What does 'Colour Wheel' mean in a Flower Show

[raisedbedted]

Hi all,

I noticed in the Summer Show Schedule for the local horticultural show this entry...

Section 5 - Floral Art

Colour Wheel

45 Mens Class - 'Hot and Spicy'
47 'Citrus'

I'm stumped by what the significance of 'Colour Wheel', I know what a colour wheel is but dont understand it here, has anyone else come across this?

Thanks everyone

[raisedbedted]

[Tee Gee]

Many hobby plants are governed by these in order to create a level playing field.

I haven't had experience of the nafa rules (national association of floral art) but have with Dafffodils


Daffodil Colour & Timing System

To assist in the identification of colours and flowering times, the normal system is to use letters e.g.

W = White. Y = Yellow. G = Green. R = Red.

P = Pink. O = Orange


(E) = Early season. (EM) = Early mid season.

(M) = Mid season. (LM) = Late mid season.

(L) = Late season. (W) = Winter Flowering


Example;

2W-GYO (EM) defines the variety as an early mid season Div.2

It has a (W) white perianth (petals) and the corona (cup) has a (G) green centre, (Y) yellow middle zone and an (O) orange rim.


Dahlias;

COLOUR CLASSIFICATION

For the purpose of Colour Classification, all colours, shades, tints hues and combinations thereof found in the cultivated forms of the dahlia have been grouped in the following twelve divisions.

The predominant colour or colours determine colour Classification which appear on the face of the ray florets and in such classification the colour of the reverse of the ray florets is not generally taken into consideration. An exception is made in the case of certain orchid-flowered, pompon or ball dahlias. Cultivars classified in colour must not be exhibited in any other colour class other than that indicated in the alphabetical list of cultivars. Cultivars not included in this list may be shown in groups appropriate to their colour.

In the case of blended, bi-colours or variegated cultivars the first colour indicated is the dominant colour, and such cultivars may be exhibited in  classes for blooms of their dominant colour except where separate classes for blended and/or bicoloured and/or variegated cultivars are included in the show schedule.

COLOUR DIVISION OF DAHLIAS

The numbers in parentheses refer to comparative colour numbers as listed in the Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart.

WHITE.--- (N155A.)

CREAM / IVORY.--- (155A-D, 157, 158.)

YELLOW. ------ (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19.)

Yellow colour division is subdivided into the following colour subdivision's.

Lemon/Flavus.-- (2C-D, 3C-D, 4C-D, 5D, 6D, 8C-D, 9D, 10C-D, 11C-D, 12D.)

Yellow/Luteus.-- (2A-B, 3A-B, 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A-C 8A-B, 10A-B, 12C)

Golden/Croceus. (7, 9A-B, 11A-B, 12A-B,)

Apricot/Armeniacus.-- (13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19.)

ORANGE.------ (20, 21, 23, 24, 25, N25, 28.)

BRONZE. ----- (22, 26, 161, 162, 163, N163, 164,165, 166, 167, N167, 168, 169, 170, N170, 171, 172, N172, 173, 174, 175.)

FLAME.-------- (30, 31, 32, 33, 35.)

RED OR DARK RED.----- (N30, 34, N34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 52, 53, 183,

184, 185.)

PINK.----- (N155B-D, 159, 27, 29, 36, 37, 38, 39, 48, 49, 51, 54, 55, 56, 62, 65, 68, 69, 73.)

LILAC, LAVENDER OR MAUVE.---- (75, 76, 85, 91, 92.)

PURPLE, WINES OR VIOLETS. (57, N57 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 66, N66, 67, 70, 71, 72, 74, N74, 77, N77, 78, N78, 79, N79, N80, N81, N82, 83, 84, 86, N87, N88.)

BLENDS.- Cultivars in which two or more colours are intermingled and gradually merge into each other and are not provided for above.

BICOLOURED AND VARIEGATED.---- Cultivars, in which the ground colour is tipped, striped or splashed with another colour.


Chrysanthemums;

For exhibition purposes 'colours' have been classified as follows;

The colour classification does not have to be the precise colour of the variety.

It is merely a general classification to assist exhibitors and judges to decide whether a particular variety is, or is not, eligible to be shown in a particular class.

For example, varieties that are cream in colour are classified as pale yellow; orange varieties are classified as yellow; and crimson varieties are classified as red.

Key to colour classification;

B- Bronze. LB - Light Bronze. P - Pink. PP - Pale Pink. Pu - Purple. R Red. S - Salmon. W - White.


Y - Yellow. PY - Pale Yellow. O - Other Colours.

I hope this info helps, sorry I cant help with the nafa colour wheel

[Deb P]

Just a guess here, but I wonder if it is referring to a colour wheel purely in the design sense, as in having a display of flowers grouped in the colur wheel colour bands? Or perhaps showing flowers of opposite sides of the colour wheel, for example blue and orange?

[triffid]

As this class is in the show's 'floral art' section, I think Deb's probably spot-on: it's an inspirational title (think back to all those old school compositions where you were given a title and had to come up with a relevant story / picture).  ::)

Your show's entries secretary should be able to give you more info, though not of course creative guidance...  (eg is this an artistic title or is it some ninth-Dan-ikebana-ninja tech spec term?)

Incidentally, the 'colour wheel' is quite a popular theme in flower-arranging features:
It's being used in lessons here
http://www.floralartmall.com/designcolour.html
and turns up in lots of other floral design guides like this one...
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/floriculture/container-garden/lesson/colorwheel.html

Hope that's some kind of help, anyway.  :)

[raisedbedted]

Excellent thanks.

Yes I'll ask the show secretary next month, just wanted to buy in seeds for flowers to be used ahead of time.

I think you could be right about 'Colour Wheel' being a arty-farty-nonsense title as the classes are 'Pastels' 'Citrus' 'Hot and Spicy' and so I guess the emphasis is on colour rather than theme.  Ikabudo-Moribunda-Karate display here I come......

[SMP1704]

Where will you be displaying - I have to see this- ;D ;D