Color is influential in every aspect of our lives. It conveys a warm
or cool feeling and can draw you in or divert attention. It can create
feelings of cheerfulness, sadness, love or tranquility. In flower
arranging knowing how to blend colors together can make or break your
design so careful thought should go into your choice of colors before
you start.

Flowers come in an astounding number of hues and shades due to
continual crossbreeding. This is the most true in roses. There are
well over a hundred different types of roses now of every shade
imaginable and counting. They have even been bred now to have two or
three different shades on the petals and are fast becoming a new
favorite for florists and customers alike.

If you are new to arranging or still struggle with how to put color
together, take heart, there is help in the form of what's called the
color wheel. It is made up of primary colors, secondary colors and
intermediate colors. The first thing one needs to understand, is that
the primary colors are only three colors, red, blue and yellow. All
colors are made from combining these colors but you cannot make red,
blue or yellow by combining any colors.

Red is a very hot, passionate and strong color. It creates drama in an
arrangement. Red can make you think of Christmas or valentines. Yellow
is a happy color and evokes a feeling of anticipation like you
experience when spring has arrived and the sun is shinning and things
are coming back to life. Birthday arrangements or baby arrangements
often have yellow as it does evoke that feeling of cheerfulness.

Blue is a cool color and creates a softer feeling like you may
experience when looking at the sky in the summertime.

Combining primary colors together creates secondary colors. Red and
yellow make

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