Recently, I had a client pick out a beautiful collection of neutral pieces to pull together her new living room. She’s excited to toss in new pillows, accessories, or perhaps a rug to create a myriad of different color schemes. But she had a question, and I imagine you do to…
How do you design with color? How do you pull it together?
No need to be intimidated. Here’s the first of a series of lessons on color.
This is a color wheel. Interior designers use it to put together pleasing color schemes. You can too.
Our first lesson will show you how to combine colors for a Complementary Color Scheme.
Simply pick a color you love on the color wheel and look directly across from it. Easy! That’s its complement. Combine these two colors together for a beautiful look like this one:
Or, play with the intensity of one of the colors (go more pastel, or a richer earth-toned version of it, for example) for a look like this:
Tell us about your color woes.
