For a private event, Preston Bailey designed a carpet-like installation filled with hundreds of purple and golden blooms, covered with Plexiglas.
Photo: Courtesy of PrestonBailey.com/John Labbe
Paula Biggs, creative director and stylist at Frog Prince Paperie, designed a purple baby shower with centerpieces made from bundles of lavender on lace handkerchiefs. At each place setting, baby's breath decorated napkins tied with purple ribbons. A gift of lavender-and-lemon salt scrub served as a takeaway.
Photo: Courtesy of Frog Prince Paperie
At the Boys & Girls Clubs “House Party,” in Boston in 2010, tent decor included contrasting purple and green linen-topped tables.
Photo: Aviran Levy
From top: To keep up the energy at its annual powwow for industry pros, John Paul Mitchell Systems—with help from Stoelt Productions—set up an attention-getting yellow space to introduce its new men’s brand, Mitch, in 2011; the 2012 Breeders’ Cup kicked off at a purple-hued Halloween-night reception with a mysterious masquerade theme; a wall of oranges served as the backdrop to the juice bar at the J.C. Penney launch of the Joe Fresh Kids Collection, injecting the brand’s fun signature color into Times Square last summer; event designer André Wells mixed blues and teals for a classic look at the BET Honors dinner in 2010; JesGordon/ProperFun used the color of LOVE—which is also the host brand’s logo color—at Purina Chef Michael’s “Be My Valentine” Doggie Dinner Party in 2010.
Photos: Vero Image (yellow), Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash (orange), Andre Maier (red), Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash (all others)
From top: To keep up the energy at its annual powwow for industry pros, John Paul Mitchell Systems—with help from Stoelt Productions—set up an attention-getting yellow space to introduce its new men’s brand, Mitch, in 2011; the 2012 Breeders’ Cup kicked off at a purple-hued Halloween-night reception with a mysterious masquerade theme; a wall of oranges served as the backdrop to the juice bar at the J.C. Penney launch of the Joe Fresh Kids Collection, injecting the brand’s fun signature color into Times Square last summer; event designer André Wells mixed blues and teals for a classic look at the BET Honors dinner in 2010; JesGordon/ProperFun used the color of LOVE—which is also the host brand’s logo color—at Purina Chef Michael’s “Be My Valentine” Doggie Dinner Party in 2010.
Photos: Vero Image (yellow), Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash (orange), Andre Maier (red), Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash (all others)
Red: Passion, Love, Power, Excitement, Strength, Anger, Intensity
Cheryl Cecchetto of Sequoia Productions executed the “romantic rhapsody in red” theme at the 2012 Emmys Governors Ball in Los Angeles with a giant rose concept and copious amounts of the color.
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography
Orange: Fun, Warmth, Confidence, Flamboyance, Friendliness
The 2012 Pencer Brain Trust Gala in Toronto used flamboyant orange hues to support its edgy, rock theme.
Photo: Emma Mcintyre for BizBash
Green: Nature, Health, Renewal, Growth, Healing, Harmony
Lush canopies of natural greenery popped against neon green Lucite tabletops at the Museum of Modern Art’s 2013 Party in the Garden benefit in New York.
Photo: Nadia Chaudhury/BizBash
Purple: Royalty, Luxury, Creativity, Spirituality, Wealth
Event planner André Wells designed the 2010 Washington Ballet ball around the gala chair’s favorite color. Nearly every shade of purple was used in event, dubbed the “Purple Rain Ball.”
Photo: Tony Brown/imijphoto.com for BizBash
