Orange and Purple

My sister asked me about my chosen wedding colours: Orange and Purple. "WHY?", she said.

"So many reasons why...", i replied.

He's from The Netherlands with orange a.k.a. "oranje" as their so-called national colour. Oh you must see how Amsterdam turns bright orange every year on Queen's day! You wont shake the colour of your eyes for the next few days hahahaha..

We have something together by the name of oranje, too. Coincidence? Not really. But it's a reason solid enough to be put here.

No I'm no expert of the psychology of colours, but this is how my mind pictured orange and purple...

Orange is the colour sunrise and sunset, the juicy orange and oh-so-sweet mango, of movement and dynamic and youth. A dash of orange will freshen your dull eyes. It's out there and engaging and extrovert.

While purple.. is my favorite colour :) It's dark and sexy and mysterious.. Like dusk and dawn. It goes deep into your imagination, calm, an introvert. It's all the things the orange won't do.

Together, orange and purple look odd and yet dashing! Almost the opposite of each other, but not really. There's only red comes in between. Passion ;) 

I suppose that's how I want to remember our wedding. Using the colours that are most likely represent us both. ... and both are (as i quote from my friend Ulma in the guestbook) "un-mainstream" colours.