What your flower color means

[kobfield2007]

Here's some descriptions of what the color of your flowers represent.

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YELLOW FLOWERS
Yellow is the color of joy. Yellow stimulates creative and intellectual energy. It brings clarity to decision-making and improves concentration. Men usually think of yellow as a childish color, but everyone sees it as the color of gold, sun and energy.

Yellow combines well with nearly every other color. It does riot however have a wide range of tints. Bright yellow is by far the easiest color to see – just like the sunflower fields of Kansas, yellow symbolizes summer, warmth and vitality.


YELLOW FLOWERS
Yellow, as with most light colors, blooms earliest, so is naturally associated with spring. Spring bouquets frequently feature yellow and white tulips. Yellow daffodils symbolize unrequited love, a yellow rose stands for friendship and yellow flowers are associated with Easter and Passover.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF YELLOW FLOWERS
Yellow is sunny, friendly and easy to combine. It enlarges a space and blooms with little light, on account of its strong reflection.

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ORANGE FLOWERS
Orange is a color associated with the fall season. It stimulates creativity and feelings of joy. People who like orange are said to be thoughtful and sincere. A powerful 'impact1 color, orange is difficult to miss and is very effective as an attention grabber.

Although regarded as dynamic and powerful, orange is nevertheless thought of in a healing context, perhaps because for Buddhists it represents enlightenment.

The perception of orange depends on the percentage of red it contains. When equal amounts of red and yellow are present, orange conveys feelings of calm and optimism. Add more red and reactions become warmer, reflecting the heat of the sun. Reduce the red and increase the yellow and you get less of a feeling of harmony.


ORANGE FLOWERS
Orange flowers are widespread and popular, in spring, orange flowers are fresh and cheerful, whereas in the fall they are more likely to be associated with the falling leaves of New England.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF ORANGE FLOWERS:
Orange is more dominant than yellow and is perfect as an accent or emphasis color.

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RED FLOWERS
Red is believed to increase enthusiasm and interest, enhance human metabolism, raise blood pressure and increase respiration rates. Quite obviously red is hard to miss - it grabs our attention and stimulates us into making quick decisions. It is also the first spectral color our eyes see. Add a dash of white to it and you have pink, which tones down our reactions, producing softer feelings of gentleness and tenderness


RED FLOWERS
A red rose is the eternal symbol of love. A popular color all year round, red is particularly associated with Christmas and Valentine's Day


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF RED FLOWERS
Powerful, warm and attention-grabbing. Red makes spaces seem smaller. It absorbs light, creating intimate atmospheres. Remember that without enough light on it red can become harsh.

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BROWN FLOWERS
Brown is definitely the color of nature - of earth, trees and stones. Brown is a mood setter, providing warmth. Curiously, brown is also associated wish practical and financial matters, and with elderly people, domesticity, animals and chocolate. Brown is a stable color, it is reassuring with its impressions of solidity and dependability, underpinned by nature. Beware that too much brown can be dull, yet its many shades and tones can produce quite different effects.


BROWN FLOWERS
Indelibly linked to the fall brown is the color of fallen leaves.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF BROWN FLOWERS
Warm and easy to combine, brown loses its vitality with too little light.

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Black and white are highly symbolic, yet technically neither are actually colors. White reflects all colors whereas black absorbs all light. As opposites they contrast sharply - where white reveals, black conceals. Both have strong religious connotations.


BLACK FLOWERS
Black is all abouL mystery and stability but also undiscovered potential. Long associated with power, black is formal, elegant and prestigious. Now a days it is the 'color' of choice for designers.


BLACK FLOWERS
Nature has produced no black flowers but flowers that appear black appeal powerfully to our imaginations -'Black Beauty 1 roses and 'Queen of Night 1 tulips are classic examples.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF BLACK
Dark, austere and somber, black gives off shadows and should only be used as an accent color.

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PURPLE FLOWERS
Purple is definitely the color of power and luxury, but it is also associated with good judgment and spiritual fulfillment. Purple stimulates peace of mind and is used in meditation. Most children love it, however adults either love it or hate it, it can therefore be a fashion victim. Capable of being both warm and cool, purple is the color of the Lupines that wave gracefully to visitors traveling through the wild west.


PURPLE FLOWERS
Purple is a natural flower color, and a very popular color for bouquets. It is often interchanged with violet, lilac and indigo tints -actually lilac is light purple, and indigo closer to blue.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF PURPLE
Very similar effects to blue - purple doesn't draw the eyes and purple objects feel lighter than equally heavy objects of another color.

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BLUE FLOWERS
Blue is the color of the sky, the ocean and it is also the color that is associated with sleep. Conveying peace and tranquillity, blue is the coolest color and it provides rest for both mind and body, slowing down our metabolic rate. It's a color that is particularly male.

Dark blue stands for truth and expertise. Pure blue is the color of inspiration and spirituality. Overall, blue gives a feeling of distance and is used to convey a sense of perspective, particularly outwards.


BLUE IN FLOWERS
The pigment that produces blue is relatively scarce in flowers so most 'blue' flowers are usually purple or lilac. Apparently a blue iris expresses valued friendship.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF BLUE FLOWERS
Blue does not deflect the eye and blue objects feel lighter than equally heavy objects of another color. Light blue creates an enlarged effect.

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GREEN FLOWERS
Green is the color of nature and stands for good health and growth. Green tends to be the favorite of well-balanced people, and reflects self-respect and order. Green is comforting and relaxing and is associated with money, banking and the financial world.
Green is the most restful color that our eyes see, reminding us.


GREEN FLOWERS
Green is a safe color, a favorite 'neutral' color for arrangements, so not surprisingly it is the perfect complement. Although symbolizing the spring 'awakening 1 of nature, it is rare to find naturally green flowers - Moluccella is an exception.


SPACIAL EFFECTS OF GREEN FLOWERS
Balanced, cool, energetic and natural, green is the base color for flowers. Green has the effect of making other colors appear more intense, it brings out the red in red, for instance.

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Black and white are highly symbolic, yet technically neither are actually colors. White reflects all colors whereas black absorbs all light. As opposites they contrast sharply - where white reveals, black conceals. Both have strong religious connotations.


WHITE FLOWERS
White signifies purity and perfection and can represent a successful beginning. It is no accident that virgins and brides wear white. White symbolizes wholeness, openness, truth and kindness.


WHITE FLOWERS
Always popular in spring bouquets, while flowers are strongly featured in bridal work and funeral pieces. White daisies symbolize loyalty in love and white magnolias evoke feelings of the Deep South.


SPATIAL EFFECTS OF WHITE FLOWERS
White enlarges. Whereas too much white is clinical, white becomes warmer when mixed with red or yellow.

[linnyleer]

Cool. Do you have any info for pink ones???

[bigbooby]

What about Burgundy ??

Donna :)

[kobfield2007]

Hi!!
Sorry I didn't even see that people had posted. LOL I'll look for the pink and burgundy ones. :)