Pink and yellow are pretty far apart on the color wheel. They are not quite close enough to be analogous but not quite far enough to be complementary. Check out the web site www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html. I think you will be able to get some ideas from there. Their example of Tetradic (Double Complementary) Color Scheme is pretty close to your situation. I just googled color wheel theory to find it. That site looks pretty helpful. Good luck.

We do not all perceive colour in the same way so any colour theory should be a guide only especially in the garden with so much green around and things changing all the time. Harmony is not always what we are looking for in colour combinations either but if this arrangement bothers you because you feel that the colours clash try either white or a dark red.

thanks for the suggestions ya'll. Inkognito, do you mean try white or dark red for the birdbath that is already there? If so, that is certainly very doable and I would try it. thanks.

So far you've got red, red-orange, yellow, and yellow-green, right?

You might be able to blend the colors into an overall scheme. Red and yellow are fine together, btw.

I just finished a landscape design with lots of warm colors -- red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, and yellow with splashes of deep blue-violet. You could try a variation of that -- hopefully your reds are on the warm side, but if not don't worry too much.

For your birdbath, I'd take a color from the house if you can. White, if you've got white trim, for example. It would really stand out against dark green leaves. You could also put a few spots of white in your landscape with baby's breath or another plant.

Here is a link that might be useful: Landscape Design Tips

The house is a dark red brick, it has a creamy beige front, and sort of maroon red shutters. The red coral bark trunk, the yellow green foliage on a couple things, the yellow daylillies or daffs are all great. The problem is when the large dark green camellia blooms and the blooms are pink. That camellia was here when I moved in, it is mature, and I don't want to remove or move it. The rest of the garden, I put in and not really thinking about the pink fall/winter blooms at the time. My sort of turquoise looking birdbath was that color already, salvaged from Katrina it is kind of faded from being under saltwater for a couple weeks. So I am trying to sort of "match" the coral bark japanese maple with the pink blooming camellia in fall/winter and I read somewhere about putting a transitional object in with some color that would "meld" them somewhat. I wish the blooms were white or red! Any other ideas?

I really can't advise as to plants, as I am very new to all this, but you have mentioned your birdbath as a survivor twice now. Don't be afraid to keep it just as it is, if it is meaningful to you. Colour harmony should not take precedence over whatever feelings it gives you, as it is. Plant something around it, perhaps to get your colours to be more pleasing to you (by the by, pink plus yellow = orange) Make it a focal point, if you like.

Is it part of the "story" of your garden, your life? Do you point at it as say something like, "See that? I found it just like that. Isn't it amazing I found it?"

Now, imagine painting it. Then what would you say? "See that? I found it after Katrina. It was pretty sorry looking, so I gave it a fresh start."

Doesn't matter which way you go. The story is yours.

-- right. If the bird bath has sentimental value the way it is, let it be.

So, you're trying to transition between red and pink and coral? You can try picking colors in between those. Pastels will be the easiest to work with -- coral, salmon pink, peach.

Red-orange and pink 'go' together, but to most people it doesn't 'look right'. One of the problems with your pink could be that it's a cool pink -- leaning towards red-purple. Transition colors in pastels could help quite a bit.

If it works for your zone, 'Strawberry Candy' Daylily is a nice warm pink.

Thanks a bunch. I had read in some garden design book that salmon would be a good transition color for the birdbath. The pink camellia flowers are somewhat light pink to what I would call a true pink. Not dark or purplish. I am ok about painting the birdbath. Just glad I still have it.

"Is it part of the "story" of your garden, your life?" is leaning towards a view I share and the story (warts and all as they say) is way more important than perfection in colour combinations in my opinion, be it ever so 'umble.