The mother of the groom should ask the bride's mother what color she will be wearing. Or ask the bride what colors will be used for her bridemaids. There are only two colors she shouldn't wear - white or black. White, because only the bride should wear white. Black because it means mourning and women shouldn't be wearing black for a happy ocaision. Most mother wear blue. Although in these modern times of looser protocols, the mother of the bride and groom can choose to wear black if the color theme of the wedding is black/white. Ivory, cream, off white could then be considered the "white" colors to wear without necessarily wearing white.
Blaze Orange?
ask the bride what she would prefer
If you like you could wear a carnation in your mother's favorite color.
The mother of the bride is definitely defying tradition by wearing black but this is the 21st century and there are lots of black/white theme weddings. The mother of the groom could wear the traditional beige or champagne to coordinate with the mother's choice of color. I am not sure what "candy apple" means. Is that green? If so, then she could choose a color more in line with the bridesmaids' dresses and wear lime, jade, hunter green or sage. If it candy apple is red, then the MOG could choose red, burgundy, wine, cinnamon.
brides wear red or gold grooms wear white, cream or gold and if you are invited to a wedding you can wear any colour you like!
you wear black
Sometimes.
red
You can wear whatever color you want, but white is the traditional color and it may be hard to find a wedding dress that isn't white. The grooms always look better in black. Don't let the bridesmaids look better than you.
For grooms black is the traditional color for their tux. For the bride a white dress symbolizes purity, so it is the traditional color. However some women prefer black or think they look better in it so they pick a black dress.
If your Mother is deceased, then you wear a white corsage.
White or the color dress of the bride