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for flower lovers
FLORAL DESIGN PRINCIPLE
colour harmonies
Near
complementary, polychromatic, split complementary, tetradic
and triadic colour harmonies.Does that all sound like a
foreign language? We will look at 5
of the 12 colour harmonies to make it clearer but remember
these are rules that are just waiting to be
broken!Grab your colour
chart and let's begin!
Why bother?
Some people have a natural talent for putting colours together in a flower arrangement in a pleasing way, but even they will often fall into the trap of using the same colour combinations over and over again.
These combinations are a useful guide to introduce yourself to new colour combinations which you may have never thought of that others have found to be successful.
These combinations are a useful guide to introduce yourself to new colour combinations which you may have never thought of that others have found to be successful.
Near
complementary
Two colours almost opposite on the
colour wheel-almost! One of the colours is immediately beside
the direct opposite.
Use the colour wheel
Therefore orange/red has an
opposite of blue/green, go over one and you get to blue.
Polychromatic
The balanced use of many
colours together.This
example comes from Paris, in a large outdoor urn by the
river Seine.
Split complementary
Two opposite colours- replace one with those either side. You get 3 colours such as red/orange, red/violet, green.
Tetradic
Four colours lying
equidistant on the colour wheel~ that's every third colour from
any starting point on the wheel.
Triadic
Three equidistant colours of violet, orange and green and then add touches of red
violet to
break the rules.
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