Orange

Today's blog is about the colour that I like the least and that colour is orange. I find that orange can be a very ugly colour depending on how it is used. I think that orange is a hard colour to use for interior design because if you pair it with certain colours it looks odd. For example if you pair orange with black it looks like Halloween and that could be disastrous. Another colour that I don't think goes well with orange is bright green. It definitely doesn't match if the orange and the green are both bright.

If I was remodeling a house and orange was my clients favourite colour I would try and find ways to work orange into the room that would make it work.

One way you can make orange work is by making it an accent wall. My making it an accent wall you aren't overpowering everything else in the room. This picture is a good example because though the orange wall is the where your eye is drawn to, you still notice the other furniture in the room.

This room is also a great example of using orange as an accent wall. The room is very simple but it is still nice. The orange is a little softer than in the last photo but it is still eye-catching. I really like the bits of orange in the print on the walls. This room is a great example of using orange but not overdoing it.

Another great way of making orange work in a room is only using it in small doses. This picture only has orange for the cushions on the seat. Using a colour for only cushions is a great way of incorporating your favourite colour without overdoing it. The brown seat is a great colour to match with orange. It isn't like black that would be too bold but it isn't too light either. You still notice the brown and the orange.

This next picture is really cool because the way they use orange is something I never would have thought of doing. They used orange for some of the cupboards! They didn't go crazy by doing all of the cupboards in orange, the only ones that are orange are the upper ones. I really like this room it is very cool and original! The walls are a grayish black but aren't too harsh that they over power anything else in the room.

This next picture is an example of how NOT to use the colour orange. There is WAY too much orange in this room. The wall is orange, the bedspread is orange, the lamp is orange and the chair is orange. No room should have this much of one colour in it.

Orange can work in rooms you just have to do it in small doses. Too much can be overpowering and can look really ugly.