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The Colors You Should Have in Your HomeLook around your home. Does it have a color theme? Does it have too much of a color theme? Is it an apartment with landlord white walls and IKEA furniture? Is it all dark antique wood? Does each room have a different color theme? It's time to mix things up and add some color to make it pop! It doesn't have to be your "favorite" color that you've been loyal to since childhood, because they all have a place and a way to add to the beauty of your decor. Even combinations that you'd never mix when you get dressed in the morning can look great in a room together Jacqueline Clair at Apartment Therapy talked to 12 different interior designers and asked them what colors they wished that their clients used more of. Yes, orange and pink are there, and there are ways to use them that you don't have to be afraid of. See how they all can give your home a lift in this article.(Image credit: Kate Smith Interiors) #interiordesign #interiordecor #color

Baker-Miller Pink and the Psychology of ColorBack in the 1960s, almost every school interior was green. Whether this was supposed to camouflage dirt or inspire learning, I don't know, but two-tone green seemed to crop up in every institution until that very association makes it depressing to me. Then in 1979, prison authorities started painting their facilities pink in order to make the (male) inmates less aggressive and even weaker. The science behind that idea went much further back into research on color. But did that research hold any water? Half as Interesting tells the story.

A New Paint Color and Clothing to MatchA collaboration by the paint company Back Drop and the clothing brand Madewell brings us a new color they call Studio Hours. Better write the name down, because it has nothing at all to do with a color description. It's a true neutral, beige with a hint of pink, or maybe you could describe it as dusty rose but lighter.

11 Homes That Use Color in Surprising WaysThere are those who will tell you to keep your walls a neutral color so that a potential buyer will not be turned off. Others say tone the color down because you'll get tired of it, or you won't be able to match accessories. Then there are people who think, "It's my home, I'll do as I please!" A creative person with some sense of style can go nuts with color and come up with an interior design that can't help but make you smile. The eleven interiors showcased in a list at Apartment Therapy aren't all this bright. Some are gentle pastels that you don't see every day, and others are unexpected combinations of pleasant colors that work. Seeing them will inspire you to do your own experiments with color, because you might just come up with a perfect room to be yourself in. (Image credit: Viv Yapp)#interior #color #homedecor

Pantone Color of the Year 2022: Very PeriPantone has announced it's Color of the Year for 2022: Very Peri 17-3938. This one's a bit different from previous Colors of the Year in that they created an entirely new color for the first time since launching the annual announcement in 2000. Very Peri is what you and I know as periwinkle, with an added reddish undertone.Pantone Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman said, in a statement: "As we move into a world of unprecedented change, the selection of PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri brings a novel perspective and vision of the trusted and beloved blue color family, encompassing the qualities of the blues, yet at the same time possessing a violet-red undertone, PANTONE 17-3938 Very Peri displays a spritely, joyous attitude and dynamic presence that encourages courageous creativity and imaginative expression."

Harvard University is Collecting the World's ColorsThanks to modern chemistry, it's rather simple to produce any of thousands of colors in paint, dye, and other materials. Once upon a time, it wasn't so easy, and producing a new color was like discovering a new world, or maybe more like magic. Harvard University has a collection of now more than 2700 of these rare and original pigments, each with a story behind them. The Forbes Pigment Collection has original versions of colors from a wide range of sources: plants and insects of course, but also strange sources like human corpses and the dried urine of cows that eat mango leaves. You have to wonder how those discoveries came about. Great Big Story has more.