Flower Arranging 101

In order to understand how to arrange flowers in accordance to color you have to understand the words associated with colors. Here is a little cheat sheet of the definitions of words commonly used to describe color:

• Hue: synonymous to the word color at times but also refers to the family to which a color belongs
• Value: Describes color in regard to lightness and darkness
• Tint: To add white, or white is already added
• Shading: darkening a value by adding black or a complementary colors
• Chroma: saturation or strength or intensity of a hue