Build A Perfect Color Palette From Just ONE Flower

Hello Flower Friends! I'm Ellen. Sign up for my FREE weekly newsletter, FlowerNerd (https://ellenfrostflowers.substack.com/) for more flower fun! I write flower profiles, chronicle my flower adventures and share flower stories.

🌸 Struggling to choose flower color combinations? Start with ONE flower.

If you’ve ever stared at a bucket of blooms and felt completely stuck on color… this simple floral design technique will change everything.

In this video, I’ll show you how to build a stunning, cohesive flower color palette starting with just a single flower. Using a soft salmon peony as inspiration, we’ll break down how to “read” colors within a bloom and turn them into a balanced arrangement using the 60-30-10 rule.

Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned designer, this method makes creating beautiful floral color combinations easy and repeatable.

✨ What you’ll learn:

How to choose a color palette from one flower
The 60-30-10 rule for floral design
How to combine peach, yellow, and coral tones
Tips for using focal flowers, fillers, and accents
How to avoid common color mistakes (like the “polka dot effect”)

🌼 Flowers featured in this design:
Peonies, tulips, snapdragons, poppies, statice, alstroemeria, and gomphrena

I love working as a florist and running my business, Local Color Flowers, founded in 2008. I make videos about flowers (obvi). I also write a free weekly flower newsletter and host an online community of flower friends.

// FlowerNerd - Free Weekly Flower Newsletter
Join over 7,000 other flower people. Subscribe to my FREE weekly newsletter FlowerNerd (https://ellenfrostflowers.substack.com/) for more flower fun! I write weekly plant profiles, pro design tips, behind-the-scenes adventures and more!

// FlowerMore - online community of flower friends
FlowerMore is a supportive online community of flower growers who want to become better designers. We help each other level up our design skills through challenges, book club meetings, color exploration and sharing our work for constructive critique. Discount for YouTube viewers: https://tinyurl.com/FlowerMore

//When available, we use affiliate links and may earn a commission)
My Favorite Clippers
Saboten 1210 Thinning Shear
https://amzn.to/4qfj0uB (Amazon)

// Learn with me at The Gardeners Workshop
Preparing To Sell To Florists: https://thegardenersworkshop.com/products/preparing-to-sell-to-florists

Growing Your Business With Local Flower Sourcing: https://thegardenersworkshop.com/products/florist-school-online-growing-your-business-with-local-flower-sourcing-with-ellen-frost

#flower #florist #floristclass #