A decision that lays an important foundation is the colors of your wedding. Once you know the colors you can start to move into other categories such as bridesmaid dresses, flowers, decorations etc. Since I have already picked the perfect place for my wedding venue, it helps me shape my vision of the perfect day. If you have not chosen your wedding venue yet then I would wait until you have your venue locked into place before choosing the colors. The reason I say this is because depending on your final venue, your color ideas may change when the scenery of your venue changes.
The inside colors of the venue I have chosen for the reception has a lot of reds, blacks, ivories and silvers. Now I am going for a more contemporary wedding ceremony, but I still want it in the summer time and outside but more towards the evening. After looking at a variety of pictures using these colors with the green grasses, and water backgrounds I have chose red, black, silver, and ivory. Your perfect colors will come to you but not always the ways you expect them to come. Always keep your eyes out for your perfect vision and the colors that complete your vision will become very clear!