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Updated Apr 28, 2026What Are the Anniversary Colors by Year?
From ruby red to diamond white, each hue has a special sentiment.
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When it comes to choosing an anniversary gift for your spouse, there are plenty of places to look for inspiration. Exploring the anniversary colors for each year is a good starting point, especially if you're shopping for traditional anniversary gifts. Wondering how to incorporate a specific color scheme into your present? There are a few ways to do it. You could give your partner something in a milestone color, like a piece of jewelry or a bouquet of anniversary flowers. Another option is to pick out anniversary party decorations in a shade to match your celebration. Whatever approach you take, remember to have fun and be creative. Read on to learn more about the symbolism of colors for anniversaries, along with our top present recommendations for each shade.
In this article:
- Anniversary Colors by Year Chart
- Anniversary Colors From Year 1–10
- Milestone Anniversary Colors by Year
Anniversary Colors by Year Chart
Looking for a quick reference to all the anniversary colors? Check out this handy chart to find all the hues you need.
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Anniversary Colors From Year 1–10
For the first decade of marriage, each year is assigned a specific shade (and sometimes two or three). While you don't have to nod to the anniversary colors by year, it can be a nice way to add meaning to your gift. Here are the colors for years 1-10, along with gift suggestions for every hue.
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1st Anniversary Color: Gold or Yellow
The one-year anniversary colors are gold and yellow. These cheerful shades are associated with joy and optimism, making them a fitting tribute to the first year of married life. Giving your partner a gift in one of these colors is a thoughtful way to show that you're excited for the future.
Gold or Yellow Gift Ideas: Give your partner a gold clock or yellow roses to honor this anniversary color.
2nd Anniversary Color: Red or Linen White
The color red represents love and passion, while linen white reflects purity and innocence. These shades are perfectly on theme for two years of marriage, combining the excitement of wedded bliss and the good intentions each person brings to the relationship. Luckily, both colors are easy to work with and offer plenty of inspiration for two-year anniversary gifts.
Red or Linen White Gift Ideas: Give your partner a red wallet or a white bathrobe to honor this anniversary color.
3rd Anniversary Color: White or Jade Green
Jade green is often associated with wellbeing and longevity. After three years of marriage, you've likely established a routine with your partner that allows your relationship to continue to thrive. Combining jade with white, the symbol of purity, is a creative idea for a third anniversary gift for your spouse.
White or Jade Green Gift Ideas: Give your partner a white bedding set or a jade serving bowl to honor this anniversary color.
4th Anniversary Color: Blue or Green
The fourth year of marriage is sometimes seen as a challenging year for couples. This is often attributed to big changes like starting a family, moving or even establishing a new normal as a couple. To help combat the chaos, blue and green are the colors for the fourth anniversary. These calming shades represent stability, security and growth.
Blue or Green Gift Ideas: Give your partner blue topaz earrings or a green weighted blanket to honor this anniversary color.
5th Anniversary Color: Blue, Pink or Turquoise
The fifth anniversary colors of blue, pink and turquoise, are reminiscent of a beach sunset. Pink reflects romance, turquoise embodies serenity and blue represents stability and creativity, all key components of a marriage that has hit the half-decade mark. With three colors to choose from, shopping for five-year anniversary gifts got a whole lot easier.
Blue, Pink or Turquoise Gift Ideas: Give your partner a personalized blue sign, a pink overnight bag or a turquoise necklace to honor this anniversary color.
6th Anniversary Color: Purple, Turquoise or White
Purple is associated with opulence and the luxury of knowing your spouse intimately after six years together. Turquoise and white reappear as the other sixth anniversary colors, symbolizing serenity, purity and innocence. Choosing gifts in these colors is a meaningful representation of how you enrich and harmonize each other's lives.
Purple, Turquoise or White Gift Ideas: Give your partner a purple flower pot, turquoise earrings or a white wine chiller to honor this anniversary color.
7th Anniversary Color: Onyx, Yellow or Off-White
The seventh anniversary is another potentially turbulent year thanks to the myth of the seven-year itch. To help ward off negativity, choose yellow (the color or positivity), off-white (the shade of purity and grace) or black onyx (a gemstone associated with protection). Together, these contrasting hues can help dispel any unhelpful beliefs.
Onyx, Yellow or Off White Gift Ideas: Give your partner onyx earrings, yellow sunflowers or an off-white blanket to honor this anniversary color.
8th Anniversary Color: Bronze
In addition to being the traditional eighth anniversary gift, bronze is also the official anniversary color for this milestone. Considering its durability as a metal, the bronze hue can also signify the growing strength of partnership with each year that passes. Giving your spouse a bronze-tinted gift nods to the path you've forged together.
Bronze Gift Ideas: Give your partner a bronze rose to honor this anniversary color.
9th Anniversary Color: Terra-cotta
If you're celebrating your ninth wedding anniversary, the traditional color for this year is terra-cotta. Just like the deep, orange clay it's named after, this earthy hue represents a bond that's built on a solid foundation. Exchanging terra-cotta-themed presents is a creative way to acknowledge how you ground each other in life.
Terra-cotta Gift Ideas: Give your partner a terra-cotta planter to honor this anniversary color.
10th Anniversary Color: Silver or Blue
Once you've reached your first decade of marriage, you've really got something to celebrate. Silver totally makes sense as the 10-year anniversary color, as it reflects strength and endurance. If you're looking for an alternative shade, choose blue to nod to the stability and security of your relationship.
