Love Color: Choosing Colors to Live with - Hardcover

Starmer, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1782405798 ISBN 13: 9781782405795

Verlag: IVY PR, 2018

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Choosing colors for your home can become an overwhelming and confusing process—there is just so much on offer. Love Color will help you to bring your favorite colors to life by successfully making all those challenging decisions. Renowned international color expert Anna Starmer takes you by the hand and guides you through this lavishly illustrated rainbow world of color combinations, teaching you everything you need to know about hues, tones, accents, and foundation colors along the way. Start by simply choosing a color you love, then take your inspiration from our accessible and practical palettes to create your own color combinations. This book also includes removable color chart booklet so you can note and match your perfect colors anytime you are out and about.

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Author and photographer Anna Starmer is the founder of LuminaryColour.com, a specialist colour forecasting service that advises leading international interiors, fashion and product design brands. Anna's design collaborations are underlined by her obsession for all things colour; her unique vision is steeped in colours, images and textures collected during her travels around the globe.

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Love Color

Choosing Colors to Live With

By Anna Starmer

The Quarto Group

Copyright © 2018 Anna Starmer
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-78240-579-5

Contents

INTRODUCTION, 6, 
How to use this book, 42, 
BLUE, 44, 
GREEN, 64, 
YELLOW, 86, 
ORANGE, 106, 
RED, 130, 
PINK, 148, 
PURPLE, 174, 
GREY, 192, 
NATURAL, 214, 
WHITE, 230, 
RESOURCES, 248, 

CHAPTER 1

"Let me die from having being drunk on indigo skies, my liver ... overflowing with stars." Sanober Khan

SKY TO INDIGO BLUE

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Positive and intense or calming and restorative, blue is the colour of both the pinstripe suit and the denim shirt, of things nautical and naval; blue exudes confidence, inspiration and familiarity. It marks our daylight hours, dawning pale, becoming bright then drawing to a dark mysterious close. From cloudless sky to delicate duck egg, piercing sapphire to ultramarine, the blues are intrinsically linked with the natural world. These are energizing, refreshing and invigorating colours in our homes.

As we are confronted daily with visual overload, it becomes ever more important that our private spaces are uncomplicated environments in which we can unwind and escape the stresses and strains of the outside world. Colour can be used in clever ways to help this quest for rest and relaxation, and the blues are perfect for invoking calm and balance.

Blues do not have to be cool, or make a room feel cold. Quite the opposite in fact. As the sun streams through the windows on a warm sunny day, blue tones can be the perfect colour choice to lift the spirits. Here, blues are used together with soft sandstone yellow and natural biscuit tints, creating a calm and balanced atmosphere of warmth with cool colour.

Use greenish blues and watery colours to create a restful space. The blue colour family has always been a favourite choice in the bathroom. Choose a mix of warmer and deeper tones of blue, reminiscent of the ocean, to prevent your bathroom from feeling too cold. A distressed paint finish on the walls can create warmth and natural cosiness in your space.

Duck-egg blues inspire a beautiful palette of colours to play with, ranging from greenish tints through to clean, clear bluer tones. Soft green-blues act as a blank canvas, providing a perfect base on which to layer stronger colours and patterns and build up a unique scheme. Soft reds or dusted terracotta work well, as the cool and warm colours contrast and complement one another.

Blue and white form a classic colour combination, both in the home and in our wardrobes. Evoking the seaside, deckchairs and coastal nautical stripes, this fresh and invigorating colour pairing will take you back to holidays and afternoons spent by the sea. Crystalline or mineral blues reflect the light. Play with colours from the sky, sea and sandy white beaches, look closely and note the different shades. Nothing here is simply blue, and nothing is actually white; pale sand, creamy whites and sun-kissed peachy whites all add warmth and soften the scheme. Tonal shades of blue merge effortlessly from indoors to outside. Try light and deep blues together in a single scheme, contrasting clear and pale shades with deep and intense. Where possible, use natural surfaces with a matt finish to enhance the depth of colour. Layers of blues range from turquoise to periwinkle, forget-me-not to deeper tropical ocean or jewel blues, through to darker accent shades of indigo.

Pattern and texture can elevate a palette of simple colours into something quite magical and extraordinary. No surface here is flat and the tactile imperfections of individually crafted features – from the faded plaster and relief detailing to the intricately carved and painted wood and hand-embroidered cloth – reveal the many shades of blue in these aged and decorated surfaces. Notice how well blues and oranges enhance one another.

Embrace opportunities to use pattern in unusual ways. Colour and decoration can lead visitors through your home, highlighting dark corners and bringing vibrancy to tired areas. Vivid turquoise or electric blue are bold colours to incorporate into a room scheme and they will add originality and character; you may not want to fill an entire room with such bright blues, but they work well as accent colours used in a thoughtful and precise design.

Design an interior around things you love, objects that are full of memories and sentimental value. Don't hide your keepsakes away. Display these collections as they can often add a pop of colour to your colour scheme. Layer accents of contrasting colours; white is clear and sharp, while soft oranges and natural wood colours add warmth to the blue background.

Deep inky blues have a rich and alluring history. These evocative colours are linked to ancient rituals and tribal traditions. The saturated blue tones are said to have a connection with the heavenly night sky and aid an awakening of the senses. Indigo and deep blues can elevate a room scheme, creating a space that is both tranquil and meditative, yet also invigorating and inspiring.

For centuries the colour indigo was rare and sought after in the West. This dark and mysterious plant dye, as exotic as spices and as valuable as gold, was traded through long-established merchant routes. From African Dogon tribal cloth to Japanese shibori fabrics, indigo is experiencing a revival, its natural quality and intense colour can add a luxurious depth when used in the home.

Dark midnight skies and inky blue backdrops create the perfect canvas on which to play with brighter colours. Contrasting hot colours are perfect against this rich base, as coral reds and fragrant, floral pinks sing out against the deep and captivating blues. Shades that are not true primary colours work best, avoid true blue with bright red, it may appear too childish or naive. Deep blue and coral offer a more refined and sophisticated scheme – perfect for living or dining rooms.

Be confident with dark colours in small spaces. It is true that large rooms with high ceilings are made more intimate and inviting through the use of deep and seductive colours, but choose rich and captivating shades of ocean blue for stairwells and small entrance halls too, to create a sense of drama and unexpected delight. Dark colours actually make small spaces seem larger and you can be adventurous with lighting to create flamboyant and enchanting interior spaces.

Surface and texture can enhance a colour scheme dramatically. Introducing a high-gloss surface such as a table top into an otherwise matt and restrained scheme intensifies an accent pop of brighter colour. The reflective surface also bounces light around the room. Try adding contrasting textures within a room and see how colour and light are affected by the different materials.

CHAPTER 2

"Green is the prime colour of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises" Pedro Calderon de la Barca

PISTACHIO TO FOREST

GREEN

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Lush, verdant, vibrant and life-affirming, green is a constant in our lives. Intrinsically linked to the natural world, green can be energy boosting, mood-enhancing and grounding. Green is the colour of new growth, of country gardens and meadow fields, deep ancient forests and vast fertile plains. We long to surround ourselves with optimistic and rejuvenating shades of fresh grass, zesty lime and decadent emerald. Yet softer shades of sage, olive or pale mint speak of sanctuary, and a sense of restored balance...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: IVY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782405798
• ISBN 13: 9781782405795
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 256
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