Colour plays a huge role in everyone's lives. Because whether you choose flowers to reflect a mood or choose flowers to create a mood … like making someone happy with bright pinks and yellows or portraying your love levels with deep moody reds … it will have an influence on the recipient or the occasion.

Fortunately though Mother Nature does us proud when it comes to creating blooms that can harmonise - or even clash violently - with any colour scheme and with technological advances, virtually every flower is available all year round.

A good florist will be able to guide you through the availability listings but if you want to mull over your choices, take a look at our flower by colour charts, download the colour wheel and create your own personalised rainbow to suit every occasion. .

Wicked whites
Technically white is not a colour but put an all white confection of flowers together in a simple vase and we reckon you'd be hard pushed to accept that concept (download fact sheet).

Blue-eyed Beauties
Contrary to popular belief there are plenty of blue flowers around ranging from the oh-so-delicate forget-me-not's to deep sea blue delphiniums (download fact sheet).

Mellow Yellow
No longer considered a cheap colour, bright yellows add that all important touch of sunshine while golden hues and orange umbers create warmth and well-being (download fact sheet).

Red... flaming wonderful
It's synonymous with love and it's easy to see why. Whether it's decadent deep claret or a warm and inviting crimson, red is a colour for hot-blooded people everywhere (download fact sheet).

Gorgeous greens
Green is THE colour of nature but when it becomes a zesty lime it becomes a fashion statement in it's own right as well as being an important highlighter for the rest of the colour spectrum (download fact sheet).

In the Pink
From the softest baby pinks … reminiscent of snugly babies and sugar almonds to shocking pink … more akin to sexy underwear and high heels … pink is a colour that touches every feminine emotion (download fact sheet).

Passionate Purples
The most royal of colours, in its deepest shade one that oozes richness, in it's palest tones of lavender and soft violets a colour choice that typifies country gardens and cool summer evenings (download fact sheet).