Color Ideas

I must admit that color/tones/hues are somewhat of a challenge to me.  I need help to come up with a color scheme that 'works'.  Recently, on a trip to the home improvement shop, I stopped by the paint section.  I often collect their individual color chips for inspiration, but this time I picked up several of the brochures. 

  The theme was shown on the front of the brochure.  Inside each brochure the rooms were painted using a series of colors/hues/tones that enhanced each other.

I couldn't help but be  'wowed' by the brochure that had yummy chocolate truffles as the cover picture.  Now what could be better than using my favorite treat as the base and seeing what works with it - yum!

"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius

Design Seeds

Love color?  Run, don't walk, over to this site - Design Seeds.   I love to spend a few minutes now and then just wandering through the pictures - the colors - the combinations.

 

 

Well maybe more than a few minutes...

 



 

When you get into the site you have the choice of specifying the types of colors you're looking for - be it natural themes or seasonal color blends.  And on top of that you can sign up for their Fresh Hues blog - which will pop up on your email every so often with either a creative quotation or a color hue of its own devising.

I can never get enough color in my life, can you?

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment." - Claude Monet