Nov Minuhan
I like the choice of Guilford Green for the cabinets in this laundry room. Many laundry rooms have limited natural light, or none at all, so it’s smart to keep the color palette light. But light doesn’t have to mean white, and Guilford Green adds a nice splash of color without making the space feel dark or dreary.
Yellow ocher ranges from golden to light brownish and is one of the oldest tints used by humans. It's what you see on the plaster walls of Tuscany. It's a wheat field at sunset. It's the glow of golden oak floors. Ocher is warm and earthy (originally it was made out of clay containing colorful minerals). It has an ancient feel — the oldest known human art was made in ocher, and it is commonly used in traditional African and Aboriginal art. But it was also popular in midcentury design (it goes well with that particular shade of muted teal that was also popular then). Ocher varies in both tone and hue. It can be pale or dark, golden or almost brown. It looks great next to teal, burgundy red and cool grays and purples. Its richness makes it a lovely candidate for heavy fabrics such as velvet and brocade. And of course it goes well with terra-cotta, its equally earthy cousin. An ocher room is a cozy room, even if it's architecturally large and open. Used in accessories it adds brightness, richness and energy, just like other yellows do, but it's more subdued. Ocher is the mature yellow. When I look at it I keep coming back to words like "elegance," distinguished," "quality," "wisdom...
Teal is a mixture of blue and green. It can be mixed with white to make it lighter or with gray to make it darker. At its brightest it has a yellow undertone and is very close to turquoise, and at its most muted, it more closely resembles a green slate. It has obvious associations with the sea and the tropics, but it's also a midcentury modern favorite, especially in its grayer, more muted incarnation. Teal pops with bright white, and its color wheel match is coral. But it also works with cream, navy, pinks and especially gold and brown tones. Nothing looks quite so good as a gold-framed mirror against a teal wall.
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