Color Wheel Makes Choosing Flowers Easy

When designing fresh cut flower bouquets and arrangements one of the first questions often asked is, "What color flowers should I use?"

Well, that depends on your goals and expectations. Are you imagining a dramatic display of stunning colors that grabs everyone's attention with its bold style and bright color? Or perhaps you had something more subtle in mind; soft pastels that add a touch of elegance while providing that final detail to your event's theme.

Using the artist's color wheel can prove to be a tremendous aid in your flower color selection process. Take a look at these examples to get you started on your next fresh cut flower project.



The monochromatic theme uses one color, with tints, shades and hues of the same color: Using various red and pink flowers together.





The analagous theme uses colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel: Cobalt can work with blue-greens, greens, blue-violet and violet.





The complementary strategy utilizes colors that are opposite one another on the color wheel: Red flowers in a green vase result in a dramatic arrangement!




The triadic theory requires using three colors of the color wheel that are equal distance apart; a balanced and strong approach.




The color wheel has three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. These three colors are what make all other colors, and they cannot be created from any of the other colors.

Secondary colors are created when two primary colors are mixed together. The three secondary colors are orange, green and violet.

Intermediate colors are created when an adjoining primary color and secondary color are mixed. For example, red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-violet and red-violet.

Give the color wheel a spin while designing your next fresh-cut flower arrangement!