A Breakdown of Traditional Anniversary Colors
Happy Anniversary! We say this all the time, but, did you know that there are official colors correlated with each anniversary year? This helps us festively mark the milestone of a given passage of time.
These colors can be used in gifts, decorations, invitations, lighting, food, drink, linens, favors, and flowers, or any party planning you desire. The season during which you were married will also dictate how you incorporate color into your celebration. In the spring and summer, for instance, certain flowers, bushes, and trees are blooming. You can identify the color literally on an object, or figuratively as part of a theme, (Blue Skies, Out of the Blue, Men in Blue, Blue Pencil, Bolt from the Blue, Blue Blood, Blue Ribbon, Once in a Blue Moon, Blue Collar, Green Thumb, Green Light, Grass is Always Greener, Silver Spoon, Silver Screen, Silver Platter, Golden Opportunity, Red Light, Roll out the Red Carpet, Paint the Town Red, Red Hot, Rose Colored Glasses, Tickled Pink, White Elephant, Black Tie, Black as Night, Pitch Black, In the Black, Dark Colors, Flying Colors, True Colors, etc.) You can use the color of your particular anniversary year, or, multiples of your anniversary year, or, even every color of every year you've marked.
The official color designations are:
- 1st Anniversary: Gold or Yellow
- 2nd Anniversary: Red or Linen White
- 3rd Anniversary: White or Jade Green
- 4th Anniversary: Blue or Green
- 5th Anniversary: Blue, Pink, or Turquoise
- 6th Anniversary: Purple, Turquoise, or White
- 7th Anniversary: Onyx, Yellow, or Off White
- 8th Anniversary: Tourmaline, Tanzanite, or Bronze
- 9th Anniversary: Lapis Lazuli, Purple, Green, or Terracotta
- 10th Anniversary: Silver or Blue
- 11th Anniversary: Turquoise or Yellow
- 12th Anniversary: Jade, Opal, or Oyster White
- 13th Anniversary: Citrine or White
- 14th Anniversary: Opal or Ivory
- 15th Anniversary: Ruby Red
- 16th Anniversary: Emerald Green, Red, or Silver
- 17th Anniversary: Yellow
- 18th Anniversary: Blue
- 19th Anniversary: Bronze
- 20th Anniversary: Emerald Green or White
- 21st Anniversary: Orange
- 22nd Anniversary: Green
- 23rd Anniversary: Silver
- 24th Anniversary: Lavender
- 25th Anniversary : Silver
- 30th Anniversary: Green
- 35th Anniversary: Coral
- 40th Anniversary: Ruby Red
- 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Red
- 50th Anniversary: Gold
- 55th Anniversary: Emerald Green
- 60th Anniversary: Diamond White
- 65th Anniversary: Sky Blue
- 70th Anniversary: Platinum
- 75th Anniversary: Diamond White
- 80th Anniversary: Ruby Red