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warm and cool pinks together

I've always been told not to mix warm and cool pinks, and I've always thought that they clash when next to each other. The problem is that I like both warm and cool pinks, so they are mixed up in the garden. I realized today that I actually like the combination. The trick, I realized, is to mix them up enough so that it is intentional rather than accidental. I made a bouquet to illustrate. Of course this is just my opinion. You may still hate the combination.


Bishop's Castle (cool), Abraham Darby (warm), Alnwick Castle (warm) with a couple of Winchester Cathedral (Warm).



Comments (19)

  • 8 years ago

    I think it looks great!!

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
  • 8 years ago

    As one who loves cool pink, warm pink and all shades of pink roses, I think the bouquet looks wonderful. Most of my garden is composed of pink roses, and many are planted in a random fashion, or wherever I can find room.

    Sometimes I try to put a peach colored bloom near a cooler tone rose for contrast, but often times it's just pink roses together in a mass with an eye to have them planted according to growth habit...

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Krista_5NY
  • 8 years ago

    I think this is true of all sorts of "clashing" colors.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked monarda_gw
  • 8 years ago

    I love it, my back garden is a riot of pink roses all across the spectrum with a couple of yellows & the odd red to keep things lively. To me your bouquet is harmonious.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked smithdale1z8pnw
  • 8 years ago
    i don't know why they say not to mix cool and warm colours. I think they look great. Beautiful bouquet and I imagine a wonderful scent/ aroma around.
    jin
    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Plumeria Girl (Florida ,9b)
  • 8 years ago

    I think they look GREAT. The only color that bothers my eye is Orange, but any pinks and reds work for me.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked jerijen
  • 8 years ago
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    I love all colors of roses so I mix them all. I have a small yard so I plant wherever I can with no regard for colors. You're likely to find red next to yellow or purple beside an orange. You know what? When they're all lush and green and bursting with blooms in a riot of colors it looks glorious! Mix away with abandonment and enjoy!

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked seil zone 6b MI
  • 8 years ago

    I too have mixed the pinks, and I have no regrets. I have also experienced the jarring orange on occasion. The orange incursion bothers me because I thought I was getting a warm pink.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
  • 8 years ago

    Splendid bouquet and colour combo, IMO. I have problems with orange and vermilion and bright reds and yellows, not with pinks. But I've seen pictures of others who do as Seil describes and it looks great! Just can't seem to do it myself,but I think in part it's psychological. I hate the heat so much, I want mainly COOL colours in my garden; warm pink and peach or buff is about as far as I can go...

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked User
  • 8 years ago

    In this particular case they are sherbet pastels, similar in saturation, shape, and luminosity, so they are especially harmonious.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked monarda_gw
  • 8 years ago

    One of the combinations that is most difficult for me to appreciate is pale pink and bold yellow. It's what you see all over when I lived on the East coast, when the spring plums or cherries bloomed with the yellow forsythia.

  • 8 years ago

    Your bouquet is gorgeous. What nonsense, clashing pinks.


    Like Seil, I love roses in every color, and I mix every color under the sun - in both the garden, and in bouquets. To me with something as gorgeous as roses, there is no such thing as "clashing".

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Karen R. (9B SF Bay Area)
  • 8 years ago

    I'm "allergic" to orange and bright red roses, and they would look awful in my garden which is plopped down in the middle of wild hilly and rocky scenery, but the soft shades of warm and cool pinks and whites and even muted yellows look just right there, as they do in this lovely bouquet. I love what I've seen of seil's garden, and thankfully there are those who can make the brighter shades work beautifully.

    I hope I'm not stealing your thread, noseometer, by posting a bouquet of my own with warm and cool colors.

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    No worries, Ingrid. Looks great! Post away! In fact I'd love to see some images of someone's garden who has warm pinks and cool pinks together.

  • 8 years ago

    They are all gorgeous! For me, it’s more about the saturation of the hue, not the warmth or coolness of the hue. Pastel washy hues all go together, and are easier to make work than saturated intense hues, which, in turn, work well with each other. One of my favorite garden beds was a blend of flowers in pure rich orange, saturated egg yolk yellow, brilliant magenta and royal purple, accented with chartreuse green. The intensity was equal, and it worked. I don’t really like a pastel with a contrasting intense hue, though...to my eye, the pastel looks washed out and the saturated hue feels too strong, almost like they play up each other’s weaknesses, rather than enhancing one another’s strengths. :-)

    noseometer...(7A, SZ10, Albuquerque) thanked Perma n’ Posies/9A FL
  • 8 years ago

    Yes! That's exactly how I feel, PNP. You identified it and said it better than I could.

  • 8 years ago

    Thank you PNP that's how my garden is now. I like the rich mini orange rose and the magenta mixed with purple salvias and pops of pink and white roses. I didn't know how to use my Playboy tree rose and started with that and it came together. I've been drawn to the "hot" colors as you described. It's been fun and pleasing to my eye as well. I love all my pinks I have been waiting to plant in spring interspersed with the others or maybe on their own. Noseometer's colors look beautiful.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    For what it's worth, when I go window shopping I've noticed that pink and yellow, esp. mustard yellow, have become somewhat trendy in the home furnishing world. I guess it is felt that the yellow counteracts any possible over sweetness in the pink. It's also the novelty effect. It is always about making things new -- until the new seems old again.
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