Design Terms
Floral material with an airy look used to create a finishing touch
What is filler?
What ribbon size is appropriate for a corsage bow?
Number 3 ribbon.
Primary flowers used to establish the height or width (skeleton) of an arrangement.
Primary flowers used to establish the height or width (skeleton) of an arrangement.
The area that attracts the most attention; center of interest.
What is the focal point?
What are the primary colors?
red yellow blue
Cutting flower stems properly and providing appropriate treatment at any stage of distribution.
What is processing?
What wire gauge is appropriate for corsages?
#24 to #28, depending on flower weight.
Flowers with unusual, distinctive shapes used as focal points.
What are form flowers?
Where the largest flower is placed.
Where is the focal point in a corsage?
What are secondary colors?
Two primary colors combined equally.
(orange, green, purple, etc)
Supplies, methods, and materials used to place and hold flowers and foliage.
What are mechanics in floral design?
What is the goal when constructing a corsage?
Make it as lightweight as possible.
Flowers with large, rounded heads used to fill in arrangements.
What are mass flowers?
The impression that the design is stable and self-supported.
What is balance in floral design?
What are intermediate colors?
Equal amounts of a primary color and an adjacent secondary color.
The length of the useful life of cut flowers after being received by the customer.
What is vase life?
Wire is inserted through the calyx and bent downward along the stem.
What is the piercing method of wiring?
Primary or line flowers that establish the outline of the design.
What are skeleton flowers?
The relationship between the arrangement and its location.
What is scale?
How many major colors are in the color spectrum?
12 major colors.
A Japanese style of floral arrangement characterized by linear forms
What is Ikebana?
Wire is inserted through the flower, hooked, and pulled back into the flower.
What is the hook method of wiring?
Flowers used to complete a design.
What are filler flowers?
The relationship between flowers, foliage, and container.
What is proportion?
What is intensity?
The brightness or darkness of a hue.