Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Fresh...Like an Orange

You might be able to gather (by my logo, and by my business cards, if you saw them) that my two favorite colors, especially together, are orange and aqua. I love the energy that the color orange evokes, and the serene calm and just plain "prettiness" of aqua or even turquoise. I know a lot of people are thrown off by orange--don't really know what to do with it: too bright for some, hard to find a complimentary color for others, just too plain "loud" for many folks. But I love it--I feel refreshed every time I see it, and even more so when I see it put to good use. So I thought it'd be fun to find some good design samples for the home--the least likely place people may use the color orange, because they are not sure what to do with it, other than accent pillows. In the photos below, the use of orange ranges from all over (quite literally) to accent areas, but I love them all. Happy, energizing spaces!

What do you think? Do you think you could take a color as bold as orange and "run with it"? What other colors do you think you could use with it? (View my previous post, and you can see what might work to your liking....)





3 comments:

  1. I love how you have used Orange in each of these room. Im partial to yellow and feel such an attraction to yellow. I think the two colors are so incredible together. you inspire me so much!!

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  2. its hard to pick which one is my favorite!! I really like all of them so much. I see what you mean when you say the color Orange evokes such pleasure and energy.

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  3. I didn't design them, I just found them! : )

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Fresh...Like an Orange

You might be able to gather (by my logo, and by my business cards, if you saw them) that my two favorite colors, especially together, are orange and aqua. I love the energy that the color orange evokes, and the serene calm and just plain "prettiness" of aqua or even turquoise. I know a lot of people are thrown off by orange--don't really know what to do with it: too bright for some, hard to find a complimentary color for others, just too plain "loud" for many folks. But I love it--I feel refreshed every time I see it, and even more so when I see it put to good use. So I thought it'd be fun to find some good design samples for the home--the least likely place people may use the color orange, because they are not sure what to do with it, other than accent pillows. In the photos below, the use of orange ranges from all over (quite literally) to accent areas, but I love them all. Happy, energizing spaces!

What do you think? Do you think you could take a color as bold as orange and "run with it"? What other colors do you think you could use with it? (View my previous post, and you can see what might work to your liking....)





3 comments:

  1. I love how you have used Orange in each of these room. Im partial to yellow and feel such an attraction to yellow. I think the two colors are so incredible together. you inspire me so much!!

    ReplyDelete
  2. its hard to pick which one is my favorite!! I really like all of them so much. I see what you mean when you say the color Orange evokes such pleasure and energy.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I didn't design them, I just found them! : )

    ReplyDelete