Silver or Blue Gift Ideas: Give your partner silver pajamas or a blue dessert mug to honor this anniversary color.
Milestone Anniversary Colors by Year
After 10 years of marriage, the milestone anniversaries become a bit more dispersed. Instead of every year, they follow a five-year cadence. Here are the wedding anniversary colors for the big marriage milestones.
15th Anniversary Color: Ruby Red
Red is one of the wedding anniversary colors that pops up repeatedly throughout the years. This fiery shade evokes love, passion and romance: perfect for a wedding anniversary, wouldn't you say? If you're still crazy about each other after 15 years of marriage, choose something red to signify your devotion.
Ruby Red Gift Ideas: Give your partner this ruby red marble board to honor this anniversary color.
20th Anniversary Color: Emerald Green
While the 55th anniversary is known as the emerald anniversary, emerald green is also the 20th anniversary color. This verdant hue represents growth and renewal, making it a meaningful choice for 20th wedding anniversary gifts. Get your spouse something emerald green to show them how excited you are for the next chapter in your marriage.
Emerald Green Gift Ideas: Give your partner an emerald green watch to honor this anniversary color.
25th Anniversary Color: Silver
The 25th marriage milestone is all about silver, which is why it's often called the silver anniversary. Silver is the traditional and modern theme, as well as the designated 25th anniversary color. Choose a gift in this lustrous hue to nod to your shining and beautiful love.
Silver Gift Ideas: Give your partner a silver rose to honor this anniversary color.
30th Anniversary Color: Green
Three decades of marriage doesn't happen without meaningful growth between you and your partner. That's why the 30th anniversary color is green. This nature-inspired hue is a thoughtful tribute to a relationship that continues to flourish and grow over time.
Green Gift Ideas: Give your partner a green bamboo plant to honor this anniversary color.
35th Anniversary Color: Coral
The 35th anniversary is associated with a color that hasn't appeared before: coral. This orange-pink hue represents vitality and passion, breathing new life into a marriage and its daily routines. It's also associated with warmth and healing, like the comfort of a hug from your spouse.
Coral Gift Ideas: Give your partner a coral handbag to honor this anniversary color.
40th Anniversary Color: Ruby Red
Four decades of marriage is associated with shiny rubies, so it's no surprise that the 40th anniversary color is ruby red. This sensual shade evokes passion, devotion and loyalty: the perfect testament to long-lasting love. Giving ruby red gifts is a symbolic gesture that'll show your spouse you're still deeply and madly in love.
Ruby Red Gift Ideas: Give your partner a ruby red crystal tree to honor this anniversary color.
45th Anniversary Color: Red or Blue Sapphire
The 45th anniversary color is blue sapphire, a jewel-like shade that reflects stability in a relationship. You can choose a sapphire stone as a 45th wedding anniversary gift or give something blue; either option evokes the security of marriage. Red is the alternative hue if you want to shake things up.
Red or Blue Sapphire Gift Ideas: Give your partner a red Dutch oven or blue sapphire earrings to honor this anniversary color.
50th Anniversary Color: Gold
Half a century of marriage is a remarkable milestone that deserves to be celebrated. It's widely known as the golden anniversary, making gold the official 50th anniversary color. Gold gifts reflect the wealth of experience you have after 50 years and how you've won the lottery of long-term love.
Gold Gift Ideas: Give your partner gold song-inspired art to honor this anniversary color.
55th Anniversary Color: Emerald Green
As we mentioned earlier, the 55th wedding anniversary color is emerald green, symbolizing growth and renewal. This is hardly surprising, as emeralds are both the traditional and modern 55th anniversary gifts. If you've reached this milestone, you probably understand the importance of personal growth and how a marriage evolves over time.
Emerald Green Gift Ideas: Give your partner an emerald green keepsake to honor this anniversary color.
60th Anniversary Color: Diamond White
If you've made it to your 60th anniversary, you deserve diamonds! This sparkly gemstone is both the traditional and modern gift for six decades, as well as the inspiration behind the 60th anniversary color, diamond white. Choose a gift in this divine hue as a symbol of your undying love for one another.
Diamond White Gift Ideas: Give your partner a diamond white sundial to honor this anniversary color.
65th Anniversary Color: Sky Blue
The 65th wedding anniversary color is sky blue, an uplifting shade that speaks to the stability of your relationship. With this calm hue, you can nod to the clear skies in your marriage with your spouse as a ray of sunshine who lights up your world.
Sky Blue Gift Ideas: Give your partner a sky blue suncatcher to honor this anniversary color.
70th Anniversary Color: Platinum
Few couples reach seven decades of marriage, but if you do, the 70th anniversary color is platinum. As a metal, platinum is one of the strongest substances you can find on Earth. Incorporating this silvery shade into your gift speaks to the unbreakable bond you share.
Platinum Gift Ideas: Give your partner a platinum picture frame to honor this anniversary color.
75th Anniversary Color: Diamond White
Just like 60 years of marriage, the 75th anniversary color is also diamond white. Similarly, this dreamy shade represents a love that is pure, strong and everlasting. You could give your spouse real diamonds or something white to celebrate the sentiment.
Diamond White Gift Ideas: Give your partner diamond white earrings to honor this anniversary color.
80th Anniversary Color: Ruby Red
You've doubled the number of years you've been married since the 40th anniversary, where ruby red was also the anniversary color. What better way to mark a lifetime of unity with your spouse than with a color that represents love and passion?
Ruby Red Gift Ideas: Give your partner ruby red preserved roses to honor this anniversary color.
