May Class Review


	Class: Color Excitement

After flowers and gardening, color may be my next passion. It is vibrant and exciting, affects us emotionally, influences everything we see, and is fascinating to study. It can be one’s inspiration, or frustration! A phrase I use over and over in my classes is “rules are made to be broken – but first, know the rules”. Color is no exception. Even a brief understanding of how it plays will help make a project where color is involved easier.

To view a color wheel and more information regarding color go to www.thisold house.com/toh/photos/0,,20161202,00.html

Monochromatic Bouquet

A monochromatic harmony is used for this arm bouquet. Choosing a single color and using it’s tints, shades, and tones is the simplest harmony, as well as most formal.

Complementary Harmony

This complementary harmony of blue and orange is the most common harmony found in nature. It is also the most contrasting of the harmonies, setting a very warm color against the coolness of blue.

Primary Triad Wreath

Primary colors were chosen for this color wreath. A triadic harmony will always have contrast and therefore be more casual.

Monochromatic Arrangement

This design could be considered monochromatic; red and its tints, shades and tones. However, the strong green color emphasis added by the charger tends to push it towards a complementary color harmony. This is a good example of how we are mentally programed. Our inate sense that green is a natural adjunct to the flowers it almost always accompanies, has the effect of neutralizing its influence on the color harmony in our subconscious.

Analogous
Harmonies

Analogous harmonies are those of adjacent colors. More formal because there is less contrast, they are also emotional because of their connection to nature and their correlation to warm and cool affects.

Complementary Harmony

Red and green is another complementary harmony. In this case the green-cast white of the pot adds contrast to the all red Geraniums. In floral design the green foliage is considered a neutral color when picking harmonies and is therefore not considered. However, if the green is emphasized, as in a bright lime green or variegated foliage it will be included.

Secondary Triad Arrangement

Another major triad, the secondary colors of violet, orange, and green. Gray is often a good choice for a container because of its neutral affect on the harmony.

Near Complementary Harmony

With the exception of the bright green quince, the colors are very toned and muddied which has the effect of 'neutralizing' them somewhat. The little contrast the quince and lavender produce is in response to their near complementary position on the color wheel.


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