Yellow - THE Colour for Home Decor

How wonderful yellow is, it stands for the sun! - Van Gogh

The colour Yellow is back in home decor. People who are apprehensive of bold colours like red or coral are finding it a vibrant, yet comfortable, alternative. The research team of Asian Paints Colour Next has declared it the colour of the year 2018 - the exact name being Passion Flower (shade X107 in their catalogue). Apart from this there are several other popular shades of yellow – Mango Mood and Turmeric being popular amidst the brighter options (http://colournext.asianpaints.com/colour-of-the-year/).

Yellow can work well as the main colour as well as an accent colour to other colours. It can be used on the walls or on accessories, indoors as well as outdoors, to accentuate the look.

    

Yellow walls form the most refreshing backdrop when accessorised with white and greens. 

In a setting where dark heavy furniture dominate the scene, the yellow on the wall helps reduce the sternness by offering the perfect contrast and is surely a mood up-lifter.

Bright Lemon-Yellow walls are the best alternative to striking red or orange walls as they are vibrant but not quite as strong or dark. Throwing in some complementary colour like blue, in form of furniture or accessory, can surely enhance the visual appeal.

The lighter shades of yellow walls actually provide the neutral backdrop for bright accessories.

Accessories in one or more shades of Yellow can contribute to the home decor. The Golden Yellows can exude richness when matched with black or pure white or silver.

Mixing yellow with neutral grey is the latest rage, be it on walls or with accessories.

Yellow, along with orange and similar bright colours, is always associated with sunshine and invariably it manages to bring warmth and happiness - whether it is indoors, or outdoors!

Summing up the beauty of Yellow with a short but meaningful poem,

She wore her yellow sun-bonnet

She wore her greenest gown;

She turned to the south wind

And curtsied up and down.

She turned to the sunlight

And shook her yellow head,

And whispered to her neighbor:

"Winter is dead.” 

~ A. A. Milne, When We Were Very Young

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