My personal inclination is that it’s a long day and very, very different settings. I’d prefer a simple church dress but something flashier and more fun for the evening fun. So, yeah, I’d have two dresses probably. JMO.
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Kid stopped by last weekend, and “Huston, we have a (little) problem.” Lol. Turns out, the fiancé went tux shopping and picked the color of my dress as the color for his party because the other color choices were not available. Kid apologized because she was the one telling her guy to go ahead with his choice. Not a big deal, I said. There is plenty of time to shop! So I’m back to looking. Sunflower 
yellow and creamy orange 
or the default beige and navy. 
I will post my choice when I find it. The flowy emerald halter dress 
is a keeper. I’m sure that I will find an occasion to wear it.
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I wore the color that ds1 picked for his half of the wedding party and thought it looked great in pics. Why can’t you wear that color?
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Just to clarify…. the tux is green or just the accessories?
Just the accessories on the tuxes and the dress of the groomswoman!
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I like the idea of your dress picking up the color of the accessory. My son had his groomsmen wearing the Irish black watch plaid ties (R.L.). The 3 gals wore their choice of dark green dresses. I wore a royal blue outfit.
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I think @BunsenBurner would be fine with her green dress if the grooms woman was not wearing the same color dress.
I vote for a nice yellow!
I’m confused now about how the colors work. I found out yesterday that groomsmen and son will be in a shade of blue. I ordered 2 blue dresses about a week ago (not sure they will work). They are not the same color blue as the suits. I know to stay away from white, ivory, bridesmaids colors that are champagne). Am I making a mistake by considering blue? The bride’s stepmom is wearing pink . Blue and pink are my favorite colors .
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The groom’s party initially picked sunflower yellow, but then realized that choices were very slim, so kid asked me if we could trade colors.
@thumper1 her dress is going to be the exact same color as the one I planned (thanks, Pantone 
!) so it could look a bit awkward even though the style is different. I have plenty of time to shop, so I’m not worried.
I think this would be fine. In my case, the color was the same.
You are fine with blue. Again, you will be mainly in family pics, not wedding party pics. It will look great. Trust me as someone whose ds just got married. He went with purple as his color. The men’s ties were more lavender. My purple was more eggplant. Looked great.
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I think it is up to the bride. For my sons wedding the bridesmaids wore navy and the bride requested I not wear navy. She was fine with another color of blue but I ended up with a kind of merlot and the MOB wore champagne. I had a friend who when she got married she wanted the MOB and the MOG to wear the same color as the bridesmaids.
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Just for kicks, I asked my husband if he wanted to rent a tux (I know for certain he would not, and no one would expect him to wear a tux). His response, “I’m not the groom. Grooms are supposed to suffer, not dads!”
Wink. 
Now I need to find a tie with yellow kittens for my Mr.
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A number of years ago, we were invited to an out of town wedding for a friend’s daughter. I found a great purple dress. Much to my chagrin, it turned out to be the exact same shade as the bridal attendants’ dresses. And they had three different styles. The photographer was quite confused - I could tell she was trying to figure out how I fit into the wedding party.
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There are a lot more yellow ties for kittens than yellow ties with kittens! But here’s a whole set for the gentleman:
Thanks! I am going to trawl the resale places for some designer crap that Kid can resell 
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How about this one?
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Good find!
There is a Hermes one too…
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