bright paint colours?
ing
Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
but not direct sunlight.
Anybody got suggestions? Can't afford to get a legit designer
to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
they work cheaper, maybe.
ing
Jenna Thomas-McKie
> Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
<snip>
> What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
> The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too.
Pine as in "dark green," or pine as in "light wood?"
A darker shade of the peach might look good. Maybe a rusty
orange-brown, or a deep brick red?
--
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jth...@aug.edu
My life's really not so awful - it just seems that way when I'm awake.
Barbara Lake
news:3E720D3F...@sympatico.ca...
>
>
> Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
>
> The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> but not direct sunlight.
Pick up the colors of your couch. Go peach (a shade lighter than your couch
on three sides. Go Lincoln green on the panels surrounding the windows.
Barbara
Towse
A lighter shade of Lincoln Green behind the couch, peach on one
side and at the window. Buttercream on the fourth side.
I've been planning to paint the living room: the house interior
paint in most of the downstairs dates to 1975. The thought of
boxing up and moving cases and cases of double-stacked books
enervates me. Maybe in April ...
I'm thinking maybe a frost white with the interior shelves of the
built-in bookcases that flank the fireplace painted bright royal
red/ deep blue/ golden yellow/ jungle green a la the color
palette of Bhutan, to add some zip to the place.
The Guy hasn't bought into the color scheme, though.
Sal
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Hound of Cullen
>
>
> Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
>
> The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> but not direct sunlight.
This pretty much writes off the darker colors. If the room isn't getting
direct light, you don't want it to feel *too* dark, so stay away from the
deep reds, blues, browns, or the like (My first suggestion, before you said
'north side' would have been an eggplant purple).
I'd go for a terra-cotta-ish color or a deep rose. If those feel too dark,
try a buttery yellow.
Be sure to pick up some paint swatches of the colors you like and tape them
to the walls. Look at them throughout the day, to see how the colors change
in different lights. If you've got a swatch of fabric from the couch, be
sure to put it close to the colors you're considering.
I've been repainting most of the interior rooms in the house; taking down
nasty "Kountry" wallpaper that the previous owner liked so much. The south-
facing parlor is now a deep red with pale gray trim. The bathroom is yellow
with glossy white trim. The guest room is probably going to be chocolate
brown, with off-white trim, and the living room (facing north) might end up
peach.
Hound
Hound of Cullen
> I'm thinking maybe a frost white with the interior shelves of the
> built-in bookcases that flank the fireplace painted bright royal
> red/ deep blue/ golden yellow/ jungle green a la the color
> palette of Bhutan, to add some zip to the place.
I was visiting a friend in NYC a few weeks ago, and she had painted her
bedroom a deep, royal blue. Then she top-coated it with a clear satin glaze
with small bits of glitter in it.
It sounds weird, I know, but it was very effective. The gold highlights from
the glitter set off the royal blue very nicely. And the glitter added more
visual interest than simply using a high-gloss paint or high-gloss clear
topcoat.
Hound
Barbara Lake
news:3E7216BE...@towse.com...
>
>
> Barbara Lake wrote:
> >
> > "ing" <ing.b...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> > news:3E720D3F...@sympatico.ca...
> > >
> > >
> > > Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> > > in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> > > And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> > > conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> > > and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> > > at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> > > you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> > > What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
> > >
> > > The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> > > it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> > > takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> > > but not direct sunlight.
> >
> > Pick up the colors of your couch. Go peach (a shade lighter than your
couch
> > on three sides. Go Lincoln green on the panels surrounding the windows.
>
> A lighter shade of Lincoln Green behind the couch, peach on one
> side and at the window. Buttercream on the fourth side.
Yeah. I like that, too.
> I've been planning to paint the living room: the house interior
> paint in most of the downstairs dates to 1975. The thought of
> boxing up and moving cases and cases of double-stacked books
> enervates me. Maybe in April ...
I have the same problem, except that I will have to move the bookcases, too.
