How is the Mother Of The Bride’s dress color chosen

As hennybutton said, complementing but not matching. My dd is getting married next year and we are right in the middle of these choices right now.

Or a darker color in the same pallet as the ladies.  If she is doing pink, a deeper rose color or a wine/burgundy color would be nice.

My colors were similar and my mom wore a silver gown.

well.. my son was married saturday. the mother of bride found a dress she liked. no color coordination.. but then.. the "person of Honor" was a guy. when I saw the mother of the bride's dress, I bought something else that was not such a contrast.. I just wore a simple simple dress patterned grey, black and white.

the fashions of the guests made it the most colorful wedding ever. my daughter in law who loves wild prints.etc, said it was the first event she had been to that she was not the most colorfully dressed. it was fun.

The bridesmaids wore royal blue and groomsmen wore navy. MOTG and I wore navy and I selected my gown first and texted a photo to his mom so we didn't wind up with similar gowns. (That happened at my high school reunion with a close friend and we laughed about it.)

It was a garden ceremony in July and I was in the throes of menopause, so I worried about having a hot flash and perspiration in a lighter color.

That sounds lovely

I do like a nice dark blue too

Color coordination

This helped me decide to order a gold dress. I wanted to have something that would look nice in pictures and this was really helpful.

My dds colors were burgundy, blush and sage. I chose burgundy and so did her mil. We coordinated but did not match the bridesmaids, who wore blush.

First time I got married, I suggested that both moms have something with navy blue in their dresses. My mom had a navy top and ivory skirt. Ex mil had something similar.

Second time, I told them both to wear a summer foral dress. They both wore something they already owned. We got married in a park.

MIL wore burgundy to BIL's wedding. Colors were red and white. DH was the best man so I wore a dress with red on it but not the primary color so that I would look good next to him in pictures.

I would see what the bride wants.

Same here.  I didn't care what color anyone wore.  My sister picked the color of her dress as MOH and only attendant on my side....burgundy.  Same for my mother she picked a dress that was a deep shade of champagne, not quite gold. My maid of honor wore a burgundy dress.



My MIL wanted to know what color my mother picked before she selected her dress which ended up being dual toned of a gold/silver dress with jacket (it sounds odd but it was pretty).  It didn't matter at all since they weren't any pictures together and even if they were, I didn't care.  We had a bunch of group pictures a no one else had coordinating outfits.

Although, as a funny aside, my husband's best friend's mother (who he calls Mom) almost wore the exact same dress as my mother.  

My daughter is doing jewel tones. She told me I could wear and jewel tone color I wanted except poop brown, also no silver.

Poop brown with silver is not really in my wheel house, so no problem there. I am wearing a light purple dress. Think light amethyst.

When we got married, I wore a burgundy dress; my sister in law/matron of honor wore yellow. My mom wore blue, and MIL was in purple. As long as they were comfortable, I didn't care what they wore.

That probably depends on the bride. In some cases, the bride is going to lay down the law about that.

In my own case, I didn't say a word. Both my mom and my MIL went off (separately) and bought dresses that had flowers on them that were similar in color to the flowers on our wedding invitations. They both wound up in primarily black dresses, which I know would be enough to make some brides either angry or devastated for some reason; but I thought they both looked lovely and that they had accidentally did a fantastic job of matching one another very nicely.

I have heard of the mothers of both of the soon-to-be spouses going dress shopping together, which I think is sweet when it works out like that. I think it's something my mom & MIL kind of momentarily felt a bit bad about because they didn't think of doing it. It was the first kid's wedding for either of them where the moms both lived in the same town and could easily go make a day of it, and they simply didn't think of it until afterwards. But, it was just a momentary thing "Oh, we could have gone together!", and then they moved on.