Bear in mind the color wheel from art class in school? Some easy to bear in mind keys to beautifully combine color in your garden areas lie in the way those six fundamental colors are set up on the color wheel.

Beginning from the top and working clockwise around the color wheel, just bear in mind the sequence of the colors: violet/purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and then back to violet/purple. By realizing and utilizing the order of the colors around the color wheel you can apply the following three fast and easy to keep in mind ideas to beautifully combine color:

Combine colors that are next to each and every other on the color wheel:

Suppose you want orange flowers in your garden. To compliment the orange, you could combine orange and yellow flowers…or orange and red flowers…or orange, yellow AND red flowers.

Combine colors that are straight across from each other on the color wheel:

Beginning with the orange example once more, you could combine orange and blue…or yellow and purple…or red and green.

Combine colors that form a triangle with every other:

Orange, green and purple…or blue, yellow and red.

Following the sequence of colors around the color wheel and these three tips as a guide, you will soon be making beautifully combined areas of color throughout your garden areas.