Articles & Step By Step Tutorials
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The Complexity of Colour - How to make sense of it
Colour - How To Make Sense of It.
by Roseanne Armstrong
Colour sense can be developed through awareness. 'Theories tend to be scientific and often highly academic. Colour terminology is inconsistent and confusing.
All that is necessary is to learn enough of a theory to help the natural eye for colour and, to provide a working basis for understanding family relationships in colour. Enjoyment of colour is the most important aspect - 'if you enjoy it you will work well with it.'
Jean Taylor - Creative Flower Arrangement
Neutrals - Black, White and Grey.
Neutrals are also called achromatic. True neutrals are rarely found in nature, they appear to have a very pale tint of a colour and although difficult to find, below are some examples of plant material that fit into this category.
Neutrallsed Colour
Refers to colour with a weak chroma. There is only a tinge of colour present, but because of the tinge, neutralised colours have more character than neutrals and are easier to blend with other colours.
Designs showing Neutral/Achromatic colour or a dominance of Neutral/Achromatic colour.
Glass objects can often show Neutralised colour.
Neutralised colour in plant materials.
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