What Colors Compliment Mauve?

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shivs Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:23pm
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What colors will compliment mauve & white? Or, what is a good contrasting color for mauve.? Thanks

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Jenteach Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:25pm
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What about a soft yellow color or a pale pink?

HTH

Jen

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awolf24 Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:30pm
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what about a mossy green?

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eieio1234 Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:34pm
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I love using mauve and usually pair it with pale blues, like cornflower blue or periwinkle, and very light pinks with lots of white all around. (like those colors on an all white cake)

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step0nmi Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:35pm
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Check out a color wheel online! That always helps me with colors. (or my husband who is an artist) Or you can go into a Paint program and play with colors on a page and see what you like! icon_wink.gif

I think that a soft green would compliment well, even a purple. But, then you asked for contrasting?? Orange! I don't think you want that!

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azterp Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:36pm
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What about gold?

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Ray75 Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:38pm
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I agree with eieio, lol. The pale blues would go nice!

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shelbur10 Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:39pm
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I like sage green

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crystalina1977 Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:39pm
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I think either a pastel type of green or blue.

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maladymay Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 6:52pm
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How about silver?

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Momof3boys Posted 12 Apr 2007 , 9:14pm
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I'm actually making a cake this weekend with burgundy roses and mauve roses.

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shivs Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 12:32am
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Thanks for all the great ideas!

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prterrell Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 2:50am
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My aunt's wedding cake was iced in champagne colored bc w/ two shades of mauve roses around the bottom borders and periwinkle piped embroidery on the sides and tops. You wouldn't think those colors would work together - but they did!

Personally I think a light sage green looks great with mauve. Also, mauve and burgundy look great together.

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jlh Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:33am
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I often find great color ideas on the Sherwin Williams webpage. It's a paint website. Go to this page, and click the "Launch Color Visualizer" button. Pick a color, click it, and it throws up color combinations to compliment every possible shade.
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/do_it_yourself/

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LaSombra Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:44am
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I think I'd go with something green-ish or blue-ish...maybe aqua?

I guess it depends on what you're wanting to accomplish.

The green or blue would provide contrast whereas if you used a burgundy or peach with the mauve, it would still compliment it without having the striking contrast.

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LadyMike Posted 13 Apr 2007 , 6:50am
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I really like mauve with burgundy and cream, but I also like it with the darker shades of green and a medium blue color.

LadyMike

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shivs Posted 15 Apr 2007 , 5:27pm
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Thanks for so many great ideas! I decided to use a sage green. I put fondant whimsy roses w/ leaves on a square small stacked cake, with cut out mauve & sage green hearts on the side. It is in my pictures. I ran out of time and my border looks messy, but otherwise its a cute cake. thumbs_up.gif

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