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===Colour===

===Colour===

Colour animates a landscape design. It changes throughout the seasons. Flowers, fruit, leaves or bark of vegetation contribute to colour variation; in response, the designer should understand the details of the life cycle of the plants to be utilized and include plants that flower at different times of year. Colour theory dictates that warm colours (red, orange, yellow) take prominence in the view, while cool colours (green, blue, violet) recede. Colour also has an emotional impact:  

Colour animates a landscape design. It changes throughout the seasons. Flowers, fruit, leaves or bark of vegetation contribute to colour variation; in response, the designer should understand the details of the life cycle of the plants to be utilized and include plants that flower at different times of year. Colour theory dictates that warm colours (red, orange, yellow) take prominence in the view, while cool colours (green, blue, violet) recede. Colour also has an emotional impact:  

red - strong

red - strong

orange - exuberant

orange - exuberant

yellow - positive

yellow - positive

green - tranquil

green - tranquil

blue - dignified

blue - dignified

violet - sophisticated

violet - sophisticated

brown - earthy

brown - earthy

gray - somber

gray - somber

black - serious

black - serious

white - pure

white - pure

Colour can be used in developing unity, repetition and balance in a landscape design, and to direct the eye to a focal point, if desired.

Colour can be used in developing unity, repetition and balance in a landscape design, and to direct the eye to a focal point, if desired.