1. Why is color important in Floral Design?

2. What is the purpose? Provokes emotion
What emotions are flowers associated with?

3. 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

4. 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

5. What Do Colors Mean?

6. White
Innocence
Simplicity

7. Gray
Quiet
Delicate

8. Black
Despair

9. Browns
Slow
Surety

10. Red
Love
Outward Interests

11. Orange
Cheery
Spirited

12. Yellow
Happiness
Optimism

13. Blue
Conservative
Sadness

14. Green
Sensitive
Life

15. Purple
Sentimental
Reflective

16. 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?

17. Primary Colors Red Yellow Blue
ALL COLORS COME FROM A COMBINATION OF THESE THREE COLORS!

18. Secondary Colors Green, Orange, Purple
Created by mixing two primary colors

19. 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

20. Paint Chips
What’s the difference?

21. Tint
Color plus white

22. Tone
Color plus grey

23. Shade
Color plus hue

24. How Do You Make A Color Wheel?

25. Primary Colors
Add your three primary colors:
Red
Yellow
Blue

26. 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

27. Adding Tints
Add white to each color to give its tint

28. 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.

29. The Color Wheel THE FINISHED PRODUCT!!

30. 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

31. Color Harmonies

32. Color Harmonies Generally two types:
Related (Monochromatic and Analogous) – Neighbors on color wheel
Contrasted – Strangers across wheel from each other

33. Color Harmonies RELATED MONOCHROMATIC
One, single color supplemented by tints, tones, or shades of that one color

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

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

36. Monochromatic

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

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

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

43. 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

44. Poly Chromatic
Includes a wide variety of colors
Anything goes

45. Movement Through Colors
Advancing color- Moves towards the viewer
Receding color- Disappears into the background
Example: With yellow and purple,
Yellow = advancing
Purple= receding