I want to get rid of the blah wallpaper behind the bookcases and entry hall
(the cats like wallpaper too darned much anyway). I have one painting of a
child playing in the shallows of Loon Lake. The child's shirt is sort of a
muted rust red and the frame is a very light olive green. Since my couch is
a floral that picks up these colors in varying degrees, I want the walls
around the sliding glass doors in the red, the wall around the fireplace is
paneled, but the other two walls could be in the very light olive, continued
into the entry hall.
>
> I'm thinking maybe a frost white with the interior shelves of the
> built-in bookcases that flank the fireplace painted bright royal
> red/ deep blue/ golden yellow/ jungle green a la the color
> palette of Bhutan, to add some zip to the place.
>
> The Guy hasn't bought into the color scheme, though.
Oh, well, I guess one has to keep The Guy happy. ;-)
Barbara
Stan (the Man)
Towse
Barbara Lake wrote:
>
> "Towse" <se...@towse.com> wrote
> > I've been planning to paint the living room: the house interior
> > paint in most of the downstairs dates to 1975. The thought of
> > boxing up and moving cases and cases of double-stacked books
> > enervates me. Maybe in April ...
>
> I have the same problem, except that I will have to move the bookcases, too.
Five bookcases in addition to the built-ins by the fireplaces.
Various carpets. Tables. Two sofas. Had been three in the living
room until this just past Monday when the younger younger guy and
I put the overlong fuzzy brown sofa (bought several decades ago
on sale at Gold Key Furniture Warehouse) into the back of the
pickup truck and drove over the hill to drop it off at the older
younger guy's place. Twenty-somethings always need places to
sprawl.
All the boxing up... and moving...
*sigh*
Maybe April.
... and I'll need to get everything out of the way, wax the cork
tile floors that haven't been waxed for about twenty years, patch
the ceiling where the roof leaked back when, paint the walls and
ceiling and built-in bookcases and everything back in place in
time for the twenty-fifth annual spring fling in late May.
> I want to get rid of the blah wallpaper behind the bookcases and entry hall
> (the cats like wallpaper too darned much anyway). I have one painting of a
> child playing in the shallows of Loon Lake. The child's shirt is sort of a
> muted rust red and the frame is a very light olive green. Since my couch is
> a floral that picks up these colors in varying degrees, I want the walls
> around the sliding glass doors in the red, the wall around the fireplace is
> paneled, but the other two walls could be in the very light olive, continued
> into the entry hall.
I like color, bright color, when I'm not into the Zen of pale
oxalis or opal white. The Guy prefers
what-if-we-decide-to-sell-the-place shades of off-white.
> > I'm thinking maybe a frost white with the interior shelves of the
> > built-in bookcases that flank the fireplace painted bright royal
> > red/ deep blue/ golden yellow/ jungle green a la the color
> > palette of Bhutan, to add some zip to the place.
> >
> > The Guy hasn't bought into the color scheme, though.
>
> Oh, well, I guess one has to keep The Guy happy. ;-)
The Guy always says, "Whatever you want, dear." and then explains
why that color scheme maybe isn't such a hot idea.
Rick
<sk...@optonline.net> wrote:
> Ask Rick. They all know that kind of stuff, right?
Stan is grumpy. Must be donut deprivation.
--
Rick
PJ
Stan wrote
:
: > Ask Rick. They all know that kind of stuff, right?
:
: Stan is grumpy. Must be donut deprivation.
Naw, I think he saw you flirt with somebody else and he's pouting. He
gets his feelings hurt easily.
PJ
--
Eliska
Robert McClelland
Towse <se...@towse.com> wrote in message news:3E7216BE...@towse.com...
> The Guy hasn't bought into the color scheme, though.
"The Guy" probably doesn't care about the colour scheme. "The Guy" just
doesn't want to have to do the painting.
Barbara Lake
> >
> > Oh, well, I guess one has to keep The Guy happy. ;-)
>
> The Guy always says, "Whatever you want, dear." and then explains
> why that color scheme maybe isn't such a hot idea.
