Flower Color Meanings

Flower Color Meanings

When choosing a romantic gift or flowers to give to your partner, pay attention to the color. You may not realize it, but colors have a significant impact on us and our reactions and behaviors. They also give others an insight into us as people and into our own deep feelings and emotions.

Many colors have deep spiritual and religious meanings (such as black symbolizing evil) or specific meanings to those in the business world (such as green symbolizing money). We specifically focusing on the romantic aspects of colors though and how they can represent your relationships and romantic feelings. The symbolism of flower colors is steeped in tradition.

In fact, every flower color from a deep red rose to a bright yellow daffodil offers a rich and meaningful story dating back thousands of years. The flower colors you choose for a bouquet can be as important as the types of flowers used in an arrangement.

Black - Power, mystery, elegance, farewell

Black is generally associated with negative things, so you may want to reserve this for breaking up. However, it’s also associated with mystery and elegance, so you may want to use it if it’s given with something else, such as jewelry. A great idea would be a black, velvet lined jewelry box, with something special of a different color inside. We’re not aware of any black flowers (other than those that have been dyed or have died), but it’s probably a good idea to not give your partner black flowers unless you’re breaking up.

White - Purity, innocence, perfection, hope

White flowers are gorgeous, unique, and non-traditional. They are perfect for a new relationship or for telling your partner how perfect she truly is. These are also the flowers to send when you want her to know that your love is pure. Great ideas for white are white roses, a white orchid, or pearls.
Often associated with innocence, humility, and reverence, white flowers evoke simple beauty. Whether they take their shape as the luxurious, silk petals of fragrant gardenias, the small, white bells of a lily of the valley, or the quiet drama of a dozen white roses, fresh floral arrangement dominated by white blossoms conveys modesty and elegance.

Red - Love, passion, desire, eroticism

Red is traditionally the color of love and romance. A dozen long-stemmed red roses are the classic romantic gift.
There’s an indisputable energy to the color red – an energy that has the power to transform an otherwise unassuming flower into the essence of desire, strength, and passionate love. With beauty, courage and heat as its symbolism, it’s no surprise that a bouquet filled with rich, red blooms knows no restraint.

Dark Red - Beauty and Love

This is the perfect color to send to let your partner know how truly beautiful she is, while still telling her how much you truly love her.

White & Red - Unity, togetherness, long-lasting love, bonding

You can find many flowers that have a combination colors, but one of the more symbolic are those that have shades of white and red (which together make pink). Red and white flowers are a striking combination and they embody all of the feelings and emotions of a true bond.

Pink - Romance, sweetness, playfulness, gladness

Pink is a feminine color perfect for those fun, playful couples. Whether it’s a pink rose or a pink diamond (like Ben Affleck giving to Jennifer Lopez), it’s perfect for the sweet, romantic person in your life.

Think pink and you think of grace, gentility, and happiness. Regardless of the shape of the flower – from the tight, small buds of a pink garden rose to the delicate, open petals of a pink caellia in full bloom – pink blossoms convey youth, innocence, and joy.

Yellow - Friendship, joy, happiness

If you want to slow things down, yellow, the color of friendship, is the color to send. It’s also better to steer clear of roses, traditionally a romantic flower, in this situation. The exception would be if you are sending them to a current friend who you hope would become more, but you want to take it slow.
There’s a good reason why it can feel all but impossible to refrain from smiling when you spot a bouquet of bright daffodils or a pot filled with sun-drenched chrysanthemums–the color yellow evokes feelings of joy and lightheartedness. Also a symbol of friendship, a bouquet bursting with yellow blooms sends a message of new beginnings and happiness.

Yellow & Red - Falling in love, start of a new romance

If you want to let someone know that you’re falling in love with them, send them these flowers. The yellow symbolizes your current friendship and the red shows that you want things to move towards a relationship.

Orange - Fascination, warmth, happiness

Orange is a strong, warm color that shows fascination or intrigue. Send orange flowers, or other orange gifts, to the lady that really makes you feel warm and happy inside.

There’s nothing bashful about the color orange–its message is clear and blatantly proud. Symbolizing energy, enthusiasm, and warmth, an arrangement of blooms in this vibrant color conveys confidence, satisfaction and a passion for life.

Coral - Desire, love

A warm color that is a shade of love, but more importantly, desire. Send coral roses to your partner to let you that know how much you really want them.

Peach - Wisdom, gratitude, appreciation

Peach is a shades of orange and pink that represent both the romance of the pinks and the warmth and gratitude’s of the orange shades. They are a perfect color to show your love and appreciation of your spouse or girlfriend.

Green - Harmony, fertility, richness

Green is a rich, cool color perfect for the harmonious couple. Give her a plant and a note telling her how truly rich she has made your life.

Synonymous with nature–and the perfect complement to any other bloom–the color green represents health, resilience, good fortune and youth. Whether used to throw together a diverse mixture of shapes and hues or as a restful tone-on-tone bouquet, green flowers send a message of optimism and renewal.

Blue - Stability, trustworthy, tranquil

Blue is typically the color of peace and stability. Deep blues tend to be more ‘trust’ based colors, while lighter blues are signs of peace, quiet, and tranquil (think ‘ocean’). If you’re a deep, intimate couple, blue flowers or gifts are perfect.

The pale blue hues of a hydrangea or the deep blues of an iris can calm worries and preoccupation representing peace, openness, and serenity, fresh floral arrangements filled with blue flowers offers a cooling antidote to anxiousness.

Purple/Lavender - Enchantment, unique, noble, devotion

A cooler color perfect for the truly devoted. Send this color to your partner to let her know how truly unique she is. Because purple is often associated with nobility, it’s a perfect color for a long-standing romance.

Purple origins tied to royalty and ceremony, purple flowers represent dignity, pride and success. Whether grouped alone in a bold range of rich hues or mixed in with other colors to provide depth and contrast, an arrangement filled with purple blooms represents accomplishment and admiration.

While purple is the color of royalty, and pink the color of youth, lavender is femininity all grown up.

Representing refinement, grace, and elegance, lavender holds an almost sacred place in nature—with violet flowers often considered the most delicate and precious. An arrangement filled with these genteel blossoms send a message of feminine beauty.