Beading - Compelling Beading With Color Harmony - Red and Green For Fabulous Beaded Jewelry

A great way of becoming more creative when using beading for your jewelry is to get acquainted with complementary colors. Each set of complementary colors has its own particular characteristic. In this article I want to concentrate on green and red. Complementary means that the colors are opposite each other on the color wheel. The two colors always include one primal color, in this case red, and a secondary mixed color, this being green. Green is a mixture of yellow and blue.

Complementary colors are very intensive in their expression when paired together. Green and red are a most interesting complementary pair. Whereas red is the most aggressive color, green belongs to the most passive of colors. The composed, passive green is in no way pushed into the background by the domineering red. Red actually adds a fresh and dynamic quality to green making it far more expressive. Red seems to loose its aggressive, fiery quality in combination with green and takes on a more dynamic and protective trait. These two colors symbolize the dynamics of daily life. Red represents action and confrontation, green is symbolic for care and growth.

They are easy colors to use in the visual arts. Red and green are used traditionally at Christmas time. The revitalizing energy of red and the steadfast quality of green symbolize beautifully the Christmas festivity. These colors are excellent for using to make Christmas beaded jewelry. A dark forest green and a primal red are the favorite colors at this time of year. Other shades of red look strikingly beautiful with certain shades of green. A purple red looks admirable combined with lemon green and this combination is fabulous for Summer beaded jewelry. Orange-red and blue-green are also great eye-catchers when combined and are excellent for creating really expressive beaded jewelry. In addition to the primal hues, there are many shades of these colors which you can work upon to enlarge your creativity.

The benefit of beading is that you can create so many variations based on a particular color theme and really get to know how colors interact. Red and green are certainly worth exploring, not only because they are so expressive, but also because of the various shades they have. Working with their darker and lighter shades creates again immense possibilities for diversification. It is easy to obtain beads in all shades of these colors to make really attractive beaded pieces of jewelry that are individual, energetic and enhancing to wear.