That has nothing to do with color. It's passive-aggressive. ;-)
Barbara
David M. Harris
Lemon yellow ceiling and pale green walls. The green works with the
couch, and the yellow brightens the room and makes the ceiling look higher.
dmh
--
author of Democracy and Other Problems, an essay chapbook from SRM,
Publishers, available at http://www.korval.com/srmcat1.htm
Donna deMedicis
ing wrote:
>
> Anybody got suggestions? Can't afford to get a legit designer
> to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
> interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
> they work cheaper, maybe.
>
> ing
Salmon.
I'm calling it salmon but it's the color of sunset. Kinda dusky blend
of pink and violet and mauve.
Go ahead. Take a chance.
And, btw, what goes with cranberry carpets? And if you say turkey, I'll
hit you.
Donna
Rick
wrote:
> "Rick" <ric...@nyc.rr.com> wrote
> Stan wrote
> :
> : > Ask Rick. They all know that kind of stuff, right?
> :
> : Stan is grumpy. Must be donut deprivation.
>
> Naw, I think he saw you flirt with somebody else and he's pouting. He
> gets his feelings hurt easily.
He's insanely jealous, is what he is. It makes my life a living Hell at
times. Still, whatever he is...
--
Rick
Stan (the Man)
PJ wrote:
> "Rick" <ric...@nyc.rr.com> wrote
> Stan wrote
> :
> : > Ask Rick. They all know that kind of stuff, right?
> :
> : Stan is grumpy. Must be donut deprivation.
>
> Naw, I think he saw you flirt with somebody else and he's pouting. He
> gets his feelings hurt easily.
Whoa.
--
Stan
http://www.tocquevillian.com
Sylvia
> PJ wrote:
>> "Rick" <ric...@nyc.rr.com> wrote
>> Stan wrote
>> : > Ask Rick. They all know that kind of stuff, right?
>> : Stan is grumpy. Must be donut deprivation.
>> Naw, I think he saw you flirt with somebody else and he's pouting. He
>> gets his feelings hurt easily.
> Whoa.
Awwww. <handing "Blankie" to Stan> There ya go. Better?
==
Sylvia (Try not to get any cigar ashes on it, 'K?)
Hugh Watkins
Its an optical thing geta a color wheel
>>> According to color theory, harmonious color combinations use any two colors opposite each other on the color wheel, any three
colors equally spaced around the color wheel forming a triangle, or any four colors forming a rectangle (actually, two pairs of
colors opposite each other). The harmonious color combinations are called color schemes - sometimes the term 'color harmonies' is
also used. Color schemes remain harmonious regardless of the rotation angle.<<<
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html more
The first color wheel was invented by Sir Isaac Newton<<
>> The current form of color theory was developed by Johannes Itten, a Swiss color and art theorist who was teaching at the School
of Applied Arts in Weimar, Germany. This school is also known as 'Bauhaus'. Johannes Itten developed 'color chords' and modified the
color wheel. Itten's color wheel is based on red, yellow, and blue colors as the primary triad and includes twelve hues. <<
The Nazis closed the Bauhaus but words and ideas were more powerful than the Third Reich an dsurvive.
NB >>Color theory analyzes only the relationships of pure colors; it does not take color lightness and saturation into account.
While your color scheme can use any tints, shades, and tones, color theory pays attention only to the hue component. <<
which is where it is a matter of taste and eye
my mother used to steal from a favourite picture to make great colour schemes
Hugh W
Towse
Towse wrote:
> Five bookcases in addition to the built-ins by the fireplace.
So much for memory: seven bookcases in addition to the built-ins
by the fireplace, plus one of those six-foot-tall wall units for
stereo, LPs &c. against the far wall. The unit is more than half
full of double-stacked cookbooks, one of the bookcases also has
double-stacked cookbooks.
