Concept
Colour Wheel
A circular diagram organising colours by their relationships - primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries - used as the reference tool for all colour scheme work in floristry.
“The Artist's Colour Wheel is the structural map from which every colour relationship in a design can be identified, planned, and resolved.”
In floristry, the pigmentary theory of colour is best illustrated and understood by referring to the Artist's Colour Wheel. Primary colours (red, yellow, blue) cannot be mixed from other colours. Secondary colours (orange, green, violet) are created by mixing two primaries. Tertiary colours are created by mixing a primary with its adjacent secondary. Colours lying directly opposite each other on the wheel are complementary. The wheel provides the structural reference from which all colour harmony schemes are derived. Sources: Pampling (105, 131).
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