Why is color important in Floral Design?

What is the purpose?

• Provokes emotion• What emotions are flowers associated with?

How do colors make us feel?

• Warm Colors– Reds and yellows give us a “warm” feeling– Remind us of fires and sunlight

• Cool Colors– Blues and greens give us a “cool” feeling– Remind us of sky, water, ice, foliage

How do colors make us feel?

• To create a bright cheerful arrangement, use colors like yellows, oranges, reds, and whites

• Blues, greens, and whites are cool and refreshing• Violets and purples give an almost sad feeling• Black and shades produce a depressing effect

What Do Colors Mean?

White

• Innocence• Simplicity

Gray

• Quiet• Delicate

Black

• Despair

Browns

• Slow• Surety

Red

• Love• Outward Interests

Orange

• Cheery• Spirited

Yellow

• Happiness• Optimism

Blue

• Conservative• Sadness

Green

• Sensitive• Life

Purple

• Sentimental• Reflective

Scenarios

• What colors would you use for a funeral?• What colors would you use for a wedding?• What colors would you use for someone in the

hospital?

Primary Colors

• Red • Yellow• Blue

• ALL COLORS COME FROM A COMBINATION OF THESE THREE COLORS!

Secondary Colors

• Green, Orange, Purple

• Created by mixing two primary colors

Tertiary Colors

• Made by combining a primary color with a secondary color.

• Always list primary color name first– Examples• Red orange• Blue green• Yellow green

Paint Chips

• What’s the difference?

Tint

• Color plus white

Tone

• Color plus grey

Shade

• Color plus hue

How Do You Make A Color Wheel?

Primary Colors

• Add your three primary colors:–Red–Yellow–Blue

Secondary Colors• In the middle slot

between each group– Add a mix of Red and

Yellow to make Orange– Add a mix of Red and Blue

to make Purple– Add a mix of Blue and

Yellow to make Green

Adding Tints

• Add white to each color to give its tint

Adding Shades• To make a shade of a

color (darker), you can add black.

• HINT: Rather than add Black you can add a little bit of its opposite color on the color wheel. This creates lots of other colors.– Ex: Yellows become Yellow

Ochres, Greens become Raw Umbers and Burnt Siennas.

The Color WheelTHE FINISHED PRODUCT!!

The Color Wheel• Full Color Wheel Colors– Primary: Blue, Yellow, Red– Secondary: Orange, Green,

Purple– Tertiary: Equal mixture of a

primary and secondary color• Primary color placed first

– Red-Violet– Blue-Green

Color Harmonies

Color Harmonies

• Generally two types:– Related (Monochromatic

and Analogous) – Neighbors on color wheel

– Contrasted – Strangers across wheel from each other

Color HarmoniesRELATED MONOCHROMATIC

• One, single color supplemented by tints, tones, or shades of that one color

Color HarmoniesRELATED MONOCHROMATIC

• Tints– Color + White

• Hue– Family name of a color

(Ex: red)

Color HarmoniesRELATED MONOCHROMATIC

• Shades– Color + Black

• Tone– Color + Gray (mixture of

white and black)

Monochromatic

Color HarmoniesRELATED ANALOGOUS

• Achieved by using colors adjoining each other on color wheel– Example: Red with

Orange, Yellow

Color Harmonies – ContrastedComplementary Harmony

• Colors directly opposite each other– Examples:• Orange and Blue• Red and Green• Violet and Yellow

Color Harmonies – ContrastedTriadic Harmony

• Combines three colors equidistant, forming a triangle– Example:• Red, Blue, Yellow

Color Harmonies – ContrastedTetrad Harmony

• Combines four colors, equidistant, forming a square

• Must use 1 primary color, 1 secondary color, 2 tertiary colors– Example:

• Red, Green, Yellow-Orange, Blue-Violet

Poly Chromatic

• Includes a wide variety of colors• Anything goes

Movement Through Colors

• Advancing color- Moves towards the viewer• Receding color- Disappears into the

background– Example: With yellow and purple, • Yellow = advancing• Purple= receding