We won't mention the bookcases elsewhere, nor the boxes full of
books stashed under stairs and in back rooms and garage, nor the
rented storage unit with 130 boxes of books that belonged to my
brother that I still need to sort through and integrate with my
stash.
"My name is Sal and I am a bookoholic."
Towse
The Guy knows he isn't going to be doing the painting. He's
worried about the color scheme I'll choose.
<blah>
Our front door is purple, you see, painted years back now to
match my stepdaughter's wedding gown, when she got married in our
backyard.
Her gown was lovely: satin, velvet, tulle. Iridescent beading
around the neck and cuffs and at the dropped waist. Each type of
cloth was a different shade of purple. I planted several
varieties of purple flowers in the front yard and painted the
front door to match the color of the satin, iirc.
She's since divorced and remarried. I'm thinking of painting the
front door a deep red, closer to the blue end of the spectrum.
Gloss paint, of course. Jen's wee Kathleen suggested I add a band
of bright blue to the brown door frame to bring out the intense
red color in the door.
I'm considering Patrick's suggestion of top-coating it with a
clear satin glaze
with small bits of glitter in it.
Directions would be dead simple too. "If you get to the front
door and it isn't a glittery red door, you're at the neighbors'."
The Guy isn't worried about having to paint the rooms: he's
worried about the color scheme I may choose.
</blah>
< blah blah blah blah blah blah >
Hugh Watkins
"Hugh Watkins" <hugh_w...@net.dialog.dk> wrote
snip
> NB >>Color theory analyzes only the relationships of pure colors; it does not take color lightness and saturation into account.
> While your color scheme can use any tints, shades, and tones, color theory pays attention only to the hue component. <<
>
> which is where it is a matter of taste and eye
>
> my mother used to steal from a favourite picture to make great colour schemes
>
>
> Hugh W
and of course google knows
http://www.suzannecooper.com/classroom/colorwheel.html
http://homeandgarden.nzoom.com/homeandgarden_detail/0,2628,147575-200-367,00.html
>> Nature conditions us to expect balance and harmony. It offers us guide-lines for the use of colour and indeed provides us with
some basic principals.
The darkest value at our feet - forest floor
The medium level at eye level - tree trunks
The lightest value above us - the sky
Use the most intense hues and values in areas occupied for short periods of time, such as formal dining rooms, hallways, laundries,
entrances etc.
Avoid monotony and treat the eye and the psyche to at least a moderate variety ? visual stimulus or relief is vital.
Harmonious colour selections are created by a pleasing relationship of the three dimensions of colour: hue, intensity and value. <<
>>
Think about proportions of colour. A basic rule using 2/3 one colour and 1/3 another is always successful.
Rely on your personal tastes and preferences when choosing a colour scheme.<<
exactly
Hugh W
Sylvia
> "ing" <ing.b...@sympatico.ca> wrote
> > Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> > in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> > And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> > conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> > and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> > at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> > you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> > What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
> >
> > The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> > it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> > takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> > but not direct sunlight.
> >
> > Anybody got suggestions? Can't afford to get a legit designer
> > to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
> > interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
> > they work cheaper, maybe.
>
> Its an optical thing geta a color wheel
Or, *cheat*: http://www.gliddenpaint.com/color_at_home_v2/features/
--
Sylvia
Barbara Lake
>
>
> Towse wrote:
>
> > Five bookcases in addition to the built-ins by the fireplace.
>
> So much for memory: seven bookcases in addition to the built-ins
> by the fireplace, plus one of those six-foot-tall wall units for
> stereo, LPs &c. against the far wall. The unit is more than half
> full of double-stacked cookbooks, one of the bookcases also has
> double-stacked cookbooks.
>
> We won't mention the bookcases elsewhere, nor the boxes full of
> books stashed under stairs and in back rooms and garage, nor the
> rented storage unit with 130 boxes of books that belonged to my
> brother that I still need to sort through and integrate with my
> stash.
>
> "My name is Sal and I am a bookoholic."
