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 Wheel THE 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 Harmonies RELATED MONOCHROMATIC One, single color supplemented by tints, tones, or shades of that one color

Color Harmonies RELATED MONOCHROMATIC Tints Color + White Hue Family name of a color (Ex: red)

Color Harmonies RELATED MONOCHROMATIC Shades Color + Black Tone Color + Gray (mixture of white and black)

Monochromatic

Color Harmonies RELATED ANALOGOUS Achieved by using colors adjoining each other on color wheel Example: Red with Orange, Yellow

Color Harmonies – Contrasted Complementary Harmony Colors directly opposite each other Examples: Orange and Blue Red and Green Violet and Yellow

Color Harmonies – Contrasted Triadic Harmony Combines three colors equidistant, forming a triangle Example: Red, Blue, Yellow

Color Harmonies – Contrasted Tetrad 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