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Colour me good! - Times of
India (March 2005)
Colours provide character to your
home. So, this Holi, bring colours inside your home. South Delhi
Plus tells you how... Text by Anshu Pathak |
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Red
is the most auspicious colour symbolizing passion, love and
joy. It can make you feel more energetic and active.
Yellow
has the power of sun and is stimulating. It represents wisdom,
ideal for kitchen dining or children areas. It balances the
mind, boosts health and nourishes the digestive system.
Blue
is spiritual, calming and reliable, relaxing and serene.
Ideal for bedrooms and bathrooms and for offices and workrooms
to enhance learning. |
Green
is linked
to healing and growth signifying life freshness and harmony
and is one great choice for it stress relieving and
emotionally – balancing qualities.
Purple
promotes idealism imagination and vision, combined with white
or metallic. Ideal for bedrooms inspired by softness of
inviting lavender. |
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Do you sometimes
feel that you are not making the most of your home, that rooms
look dowdy; their interesting features are not making the impact?
Then, add colour to your house.
Of course, colour can’t provide a solution to every situation but
it can be a great decorating help.
If you think about why we love the spring it’s because of the
flowers, blue sky, green grass and if you are comfortable with
that, why wouldn’t you want that variety and cheerful colour
palette in your home. You can have all the colours you love inside
the room when it’s cold and passive outside. |
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Remember that there’s a place for a
brilliant colour in every interior and so if you like the idea of
using bright colours and look forward to living with them, the
question is where do you begin to turn your aspirations into
practical reality? All you need to start is to become unfettered
and be playful. |
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Don’t be
afraid to use brilliant colours.
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Define your
mood, preferences and goal.
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Chose the
colour you feel comfortable in and which you think expresses
your self the best.
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Play with
the possibilities of your colour schemes.
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Refine your
colour options down to the best possible scheme. It’s all in
how you use which colour.
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How your
contrast it and how complex the pigments is.
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Pick form
complementary colours or clashing colours but always limit
yourself to two or three colours initially.
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Try not to
have everything matching – it would be claustrophobic.
Instead either balance the prominent colour with white or
pale colour and introduce small quantities of same colour in
accessories.
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Thing
different combinations of colour would make the same room
seen welcoming or cold, resentful or stimulating.
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And don’t
believe anyone who tells you that your combinations of
colours are tasteless.
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Also too
many colours in one room become confused – follow this
simple rule that light and bright colour go together. For
inspiration pictures this always – fresh strawberries and
whipped cream. One has verve and the other shows it up in
all its brilliance. Put them together and you’ve so much
delight, taste wise and visual both ways. Same is with
interiors. Getting started with bright colours is tough.
There’s such a dazzling choice that it’s difficult to know
where to begin. More so we have fengshui, gem therapy,
aromatherapy and colour therapy that provide colour usage to
enhance well-being. So, if you too believe that colour has
the power to heal or bring about change, then the way you
decorate your home becomes more then just aesthetics.
Anshu
Pathak |
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