>
> Sal
Three bookcases in each bedroom, two floor to ceiling bookcases in my
office, two in hall, three large and 1 medium sized bookcases in living
room. All of my cookbooks are in a cupboard in my kitchen.
My name is Barbara and I am a bookoholic.
Barbara
Barbara Lake
Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady
19:32:11 GMT, during the misc.writing Community News Flash Eliska
<eli...@tampabay.rr.com> reported:
>On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:11:27 -0500, ing <ing.b...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
>>it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
>>takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
>>but not direct sunlight.
>>
>>Anybody got suggestions?
>>
>>ing
>
>
>lavender on one wall - great complement to the greens
>
Yes, but how would that go with the peach?
I'm thinking - go dark peach (almost orange) on one wall, and a pale
Lincoln green on the others. You know, use the same colours of the
couch, only their opposite shades.
(Seems to me that's what the British would do. But perhaps I've been
watching too many shows like "Changing Rooms", "Home Front", "Big
Strong Boys" and "Trading Up" on BBC Prime.)
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~*~*~*~*~*~
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money and fame from this state of being." -- A.A. Milne
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deMedicis <adl...@mindspring.com> reported:
>
>And, btw, what goes with cranberry carpets? And if you say turkey, I'll
>hit you.
I was going to say gravy, but I won't. Instead, I'll say
Deep, dark green. And pale yellow.
Frank Raymond Michaels
@sympatico.ca:
>
>
> Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
Black.
> The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> it sounds)
Have it re-upholstered in black.
> - lots of pine gonna be around too.
Paint it black.
>One large window
> takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> but not direct sunlight.
Cover it with stained glass. In black.
> Anybody got suggestions?
Black with a black motif on black with black highlights.
> Can't afford to get a legit designer
> to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
> interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
> they work cheaper, maybe.
---
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Bill Funke
>Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
>in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
>And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
>conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
>and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
>at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
>you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
>What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
I have absolutely no idea what's in or out in the latest designer
trends, but have decided to make my cave chiaroscuro. I am stuck with
matte white walls Pedro the itinerant painter gave me, and all of my
furniture and shelving is to eventually be black.
Gallons of gloss, matte, and satin black paint lying around.
Although I am stuck with boring white for a while, I am of the firm
opinion that walls should either be unnoticed or exciting, and nothing
in between. The eggshells and other off-whites seem to be the least
intrusive, and getting too pink or green screams "institution." A
blue may be a reasonable compromise, although one of the pastel browns
would go better with the furniture. Ideally, if one wants color a
mural would be the best, if most expensive, choice. I've always
wanted a trompe l'oil if I ever had a bare wall and extra cash handy.
>The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
>it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
>takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
>but not direct sunlight.
You realize that the north light on a cloudless day will be 8-12,000K
and extremely blue, while the light from your incandescant lamps at
night will be around 2800K and orange. This will change the
appearance of the wall color mightily, although subjectively it may
not be noticed. A bluish wall might seem darker at night, and a
reddish one will seem lighter. It will also change the relationship
of the wall color to the furniture, but maybe not by much.
>Anybody got suggestions? Can't afford to get a legit designer
>to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
>interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
>they work cheaper, maybe.
One might have to do a project for a class.
Eliska
<7zcm...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
>(Please NOTE preferred E-Mail address in sig) On Fri, 14 Mar 2003
>19:32:11 GMT, during the misc.writing Community News Flash Eliska
><eli...@tampabay.rr.com> reported:
>
>>On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:11:27 -0500, ing <ing.b...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
>>>it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
>>>takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
>>>but not direct sunlight.
>>>
>>>Anybody got suggestions?
>>>
>>>ing
>>
>>
>>lavender on one wall - great complement to the greens
>>
>Yes, but how would that go with the peach?
Wild! Totally wild if it's the right shade of lavender. Very tricky
>
>I'm thinking - go dark peach (almost orange) on one wall, and a pale
>Lincoln green on the others. You know, use the same colours of the
>couch, only their opposite shades.
