As I mentioned a few weeks ago, my husband and I recently bought our first house. Since then, I've been looking more and more into interior design to come up with some ideas of how to decorate our new home. Some blogs I came across had the interesting idea of taking a photograph and selecting certain colors from the image to come up with a color palette. It seemed like fun, and I wanted to give it a shot! :)
I dug around some of my old photographs - favorite images of past vacations and some of my favorite flowers - and found some to use as inspiration. Below are the first two photographs I used, along with an inspiration board of interior furniture and decor that matches the color scheme. Check back tomorrow and next week for further installments in this four-part series!
Inspirational Photo #1: A colorful plant in Barcelona
I took this photograph while on a Mediterranean cruise in 2010. I've always loved this picture and its use of the secondary triad of the color wheel: purple, orange, and green. None of the colors are quite the saturated version of their color wheel relative, so the color scheme feels both unique and fresh and modern. This purple is rather blue in places, and its lighter shades are almost more periwinkle than lavender. The orange and green, meanwhile, both lean toward the yellow end of their respective spectra. The lime green and yellow-orange act as a great contrast to the cool bluish-purple.
Because it's such a modern color scheme, it really lends itself to unique furniture and bold, graphic patterns. The easiest way to incorporate all three colors in a single room would be to use a light orangey wood as the basis of the furniture (like we see in the middle picture on the top row). This simple solution encourages the orange to be read as a neutral backdrop, and once that core is established it's easy to add lime green, dark purple, and lavender accents into table centerpieces, curtains, wall paint, area rugs, accent chairs, and throw pillows.
Inspirational Photo #2: The volcanic hot springs on the Greek island of Santorini
Though it perhaps looks a little unfriendly, the brown water near Santorini's volcano is both completely natural and safe. The water is several degrees warmer than the surrounding blue water, and has been thought since ancient times to have magical healing properties. The muted color scheme that I pulled from this photograph (taken on my honeymoon in 2011) features a lot of classic interior design shades. The gray-blue and light minty green are calming and relaxing, while the two shades of brown (one lighter and pinker and the other rich and chocolatey) act as great neutrals.
Many of these photos feature either the blue or green as the most prominent color, and use tan and brown as accent colors, but you could just as easily use both the blue and green if you wanted. Blues and greens look great together - both because they're found together in nature and because they're so close to each other on the color wheel.
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Don't forget - though these inspiration boards feature home decorating ideas, these color schemes could work just as well for any event! I'll post more photos tomorrow. :)
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Shameless Plug Time: Love these color combinations? Looking for custom stationery made to match these colors (or whatever other color combinations you're using for your event)? Visit Invites by Andrea to view more samples, download a catalogue pdf, or fill out a design request form. Or shoot me an email to ask me your questions or learn more information.
I dug around some of my old photographs - favorite images of past vacations and some of my favorite flowers - and found some to use as inspiration. Below are the first two photographs I used, along with an inspiration board of interior furniture and decor that matches the color scheme. Check back tomorrow and next week for further installments in this four-part series!
Inspirational Photo #1: A colorful plant in Barcelona
I took this photograph while on a Mediterranean cruise in 2010. I've always loved this picture and its use of the secondary triad of the color wheel: purple, orange, and green. None of the colors are quite the saturated version of their color wheel relative, so the color scheme feels both unique and fresh and modern. This purple is rather blue in places, and its lighter shades are almost more periwinkle than lavender. The orange and green, meanwhile, both lean toward the yellow end of their respective spectra. The lime green and yellow-orange act as a great contrast to the cool bluish-purple.
Because it's such a modern color scheme, it really lends itself to unique furniture and bold, graphic patterns. The easiest way to incorporate all three colors in a single room would be to use a light orangey wood as the basis of the furniture (like we see in the middle picture on the top row). This simple solution encourages the orange to be read as a neutral backdrop, and once that core is established it's easy to add lime green, dark purple, and lavender accents into table centerpieces, curtains, wall paint, area rugs, accent chairs, and throw pillows.
Inspirational Photo #2: The volcanic hot springs on the Greek island of Santorini
Though it perhaps looks a little unfriendly, the brown water near Santorini's volcano is both completely natural and safe. The water is several degrees warmer than the surrounding blue water, and has been thought since ancient times to have magical healing properties. The muted color scheme that I pulled from this photograph (taken on my honeymoon in 2011) features a lot of classic interior design shades. The gray-blue and light minty green are calming and relaxing, while the two shades of brown (one lighter and pinker and the other rich and chocolatey) act as great neutrals.
Many of these photos feature either the blue or green as the most prominent color, and use tan and brown as accent colors, but you could just as easily use both the blue and green if you wanted. Blues and greens look great together - both because they're found together in nature and because they're so close to each other on the color wheel.
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Don't forget - though these inspiration boards feature home decorating ideas, these color schemes could work just as well for any event! I'll post more photos tomorrow. :)
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Shameless Plug Time: Love these color combinations? Looking for custom stationery made to match these colors (or whatever other color combinations you're using for your event)? Visit Invites by Andrea to view more samples, download a catalogue pdf, or fill out a design request form. Or shoot me an email to ask me your questions or learn more information.
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