The Case for In-Between Colors
Quick — what color are your walls?
If you answered with a single word — say, “blue” or “yellow” — perhaps your walls could use a little chromatic intervention.
I’ve always been a fan of in-between colors — those indescribable shades that fall somewhere between one hue and another on the color wheel. These colors rarely look the same from one time of day to the next. (Much of that is due to the number of pigments used. The more pigments that go into the paint, the more mutable the color.) And because these shades are harder to pin down, you’re less likely to grow tired of them.
Scared of color? Or uncertain whether to go wild or mild? These in-between shades can be a great compromise, offering a tease of color without the commitment. And they’re so much more interesting than ho-hum neutrals like cream or beige.
Try one of these piquant pigments on your walls. Then, when somebody asks you what the color is, you can tell them, “Well, it’s sort of an indescribable mix of …”
Is this color gold? Or green? It probably depends on the time of day and the weather. Think of it as getting several colors for the price of one.
This whisper-soft hue (C2′s Vex) is about as un-green as you can get and still be green. And who would have thought of combining green and orange? But here it works.
Gray for a dining area? Normally, the color is too chilly. But not here, where it’s tempered with enough brown to bring some warmth to the table.
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If you answered with a single word — say, “blue” or “yellow” — perhaps your walls could use a little chromatic intervention.
I’ve always been a fan of in-between colors — those indescribable shades that fall somewhere between one hue and another on the color wheel. These colors rarely look the same from one time of day to the next. (Much of that is due to the number of pigments used. The more pigments that go into the paint, the more mutable the color.) And because these shades are harder to pin down, you’re less likely to grow tired of them.
Scared of color? Or uncertain whether to go wild or mild? These in-between shades can be a great compromise, offering a tease of color without the commitment. And they’re so much more interesting than ho-hum neutrals like cream or beige.
Try one of these piquant pigments on your walls. Then, when somebody asks you what the color is, you can tell them, “Well, it’s sort of an indescribable mix of …”
Is this color gold? Or green? It probably depends on the time of day and the weather. Think of it as getting several colors for the price of one.
This whisper-soft hue (C2′s Vex) is about as un-green as you can get and still be green. And who would have thought of combining green and orange? But here it works.
Gray for a dining area? Normally, the color is too chilly. But not here, where it’s tempered with enough brown to bring some warmth to the table.
Continue reading The Case for In-Between Colors
