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Challenge 5: Designing With Color

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By Vern Yip
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Pay Attention to Undertones
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Utilizing different tones of the same color in a space is a great way to keep the room unified while also adding interest and visual texture. While Tym employs this strategy with his studio by selecting a different green for his bedspread, he mistakenly selects a jarringly bright, neon version that detracts from the soft, soothing green selected for the walls. In the spectrum of green, there are hues that have more of a yellow undertone and those that have more of a blue undertone. Tym's selected wall color has a soft, yellow undertone, which makes it warm and comfortable—but his bedding employs harsher blue undertones that make it look like a mistake rather than interesting.


Consider the Environment

Keep Small Spaces Open

Take Advantage of Every Bit of Space

Choose Yellow Carefully

Use Area Rugs for Definition


Make Furniture Do Double Duty

Pay Attention to Undertones

Build Simple Partitions

Carry an Entire Plan Through

A Little Color Goes a Long Way


Keep Small Spaces Flexible

Everyone's an Artist
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