Sounds like a good plan.
My living room has one Mauve wall, the rest pale cream.One couch is print w/lite
mauve/green/cream, the other couch pale subdued mauve, the recliner deep burgundy.
The Mauve wall continues into the kitchen, which is separated from the living room by a
black countertop. Other kitchen wall is the same cream. Decor there is black/
white/stainless steel.
The kitchen opens into the dining room which will be two tone. Taupe bottom wall with
deep burgundy chair rail separating khaki upper wall
Eliska
marika
> >>>
> >>>The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> >>>it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> >>>takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> >>>but not direct sunlight.
> >>>
> >>>Anybody got suggestions?
> >>>
> >>>ing
> >>
> >>
> >>lavender on one wall - great complement to the greens
> >>
> >Yes, but how would that go with the peach?
>
> Wild! Totally wild if it's the right shade of lavender. Very tricky
> >
> >I'm thinking - go dark peach (almost orange) on one wall, and a pale
> >Lincoln green on the others. You know, use the same colours of the
> >couch, only their opposite shades.
>
> Sounds like a good plan.
>
> My living room has one Mauve wall, the rest pale cream.One couch is print w/lite
> mauve/green/cream, the other couch pale subdued mauve, the recliner deep burgundy.
>
> The Mauve wall continues into the kitchen, which is separated from the living room by a
> black countertop. Other kitchen wall is the same cream. Decor there is black/
> white/stainless steel.
> The kitchen opens into the dining room which will be two tone. Taupe bottom wall with
> deep burgundy chair rail separating khaki upper wall
it's almost like you are building a Tetris set furniture stick by furniture brick
Hugh Watkins
"Sylvia" <Syl...@Sylviadom.net> wrote in message news:140320032027297394%Syl...@Sylviadom.net...
> Hugh Watkins <hugh_w...@net.dialog.dk> wrote:
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> >
> > Its an optical thing geta a color wheel
>
> Or, *cheat*: http://www.gliddenpaint.com/color_at_home_v2/features/
If you were a MAC enthusiasy or intersted in repro you would know the gamut of a screen and printers ink are different
You basically cannot do colour work for RL on a screen without lots calibration and colour temperatute considerations
Our eyes can see more colours anyway
the best is to use actual colour swatches on location in the light of the environment,
like taking new clothes to the shop doorwáy to se them in daylight
therefore i say a "primitive" colour wheel is best -- get them free too
if working with color paint cards a matt black piece of card with a window to see one color at a time.helps.
But dark colours appear lighter on large areas
good luck
Hugh W
Dick Harper
> Just say for instance, you gotta repaint the living room
> in the next three weeks - cause new-er furniture's coming.
> And say that you're dead sick and tired of taupe and cream
> conservative crap ... and you wnat to go bright and cheerful and warm
> and at this point your eyes are crossed from looking
> at Debbie Travis' design book ... and say you could pick any colour
> you wanted ... any colour in the rainbow -- what would you choose?
> What's in, these days? What's really "rad"?
>
> The couch is peach and lincoln green flowers (looks better than
> it sounds) - lots of pine gonna be around too. One large window
> takes up the whole wall on the north side - so there's light,
> but not direct sunlight.
>
> Anybody got suggestions? Can't afford to get a legit designer
> to offer advice, am thinking maybe a student from one of the
> interior design schools around here might not be a bad idea,
> they work cheaper, maybe.
Our bathroom is fire engine red.
Dick (still want decorating advice?) Harper
Imapearl
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Is it a small bathroom?
Pearl
Dick Harper
> Dick Harper wrote
> > Our bathroom is fire engine red.
> Is it a small bathroom?
About 100 square feet. The woodwork is a light cream.
Anne and I like primary colors, although not all of our rooms
are quite as strong. The kitchen is glossy yellow and my study is
a Federal blue.
These bright colors are hard to apply. The bathroom took five
or six coats before we could get enough pigment coverage to have a
solid, glossy surface.
--Dick
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