Did you know that the colours we surround ourselves with affect our mood? Its true, colours have psychological properties. Extensive research shows that colours can evoke particular moods and emotions in all of us.
Here’s a quick overview of what the main colours mean in flower arrangements. You might want to take note before choosing flowers to buy for a friend or relative, lover or colleague – just to be sure you are sending them the right message!
Red
Typically associated with love and romance, red is the dominating colour when it comes to Valentine’s Day flowers and arrangements. Red is a warm, energetic, stimulating colour that evokes excitement. It’s the colour of power. It’s attention grabbing and can raise the pulse rate, which makes it ideal for sentiments of love and devotion.
Blue
Blue on the other hand has a calmness quality about it. It’s the colour of intelligence and communication, of trust and reflection. It’s mentally stimulating and is apparently the most favoured of all colours. This makes in a perfect choice for Congratulation flower bouquets or for sending flowers to work colleagues.
Yellow
Yellow is a bright, sunny and optimistic colour. It’s a friendly colour that signifies strength, confidence and creativity. It’s a perfect colour for thank you flower bouquets or get well soon sentiments. If picking flowers for friends, it’s ideal.
Orange
Orange is the colour of warmth, fun and comfort so it really is ideal when sending flowers to friends and family.
Purple
A spiritual colour often associated with luxury and wealth, even royalty. Purple is a thoughtful colour, encouraging deep contemplation even meditation. Purple is a great choice for birthday flowers.
Pink
Pink like red, is the colour of love. More soothing than red, pink represents the nurturing and physically soothing side of red. It’s a feminine colour which makes it an ideal choice when sending flowers to your Mum, wife, girlfriend or best friend.
White
White is of course a clean, delicate, pure, simplistic colour. It’s the colour of sophistication and clarity. Take care though because it can of course be cold and is widely used in funeral flower arrangements.
Colourful
If in doubt, you can always opt for a colour flower bouquet. A versatile choice which can work for most situations, although probably not suited for sympathy tributes.
