet filled with pink and tangelo gerbera daisies.







Add more to your palette with coral and antique yellow. Have a bouquet filled with nothing but calla lilies, as callas come in all these shades.

If you're not wild about pink, but are still looking for something bright and cheerful, add lemon yellow and clementine to your palette. Fill your bouquet with bright gerbera daisies, or use alstroemeria for a softer look.

If you're looking for something softer, pair it with coral. Combine tangelo roses with coral peonies, or highlight a white bouquet with coral and tangelo alstroemeria.