I'm sure people who follow me on Pinterest must think I've lost my mind with all the images I've been saving recently of these colour combinations, but have you ever wondered why some colours just "go better " together? In some cases, it's a happy accident but the study of colour is something that has been researched for many years. Most of us are familiar with the present day colour wheel, but did you know that the first circular diagram of colour was developed by Sir Isaac Newton in 1666? It's obviously been 'tweaked' over the years by different artists and scientists and there are different versions in place but they all strive to serve the same purpose - to show how different colours relate to one another.
The purpose of this post is to show how the colours opposite one another on the colour wheel translate to room schemes but to read more, there's a really useful article
here.
So here goes - starting with the colour combinations formed using the primary colours and their opposite colours ..........
Blue and Orange
Blue and Orange as created by nature
Image below saved from
love-your-home.co.uk via Pinterest
Blue and orange tiles.
Image above saved from
Caoba via Pinterest.
These are modern tiles but blue and green tiles have been around for years - the tiles below are at Palacio de Pilatos in Seville. A very inspirational place and one I'd love to go back to.
And if a completely blue and orange is too much, just go for fabrics on cushions!
My sister moved into a new house and inherited orange velvet curtains which she really didn't like. As they were at almost every window on the ground floor, replacing them all was a big project. She replaced one pair and we used one of the discarded curtains to make new cushions for her blue sofas (backs and piping) and I found a fabric which had orange and blue in it for the fronts. (Pierre Frey Mil Neufchatel Vingt for the fronts).
Red and Green
Red and green as created by nature (and a Cox & Cox jug!)
Image saved from
Laura Ashley via Pinterest
Image on the right saved from
Apartment Therapy via Pinterest
Red and green antique tile. Image saved from
Tias.com via Pinterest,
Red and green is a colour combination which seems to be particularly suited to kitchens! The image below is saved from
Made in Heaven
And here's my kitchen below.........
Yellow and Purple
Yellow and purple as created by nature
And here are a couple of interiors ...............
Image saved from
Heart Home via Pinterest
Image saved from
Home Shopping Spy via Pinterest.
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House to Home via Pinterest.
Poppies wallpaper from
Sanderson via Pinterest.
Toile fabric saved from Spoonflower via Pinterest.
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