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 Which Color are You?

Style helps you create the look you love. The stylings are endless... but in addition to style, there is COLOR! Color is found not only in WOOD FINISHES, but also FABRICS, FLOOR COVERINGS, PAINTED WOODS, TEXTURES, FLORALS (both silk and real), and much, much more!

Nothing says "you" more than your choice (and use) of color.

Let's look at what colors say:

RED: Empowers, stimulates, dramatizes; it says look at me!
It symbolized passion (and red, like passion, is wonderful in the
right doses!)
BLUE: Relaxes, refreshes, cools, produces tranquil feelings and peaceful
moods. (Peaceful is good!)
YELLOW: Expands, cheers; increased energy (and don't we all need that!)
ORANGE: Commands, stimulates appetites, conversation and charity.
(Be a little careful of that stimulated appetite!)
PURPLE: Comforts, spiritualizes; creates mystery (a little mystery is good!)

Don't forget that colors come in varying hues, intensities and tonal values,
kind of like our  Arizona sunsets!

The use of "spot colors" is an area that many people are confused about.
For example, you might decide to place a beautiful blue fabric accent chair
(because you couldn't resist the color and it was too cute a style) into
your primarily neutral color-schemed room. Now that it is in the room, it
looks like something you just couldn't resist (kind of like that bargain-priced
purple blouse you bought at the mall last year - and haven't worn yet, because
it does not go with anything in your closet.)

Well, the blue chair and the purple blouse offer the same problem.

You can easily solve the blouse problem. Just look for a scarf that has the same purple color in it, but also has the colors that hopefully compliment one
or two of your skirts or slacks.

Regarding the blue fabric chair: Many years ago I had the pleasure of working alongside an absolutely wonderful interior designer, named Susie.
She spoke five languages, one of which was French. Her favorite expression,
regarding the use of "spot colors" was "raison d'etre", which translates
to: "The color you are trying to insert must have a 'reason for being' ".

The "reason for being", would be accomplished by your introducing that
blue color two or more times in the room. This is the key in allowing the
theory to work! If a color is important enough to use, it should appear 3 times.
For example, pick up the blue silk in flowers, or use it in a piece if pottery or
porcelain, or use an accent pillow in blue elsewhere in the room. Your eye
sees the accent pieces in the chair now has a "reason for being".

Using "spot colors" is that easy!!