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Colour in Context

studio rhonda colourful living room

Colour is a healing force in this London home

colour spectrum story

Colour theory: a spectrum of decorating ideas

colour pioneer rose o'neill

Rose O'Neill’s unexpected feminist icons

colour pioneer maxfield parrish

Exploring artist Maxfield Parrish’s dreamy blues

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fashion editor at harper's bazaar, editor in chief at vogue and special consultant to the metropolitan museum of art, diana vreeland, in her red billy baldwin designed "garden in hell" living room, wearing a red lounging ensemble, 1979 photo by horst p horstconde nast via getty images

Diana Vreeland and her love affair with red

dandelion clocks fabric design by lucienne day

Lucienne Day's love of uplifting mustard yellow

hungarian born american actress zsa zsa gabor as she appears in the film 'moulin rouge', 1952 she is wearing a dress designed by elsa schiaparelli

Elsa Schiaparelli and the power of shocking pink

jardin majorelle garden marrakech morocco the blue house and pool surrounded by palm trees and cactus plants

Colour pioneer: Jacques Majorelle

‘Wooster’ and ‘Keepers Red’ rugs, both by Farrow & Ball, £330 per square metre, T he Rug Company (therugcompany.com)

Can you decorate yourself happy?

A Roman Feast (Saturnalia) by Robert Bompiani (1821-1908) Paul Getty museum

Colour in context: a Christmas palette

apartment barcelona

Colour in context: ‘22 dwellings’ housing block

Master House No.3 Bauhaus by Walter Gropius

Colour in Context: Master House No.3

Detail of the red hallway, seen previously in this home in Copenhagen. Dark colours always make wonderful backdrops for artwork. It also makes what could have been a real Cinderella space, into something marvellous. Photographer Birgitta Wolfgang.

Decorating with Chinese Red

Luxe linens from Italian bedware supremos Society Limonta, perfectly offset by a wall of green; Benjamin Moore’s “Deep Sea Green” paint is a good match.

Decorating with colour Fir Green

Bed sheet, Bedding, Bedroom, Black, Bed, Room, Furniture, Black-and-white, Comfort, Textile,

Decorating with Dove Grey

Living room with teal wall, sofa, daybed and accessories

Decorating with Teal Blue

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