Thank you Jo.
It wasn't so much the left overs as what they were. When I looked at the 3 little puddles I saw three different values of a similar theme. So when I put the symbolic flower in I used all three in their perspective value places. Then when I blended in the light middle and dark, I ended up with 3 different hues that were happily married. Then it was just a matter of adding those colors in their respective hues into the background and foreground with other colors. Lucky me, it worked out. Not all thoughts work out but some are worth following.