Beading - Color Harmony For Beading - Use Blue and Violet Colors to Create Precious Beaded Jewelry

Beaded jewelry is exciting to make because of the exhilarating colored beads available. Working with a color wheel and understanding color harmony help to make the choice less overwhelming.

A very attractive way to create a pleasant balance of colors is to combine neighboring colors as shown on the color wheel. The neighboring colors will enhance the main color. Colors that create very elegant beaded jewelry are blue, violet and purple. They are neighbors on the color wheel and look most distinctive when combined.

Both blue and violet, together with the softer shades of purple, belong to the peaceful, serene hues. Violet is considered the color of meditation and blue of concentration. This color combination radiates a deep serenity and gives beaded jewelry a touch of precious elegance.

There are as many shades of violet and purple as there are of blue. Combining beads of the various shades gives you so many variations to create superb beaded jewelry. As soon as violet is lightened up to become lavender, or purple to become a pale pink, they look superbly delicate combined with cobalt blue or other darker shades of blue. A strong turquoise blue looks very expressive combined with a strong purplish pink. Powder blues or grayish blues look superb combined with the softer shades of purple. Aquamarine blue is awesome when placed next to purple.

If you require an elegant piece of jewelry to add an enchanting quality to your outfit, you will find the combination of blue, violet and purple, including all the exuberant shades available, excellent for this purpose. Beading allows you to make the perfect jewelry to match your style and your outfit. Beaded jewelry may not be as precious as diamonds but this color combination will give it a most precious quality. Making your own jewelry with beading is a great way of adding quality to your looks and to show that you feel really good about yourself.