Well, it's been a year, but I'm back to blogging! What can I say but the old refrain, "I've been busy." And one of the things that's kept me most busy has been interior painting in Asheville. This year we're starting to see a little more color sneaking in. I know Maximalism has been a big trend in Architectural Digest for quite awhile, and it's finally starting to come to our mountain town. I've already blogged about picking paint colors and how to paint with bold colors, but there's one painter's secret I haven't mentioned, which is how to choose the best version of the most dangerous color: Yellow.
The trick with yellow is that it basically comes in two varieties. The "safest" yellow to pick for your walls is a warm version that skews toward orange, like we see in Harewood House. Here's a lovely little villa in a similar color. The trouble seems to come in when people accidentally choose a yellow that skews toward green. Here's an example of what I mean. This will show up differently depending on your computer monitor, but at regular settings you'll see a more acidic color. This "acid yellow" is the one that people generally regret using, even if it's toned down. It can be harder to tell the difference on a color chip, so I recommend getting a small jar of your proposed color and painting it on a piece of poster board so you can test it out on different walls and in different light. If you don't like the "egg yolk" yellow, another possibility would be to choose a grayed-down version. My wife actually chose a pistachio greenish-yellow for our home, and it looks great. However, it's got a lot of gray (and a lot of white) in it, so that in some lights you can't even see the color.
But don't let me scare you away from bright colors! Especially because we're here to help make sure that your interior painting is done right the first time.
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2/16/2022 05:02:28 pm
I 100% resonate with your sentiments here! :) Our current family room is a darker yellow color (from when we moved in), and a handyman friend and I have been working together to pick out a new color in my own home, and he told me the egg yolk yellow color does not fit well in midwestern homes, but southwestern it can work with the right decor. We are definitely leaning towards a very similar color as you mentioned...sort of pistachio greenish yellow, and so far my wife likes the color on the walls. I am going to tell her I found this article to affirm her choice to change the color of our family room. Thank you for posting and have a great day!
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Arthur Teel
2/17/2022 10:00:12 am
Hi Joshua,
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