Impeccable Colour Sense Essential For Excellent Flower DesignCOLOUR SENSE isn't an innate gift in everyone, but it adds a huge possibility to your life in all areas. I come at my colour sense from my earliest training in typography and page layout in Ryerson University's magazine production when it was still a manual project. And a colour wheel was a ready tool on the 'rim.' Today, we're lucky because our colour sense can be honed by access to computers at paint suppliers and large home-supply stores where fabric swatches or magazine photos can be matched to paint shades. I still like picking up paint chips, even for discerning the hue and tones in the flowers the customer is wanting for a large wedding or convention. If you want to check out colour combinations and matching palettes, give this special colour wheel a spin.
When you're thinking about colours for an occasion, a colour wheel helps with seeing how colours relate to one another and this site gives a wonderful overview of color from its study of colour use in news design.What is colour?YOUR FLORIST=YOUR FLOWER THERAPIST According to Rutgers University, "flowers provide a simple way to improve emotional health." And the Pantone Color Institute, says there are five emotional colour palettes: nuturing, romantic, sensuous, tranquil and whimsical. This video shows their ideas for flower designs to match these emotions. For 2012, hot fuschia and tangerine are the frontrunners in the colour race, behind the coral that was the favourite last year.The 2008 colour was a deep blue-purple, combining the "stable and calming aspects of blue with the mystical and spiritual qualities of purple," while turquoise was 2010's colour of choice. "Turquoise transports us to an exciting, tropical paradise while offering a sense of protection and healing in stressful times," according to the Institute. And if you'd like to think about colour sense in relation to your personality match with your intended or the most important people in your life, you might like to know the character is peaceful, intimate, powerful or.... WEDDING & PARTY PLANNING hinge on color choices and palette placement. Isn't the capacity to connect with the best in the business the excitement of the internet? As we follow New York's event planning guru, this free colour placement tool allows you to easily choose a theme. It's so helpful you can probably decorate your first home using it as well!! COLOUR has three variable dimensions much the same as form is composed of height, width and depth. Colour is made up of hue, value and saturation. Achromatic colours with no particular hue such as black, white, gray. Also called neutrals, although the term can be misconstrued as neutrals often include beiges, browns, taupes etc, which are colours based in a hue.For a look at their use in decorating, this interior designer emphasizes the importance of black. "Touches of black act like jewelry in the room ...as they enhance and clarify other colors." Chroma is a quality of colour consisting of hue and saturation Hue is a pure spectral colour that lacks addition of white, black or gray. The word is derived from the old English word, "hiw" meaning the name of colour. Saturation is the strength of colour or the degree of purity, brilliance or intensity. For an excellent academic review and graphic representation of these dimensions,particularly for the floral design or interior design student, see this university curriculum.
An interesting fact about blue, is that if you stare at anything long enough it begins to appear blue. A hundred years ago, scientist Johannes Purkinje noticed, “If you stare at the gray landscape long enough, it turns blue.” 
WARM COLOURS such as red-violets,reds, oranges, yellows and green edging towards yellow are referred to as advancing.
When choosing flowers for your bridal bouquet you may wish to consider the HARMONIES of colour. They are a grouping of specific hues and/or a combination of different values within those hues which this color chart simplifies.COLOUR IS SERIOUS BUSINESS A most wonderful three-part program on CBC in late 2011 looks at all sides of colour from its psychological, philosophical,spiritual and its impact on us in art and science through the ages. If you want to know the magical properties of colour on our lives then this is worth the time.  Please recommend it to a friend. |
COOL COLOURS such as violets, blues and greens that lean toward blue. Referred to as receding. Similarly to paint colours that can make rooms seem hotter or colder, flower arrangements will do the same. Darker shades tend to make a space seem more intimate and lighter, AND receding colours make the room feel that way too.Custom Flower Designs, Floral Accessories, Floral Art,Flower Auction, Flower Books, Flower Fantasia, Flower Gardens,Flower Meanings, Flower News,Flower Trends, Flower Shows, Flower Questions, Flowers Everywhere, Going Green, Mothers'Day, ORDER online, Quality and Value, Reaching Out, References, Remind Me, Roses, Rose Considerations, Services and Delivery, Valentines, VD Gift Ideas, Website Builder, Wedding Delights, Wedding Flowers Wedding Traditions
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