Color is influential in every aspect of our lives. It conveys a warm or cool feeling and can draw you in or divert attention. It can create feelings of cheerfulness, sadness, love or tranquility. In flower arranging knowing how to blend colors together can make or break your design so careful thought should go into your choice of colors before you start.
Flowers come in an astounding number of hues and shades due to continual crossbreeding. This is the most true in roses. There are well over a hundred different types of roses now of every shade imaginable and counting. They have even been bred now to have two or three different shades on the petals and are fast becoming a new favorite for florists and customers alike.
If you are new to arranging or still struggle with how to put color together, take heart, there is help in the form of what’s called the color wheel. It is made up of primary colors, secondary colors and intermediate colors. The first thing one needs to understand, is that the primary colors are only three colors, red, blue and yellow. All colors are made from combining these colors but you cannot make red, blue or yellow by combining any colors.
Red is a very hot, passionate and strong color. It creates drama in an arrangement. Red can make you think of Christmas or valentines. Yellow is a happy color and evokes a feeling of anticipation like you experience when spring has arrived and the sun is shinning and things are coming back to life. Birthday arrangements or baby arrangements often have yellow as it does evoke that feeling of cheerfulness.
Blue is a cool color and creates a softer feeling like you may experience when looking at the sky in the summertime.
Combining primary colors together creates secondary colors. Red and yellow make orange, red and blue make purple and yellow and blue make green.
Orange is a dramatic color, not as hot as red but it still has impact. If you want an arrangement to have the autumn feel then you should combine colors such as browns, gold or a bit of yellow and red-orange together. It will make a bold statement.
Purple is a vibrant color but unlike red and orange it has a calming effect. When you combine purple, blues, pinks and a bit of yellow together, you get this luscious vibrant and soothing arrangement.
Green is a universal color that goes with any color of arrangement. In Fancy Gap all flowers spring up from greens so it is very natural to use them in all arrangements. In fact, I like to put together three different shades and textures of greens together before putting any flowers in my arrangement. It is very effective.
You can take any of these color combinations and put them together in their lighter or darker shades depending on what mood you are trying to create. Also, you do not need to stick to just these color combinations. If you want drama, try mixing together dark red, purple, yellow and a bit of white. Contrast can make quite a bold statement.
Last but not least here is a list of colors on the color wheel starting with yellow:
Yellow orange, orange, red orange, red, red violet, violet, blue violet, blue, blue green, green, and finally yellow green. Of course you could make many more hues but for our purpose here we stick with the color wheel.
I hope this helps.
About the Author: Willie Jones, http://www.artinspires.com Willie is a freelance writer, researcher and artist. She not only designs floral arrangements but likes to surround herself with floral motivational posters. When art inspires, dreams become reality!
common items:
Fancy Gap flower Fancy Gap send flower Fancy Gap flower delivery Fancy Gap christmas flower Fancy Gap wedding flower Fancy Gap flower shop Fancy Gap flower girl dress Fancy Gap flower online Fancy Gap floral arrangement Fancy Gap flower picture Fancy Gap flower gift Fancy Gap order flower Fancy Gap wild flower Fancy Gap silk flower Fancy Gap flower tattoo Fancy Gap funeral flower Fancy Gap broken flower Fancy Gap tropical flower Fancy Gap flower seed Fancy Gap sympathy flower Fancy Gap wholesale flower Fancy Gap flower uk Fancy Gap valentine flower Fancy Gap fresh flower Fancy Gap buy flower Fancy Gap flower delivery chicago Fancy Gap flower garden Fancy Gap lotus flower Fancy Gap rose flower Fancy Gap hawaii flower Fancy Gap flower meaning Fancy Gap online flower delivery Fancy Gap flower girl Fancy Gap ftd flower Fancy Gap cheap flower Fancy Gap flower tucci Fancy Gap buy flower online Fancy Gap send flower online Fancy Gap discount flower Fancy Gap type of flower Fancy Gap mother day flower Fancy Gap valentine day flower Fancy Gap anniversary flower Fancy Gap spring flower Fancy Gap flower bouquet Fancy Gap state flower Fancy Gap picture of wedding flower Fancy Gap flower name Fancy Gap florist flower Fancy Gap flower bulb Fancy Gap internet flower Fancy Gap philadelphia flower show Fancy Gap silk flower arrangement Fancy Gap flower clipart Fancy Gap flower photo Fancy Gap flower wallpaper Fancy Gap exotic flower Fancy Gap flower basket Fancy Gap silk wedding flower Fancy Gap wholesale silk flower Fancy Gap flower girl basket Fancy Gap artificial flower Fancy Gap flower vase Fancy Gap brandon flower Fancy Gap wedding flower arrangement Fancy Gap flower pot Fancy Gap pink flower Fancy Gap birthday flower Fancy Gap dried flower Fancy Gap purple flower Fancy Gap origami flower Fancy Gap blue flower Fancy Gap passion flower Fancy Gap hibiscus flower Fancy Gap bridal flower Fancy Gap cheap flower girl dress Fancy Gap pro flower Fancy Gap order flower online Fancy Gap flower for algernon Fancy Gap part of a flower Fancy Gap lotus flower tattoo Fancy Gap flower tattoo design Fancy Gap flower los angeles Fancy Gap international flower delivery Fancy Gap flower picures Fancy Gap iris flower Fancy Gap virtual flower Fancy Gap flower chicago Fancy Gap flower painting Fancy Gap white flower farm Fancy Gap flower delivery uk Fancy Gap flower plant Fancy Gap white flower Fancy Gap flower drawing Fancy Gap cartoon flower Fancy Gap flower delivery los angeles Fancy Gap discount flower girl dress Fancy Gap flower video Fancy Gap flower shop chicago Fancy Gap april flower
