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Sunday, 25 July 2010

COLOUR! - Do You Dare?


One of the key elements in a home is the colour scheme. A safe choice is always to paint the walls white or cream and then perhaps add colourful furniture. However, experimenting with colour can have a fantastic result. Mixing certain colours together is almost against the norm. Take orange and pink, they are two beautiful colours, however, they supposedly clash when mixed together. Nevertheless, there are many different types of pink and orange and their different saturations and intensity. In addition, colours can be separated by warm and cold saturations. You can get assistance with colour-coding in your local hardware shop in order to find the perfect hues for your home.

Another typical ‘colour-clash’ is a mix of red and pink. The same principle applies to these two colours when mixing them; finding the correct match in the saturations. In addition, different patterns in the colours are a great way of making an interior more interesting. So why not paint one of your rooms in a warm and pale orange and incorporate furniture in a warm pink hue and add some red accessories? Se below for beautiful mixings: