{"id":140,"date":"2009-06-28T10:15:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-28T15:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/?p=140"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:57:39","slug":"designing-fresh-flower-arrangements-working-flower-color-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy-flowers-how-to-tutorials\/designing-fresh-flower-arrangements-working-flower-color-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Fresh Flower Arrangements:  Working the Flower Color Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first things that come to mind when <strong>planning flower arrangements or bouquets<\/strong> is the COLOR. It\u2019s one of the fundamental elements of any type of design, as important as Form (shape of the flowers and the overall arrangement) and Texture (from smooth and sleek to ornate and airy.) (More on those later!) There are lots of different ways to combine colors that you might have never considered that can really set your floral arrangements and wedding flowers apart! <\/p>\n<p>First, a quick primer on Color. Color has three components: Hue (what most of us think of when we say \u201ccolor\u201d), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy\/color-fresh-flower-bouquets-arrangements-2\/\">Value (from light to dark of a given color)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy\/color-fresh-flower-bouquets-arrangements-2\/\">Saturation (the intensity \u2013 vibrant or soft\/muted &#8212; of a given color)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Today we\u2019re going to focus on Hue. Any of us who have made it through Kindergarten have seen a color wheel (ok, maybe not the flower version!) \u2026and there you have your basic hues: Yellow, Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, Red-Violet, Violet (Purple), Blue-Violet, Blue, Blue-Green, Green, Yell0w-Green. To begin experimenting with your flower arrangements, start working the <strong>Flower Color Wheel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25159\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25159\" class=\"wp-image-25159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Blooms-Flower-Color-Wheel.jpg\" alt=\"Blooms By The Box Color Wheel\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BloomsByTheBox Flower Color Wheel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Using Complementary Colors in Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<p>For vibrant, intense results, combine <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Complementary<\/span> colors in your bouquets and arrangements.\u00a0 These appear across from each other on the color wheel:\u00a0 Yellow-Purple, Blue-Orange, Red-Green.\u00a0 When you put Complementary colors side-by-side, they tend to enhance the intensity of each other.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25162\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25162\" class=\"wp-image-25162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Complementary-Color-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Complementary Flower Colors\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Complementary-Color-Flowers.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Complementary-Color-Flowers-980x552.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Complementary-Color-Flowers-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Complementary Color Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<h2>Using Analagous Colors in Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<p>You can create soothing, harmonious, romantic, fresh flower combinations using <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Analogous<\/span> colors.\u00a0 These are families of colors that are next to each other on the color wheel, like \u201cBlues\u201d (blue, blue-violet, blue-green), or \u201cYellows\u201d (yellow-green, yellow, yellow-orange).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25161\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25161\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25161\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Red-Color-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Analagous Red Flowers\" width=\"500\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Red-Color-Flowers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Red-Color-Flowers-480x540.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Analagous Red\/Orange\/Yellow Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_25160\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25160\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Blue-Color-Flowers.jpg\" alt=\"Analagous Blue Violet Flowers\" width=\"500\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Blue-Color-Flowers.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Analagous-Blue-Color-Flowers-480x540.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 500px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Analagous Blue Violet Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Using Triadic Colors in Flower Arrangements<\/h2>\n<p>You can also create unusual, exciting combinations using <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Triadic<\/span> colors, basing your flower choices on three colors that are equidistant from one another on the color wheel.\u00a0 Think yellow\/red\/blue, or purple\/green\/orange, or blue-green\/yellow-orange\/red-violet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25163\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25163\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25163\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Triadic-Color-Flowers-1.jpg\" alt=\"Triadic Color Flowers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Triadic-Color-Flowers-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Triadic-Color-Flowers-1-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Triadic-Color-Flowers-1-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-25163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Triadic Color Flowers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Of course, this is just the beginning.\u00a0 As you get more comfortable working with different harmonies, start experimenting with Value and Saturation.\u00a0 (We\u2019ll look at those a little more closely in a later post.)\u00a0 You\u2019ll start to see combinations that work and don\u2019t work, and will begin to see how following some basic design guidelines using flower color wheel can lead you to beautiful success in floral design.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy this post? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbythebox.com\/blog\/diy-flowers-how-to-tutorials\/color-fresh-flower-bouquets-arrangements-2\/\">More About Color in Fresh Flower Bouquets and Arrangements<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the first things that come to mind when planning flower arrangements or bouquets is the COLOR. It\u2019s one of the fundamental elements of any type of design, as important as Form (shape of the flowers and the overall arrangement) and Texture (from smooth and sleek to ornate and airy.) (More on those later!) 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