Why is color important in Floral Design What

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