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  2. Here are 5 ways to create color and textural contrast in your ...

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    Textural contrast: While generally a bit less in your face than some of the colored foliage contrasts, today’s plant offerings provide loads of potential for adding drama and interest to the ...

  3. Monochromatic garden - Wikipedia

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    Many single-color gardens use flowers of different shades, such as light yellow and deep gold, or a range that includes dark burgundy, bright scarlet, and also pink for a red garden. [3] [4] (A similar idea uses analogous colors, such as purple, red, and orange, rather than a single color. [5])

  4. Complementary colors - Wikipedia

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    Opponent colors would be red–green (not magenta–cyan) and blue–yellow. Complementary colors are pairs of colors which, when combined or mixed, cancel each other out (lose chroma) by producing a grayscale color like white or black. [1] [better source needed] When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two ...

  5. Color theory - Wikipedia

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    Color theory, or more specifically traditional color theory, is the historical body of knowledge describing the behavior of colors, namely in color mixing, color contrast effects, color harmony, color schemes and color symbolism. [1] Modern color theory is generally referred to as color science.

  6. Lavender (color) - Wikipedia

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    Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet.It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name.The web color called lavender is displayed adjacent—it matches the color of the palest part of the flower; however, the more saturated color shown as floral lavender more closely matches the average color of the lavender flower as shown in the picture and is the tone of lavender ...

  7. Opponent process - Wikipedia

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    When complementary colors are combined or mixed, they "cancel each other out" and become neutral (white or gray). That is, complementary colors are never perceived as a mixture; there is no "greenish red" or "yellowish blue", despite claims to the contrary. The strongest color contrast a color can have is its complementary color.

  8. This Pretty Purple Perennial Shrub Provides Rich Color To The ...

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    The evergreen foliage does not fade in the summer or winter, providing rich color all year long. And spring brings a flush of magenta pink, tassel-like blooms, giving the plant one of its common ...

  9. Magenta - Wikipedia

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    Magenta is a common color for flowers, particularly in the tropics and sub-tropics. Because magenta is the complementary color of green, magenta flowers have the highest contrast with the green foliage, and therefore are more visible to the animals needed for their pollination. [citation needed]