THEY CALL ME MELLOW YELLOW!

Love that song!! 

“Colour is but a sensation and has no existence outside the nervous system of living beings.” Nicholas Ogden Rood

Okay, I have been very delinquent about my colour posts. 

So I am back at it with

YELLOW!!!

Most people have strong feelings about Yellow – they either love it or hate it!  I used to hate it but there is one thing about studying colour and design – you really do learn to love all the colours – as you find out all about them and how they all have their place in the rainbow!

Colour psychology tells us that extroverts like warm colours and introverts like cool colours.  Yellow then is a colour for extroverts.  If you like yellow you’ll find it cheerful, radiant and expansive.  If you hate yellow it’ll make you nervous, anxious and irritable. 

Physically yellow can annoy and agitate us but it also sharpens our memory (think yellow post it notes) and stimulates us intellectually.  It can make you cautious – as in yellow street lights or very talkative. 

Yellow doesn’t seem to stay put – it seems to float into the air like sunshine.  It falls between the extremes of red and violet – it is closest to visual light and is perceived as sunlight’s natural colour.  It appears to illuminate and so it advances towards us. 

Now for some interiors.  Yellow can be glamorous and classy as shown in the following photos.

 Isn’t this a breathtaking bathroom?  It’s so glamorous!

Here’s a transitional living room with a pale yellow wall that works beautifully with the stone wall and the navy couch.

A modern, feminine space where the turquoise background wall and even the exterior blue light compliments the hits of yellow. 

What a handsome vignette!  Showcasing how beautiful yellow and gray can be.

Or it can look fun, playful

and flirty as in the

following rooms.

This room has yellow and it’s compliment purple to showcase both the colours. It is fun and young at heart.

A fun children’s room highlighting again how well gray and yellow works together.  Cute monkey!

It can even have a welcoming and classic country feel…see these below.

 COME ON IN!!

A warm entryway that has classic tones with the marble tile floor and the urn on the console – not to mention that beautiful wooden door and transom window feature.  Painting it yellow makes it less formal and more casual.  Did you notice the cute painted scene on the console table?

Navy and yellow is such a timeless combo and works its magic in this room. 

The dining room in the same home – can’t you just smell the apple pie?

And last but not least striped yellow & white fabric used in a modern way on the headboard. 

Hope you enjoyed this trip

through the colour yellow!

 I believe that every space can be comfortable, warm, elegant and beautiful. I would love to help you achieve your beautiful space!

Email me at lisa@lisagouletdesign.com or if in the Ottawa area call me at 613-762-0818.

Lisa

 

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