Color Scheme at www.japanese-home-gardens.com

Use the following plant recommendations, arranged by color, to put together your own basket according to your desired color scheme. For a mixed planting, choose a few plants from each section or stick to one color scheme and integrate some foliage.

Colors that are on opposite sides of the color wheel, such as blue-green and red, are highly contrasting. Known as comple-mentaries, they will fight for dominance and tend to clash if used in their "pure" intensities. However, you can incorporate them in your decorating scheme either by using them in extremely unequal proportions or by muting one or both of the colors as lighter or darker tones. You can then enliven the overall color scheme by introducing just a few hints of strong contrasting color.

Whatever your color scheme, think about how frequently you may need to redecorate and how much you may want to spend. If you want to be able to create an entirely different atmosphere at minimal cost, keep the room's basic color scheme fairly light and simple. Then you can introduce strong colors with curtains, blinds, painted woodwork, prints, plants, accessories, and Lighting all of which can be changed with minimal disruption.