Preservation Education

Color Change | What to Expect from your Pressed Florals

Your color palette might be one of the most important visual features of your wedding day. Understanding how flowers naturally transform during preservation helps you appreciate the unique beauty of your preserved bouquet.

Your color palette might be, single-handedly, one of the most important visual features of your wedding day. These colors are included in every aspect of your celebration — from the bridesmaid dresses to the table space, and especially in your bridal bouquet.

So when you get your bouquet preserved, the question begs, will your flowers retain their original color?

The answer to that question lies in the color theme of your bouquet. More often than not, flowers will change color depending on their natural pigmentation.

It's important to remember that each flower is unique and may press differently based on the specific variety of flowers your florist chooses. Regardless of color change, the sentiment behind your once-in-a-lifetime bouquet remains the same.

We've received thousands of bouquets and pressed hundreds of thousands of flowers, for us to proudly provide this color change guide for the most common wedding flowers.

As a General Rule of Thumb

Bright & Rich Pigments

Will remain the same (think bright orange ranunculus or purple snapdragons).

Pastel-Themed

Bouquets will become, well, more pastel (peachy blooms will become a lighter peach, with more of the underlying yellow coming through).

All White

Bouquets will take on a more antiqued, golden look.

Most Dramatic Color Transformations

Drag the slider to compare fresh flowers with their pressed versions

White Roses

Pressed White RosesAfter
Fresh White RosesBefore

Quicksand (Dusty Pink) Roses

Pressed Quicksand (Dusty Pink) RosesAfter
Fresh Quicksand (Dusty Pink) RosesBefore

Peach Ranunculus

Pressed Peach RanunculusAfter
Fresh Peach RanunculusBefore

White Lisianthus

Pressed White LisianthusAfter
Fresh White LisianthusBefore

Light Pink Peony

Pressed Light Pink PeonyAfter
Fresh Light Pink PeonyBefore

Burgendy Pom Pom Dahlia

Pressed Burgendy Pom Pom DahliaAfter
Fresh Burgendy Pom Pom DahliaBefore

The Beauty of Nature

While this is not an exhaustive list of flowers that experience color change, we hope this guide helps you in knowing what to expect from your pressed flowers! Each flower has its own unique characteristics and may preserve differently than what it looked like fresh. That is the beauty of flowers: they are from the earth, not a factory - meaning that each and every one is unique in their own special way.

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