Thinking of adding a boost of color to your home? Why not orange? Associated with enthusiasm and happiness, it can lend brightness and warmth to any room.
It is a healing color that stimulates appetite and helps cure digestive ailments, so it would work in any dining room or kitchen.
Painting a whole wall orange too bold? Try using it in accent pieces such as throw pillows or lighting.
Orange throw pillows and displayed pottery add extra warmth to this brown color palette.
Orange adds a dash of color to this neutral bedroom.
This classic Noguchi lamp is sure to brighten up any room.
Combine orange with a complimentary color, like the purple in these zinnias, to make a bold statement.
I love the color, it’s so fun and lively but I don’t know where I would use it. Not in my kitchen because I try to eat less and not more.
You could use it as an accent color in your kitchen with a blue turquoise as the main color. Blue will make you eat less (it’s a calming color, generally not recommended for kitchens unless you’re on a diet) – which of course makes me wonder about delft pottery – but then I contemplate random useless things far too much of the time as it is…
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