I'm doing a first birthday cake for triplets, and I'm having trouble deciding on a color scheme that I really like and that is appropriate for both genders. I haven't finalized the design yet, but it will likely be two tiers with a simple design (stripes, dots, etc.) and possibly a large cupcake on top. I'm trying to avoid doing really intense colors like black or red.
So...if you were doing this cake, what colors would YOU use?
Here's a couple by pinkcakebox. I think either would work for both boys and girls.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake700.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/children-elephant-cake-2006-03-25.htm&usg=__oIpeUWL2QZAgNzM4Tj04vERdAAM=&h=515&w=400&sz=68&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=3HyatOLCRZ_glM:&tbnh=131&tbnw=102&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bpics%2Bblue%2Bgreen%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGIC_enCA225CA225%26um%3D1
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pinkcakebox.com/images/cake574.jpg&imgrefurl=http://blog.pinkcakebox.com/baby-block-cake-2008-03-16.htm&usg=__EoUVc14B0QBooZ17BqxoVdWwd5w=&h=430&w=400&sz=56&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=xJ3_GPcddSm4sM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcake%2Bpics%2Bgiraffe%2Belephant%2Bbear%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1B2GGIC_enCA225CA225%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1
I understand your wanting to stay away from intense colors.
A yellow, green and peach color combination would be nice.
The two posted ideas are really nice.
The typical gender neutral colors are yellow and green, and to a lesser degree orange.
Here's some examples of this color combo:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo-1306812.html
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/2522813613_1a1aec9f82.jpg
Here is a kind of neat website for creating color pallettes in general. On the same site there is a basic color generator page and then a little more involved one:
http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add
http://www.colourlovers.com/copaso/ColorPaletteSoftware
you can save the pallettes etc.
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