navy blue dress off the shoulder Kennedy Sheath Long Lace Prom Navy / 14 shoulder mermaid dress comes in navy Decadence Off Shoulder Mesh Maxi

Brides with shorter timelines or elopements

This is a 3/4 length sleeve wedding bolero jacket made of re-embroidered lace

Available in sizes S-4X, this breathtaking 1920s cocktail dress is also currently available in a half-dozen other color schemes, so click through to check out all the options

Color palette Stick with your traditional Christmas decoration colors like Kelly green, bright red, gold, and silver

Before your big day, take the dress to a trusted bridal shop for assessment

Cedar Riener, associate professor of psychology at Randolph-Macon College, explained to Virginia Hughes of BuzzFeed News that the differences in colour perception are probably related to how our brains are interpreting the "quantity of light that comes into our retina." "Some people are deciding that there is a fair amount of illumination on a blue and black (or less reflective) dress," Riener says