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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited March 2020
    It's also about  colour perspective and 'warm colours' and 'cool colours' (there are warm blues and cool blues.... warm reds and cool reds ... warm oranges and cool oranges) etc.  

    This explains some of the ways to use colour theory quite well.  

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/gardens/different-colours-in-the-garden-will-lift-or-lower-your-mood-1.3173570




    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    Crumb, Nollie. Could you come and do my borders, please.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    See this discussion: Designing a colour scheme
     where I mentioned that Colour associations page on my garden site.
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    Can I put white with any color?
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    @jamesholt I would say yes. On the other hand, there are all kinds of "whites", which do not necessarily go well with one another.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    This is why it is such a subjective issue. I think white can look very stark in certain situations and has to be used very carefully in mixed borders.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Forgot to mention a wonderful book, which I had dreamed of for many years before it was published 2 years ago: Le nuancier du jardinier by Morgane ILIN - Alexandra TOROSSIAN. Editions ULMER. See https://www.editions-ulmer.fr/editions-ulmer/le-nuancier-du-jardinier-626-cl.htm
    I don't think there is an English edition yet, but it does not matter, as all references given are to the botanical names of plants. You can preview some pages here: https://issuu.com/editionsulmer/docs/9782841389131_1
    Strongly recommended by papi Jo. ;)
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    James, I wouldn't worry about it too much or over-think it - one person’s clash is another’s perfect combination. I don’t put white with my hot colours border because, like punkdoc, I think it looks too stark, others will say its the perfect foil and good for separating hot colours. I don’t like pink and orange together, but often end up with it as my reds can turn pink in the heat. Just try various combinations and see what you like.

    @Posy, thanks, but you haven’t seen the straggly, empty bits or the disaster zone down the end of that border  :D
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • jamesholtjamesholt Posts: 593
    Do you like the orange with the yellow?
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Well, I don't like neither yellow nor orange, so yes, they (mis)fit together. >:)
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