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Beading - Color Harmony For Delightful Beading - Orange and Green For Energizing Spring Jewelry

Date Added: April 18, 2009 11:34:21 PM
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Category: Beadwork

Spring is the time for fun jewelry. There are many types of adorable beads on the market to enable the creation of extremely charming and fun pieces of jewelry. Especially the hand made glass beads with their bright perky colors and delightful shapes are great for createing imaginative jewelry. You will find many intriguing designers making the most unusual and exciting glass beads.

 
Two ideal colors for Spring beaded jewelry are green and orange. When combined together they express an almost childish joy. This is in fact the quality of Spring when everything is new and fresh. Green and orange are both mixed colors and each include yellow, so consequently they have much in common. Since green, however, belongs to the passive colors and orange to the active ones, they also have a warm-cool contrast. This contrast makes them therefore very energizing and fun to use for Spring jewelry.

Both orange and green are associated with a good natured quality. Green is symbolic for kindness and nourishment, orange for warmth and generosity. They are colors that are unpretentious, make you feel comfortable and invite fun and relaxation. It is an ideal color combination for casual beaded jewelry,

 
A clear primal grass green combined with a strong orange seems to dance for joy. Even the most classical beads will look exciting in this color combination. The stronger the hues are the more expressive the piece of jewelry will be. Orange looks particularly good with the olive shades of green. By the way, you can use the softer shades of orange, such as apricot or russet colors, in combination with the muted olive green shades to make beautiful Autumn jewelry.

 
With Spring in the air it is time for lots of energizing fun. Beading with the color combination of orange and green will help you capture this great mood. By concentrating on these two colors, you will be amazed how easy it is to make your own fun loving and invigorating beaded jewelry.

Author - Doreen Richmond, Color Consultant for Architecture and Interior Design, and Color Psychology If you would like to learn how to make your own beaded jewelry, then go to http://www.beadingandjewelrysuccess.com for more information. This is great for learning the basics of beading.