Beading - Exuberant Beading With Color Harmony - Fiery Red For Great Beaded Jewelry

A color that is very effective for using to make exuberant beaded jewelry is red. It is a popular color for beads and it is easy to find a large variety in this color. As a strong color it creates a distinct statement in jewelry design.

Before designing beaded jewelry in this color,  it is worthwhile looking closely at its effect, both visually and psychologically, in order to use it effectively. Red is psychologically the color with the most emotional intensity. It is associated with exuberant energy, enthusiasm, joy, love, sexuality, a strong willpower and lots of action.  It is the color of fire, with its destructive and transforming qualities. Red symbolizes aggression. It carries a direct and immediate message. Like the element fire, it is totally uncompromising.

It will not even tolerate color mixing. If you add white, it immediately looses its typical characteristic and its ardent energy changes into a passive shade of rose pink. When mixed with black, it will eventually turn into a good-natured wine red or a benevolent brown. The uncompromising red retains its major emotional characteristics only in its pure primal form.

Visually, it has three major primal shades which are orange red, clear red and bluish red. The more bluish the red, the more elegant and refined it tends to be. Orange red is very fiery and is a good shade to spice up beaded jewelry. Incidentally, this shade looks great worn by redheads and blonds with warm complexions and possibly freckles. The other primal shades of red suit most other complexions. Because of its prominent nature, it is ideal for creating dramatic and bold beaded jewelry. Large red beads, strong and clear in form, luxurious and rich in texture, are ideal for making impressive, dramatic beaded jewelry.

Even beginners will find they can create imposing beaded jewelry when working with this color. All they need in addition is to be careful about the choice of beads. Quality is important since the color certainly attracts considerable attention. However, the beading pattern does not have to be complicated. On the contrary, simplicity of design would be much better so that the expressive red remains the central theme of the beaded jewelry.