Meaning and Role of colour of Flowers

Colour plays an important part on deciding the fresh cut flowers that you are buying. Besides the overall visual effect of the whole arrangement, colour also has a profound effect on the human psyche. Attitudes and emotions can be affected by certain colours in certain ways; something to remember the next time you visit the florist!

 Purple/Lavender - Enchantment, unique, noble, devotion
A cooler color perfect for the truly devoted. Send this color to your partner to let her know how truly unique she is. It's a perfect color for a long-standing romance.
 

Purple flowers: Hydrangea, Eustoma, Freesia, Rose, Tulip

 

 Pink – Feminine, unthreatening, romance, sweetness

Pink is feminine colour, it’s perfect for sweet, romantic person in your life. 

Pink flowers: Eustoma, Rose, Lily, Carnation, Peony, Tulip, Gerbera, Hydrangea, Cymbidium orchid

 

Yellow - Friendship, joy, happiness

If you want to slow things down, yellow, the color of friendship, is the color to send. 

Yellow flower: Sunflower, Freesia, Rose, Gerbera, Cymbidium orchid

 

White - Purity, clean, perfection.

White flowers appear more expensive than the same varieties coloured. They are perfect for telling your partner how perfect she truly is. These are also the flowers to send when you want her to know that your love is pure 

White flowers: Lily, Rose, Tulip, Orchid. Peony, Hydrangea

 

Blue - Restful, calming, cool. Relaxes the mind - like the sky and the sea.  

Blue is typically the color of peace and stability. Deep blues tend to be more 'trust' based colors, while lighter blues are signs of peace, quiet. 

Blue flowers: Iris, Hydrangea, Blue rose

 

Orange - Fascination, warmth, happiness
Orange is a strong, warm color that shows fascination or intrigue. Send orange flowers, or other orange gifts, to the lady that really makes you feel warm and happy inside.

 Orange flowers: Bird of paradise, Rose

 

Green - Harmony, fertility, richness
Green is a rich, cool color perfect for the harmonious couple. Give her a plant and a note telling her how truly rich she has made your life.

 Green flowers – Cymbidium orchid, Hydrangea

 

Click below for more Flowers related articles:

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Caring for fresh cut flowers

Various types of flowers

 

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