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10 Hottest Spring Colors and How to Use Them

By: Michelle Edgemont

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Loving the season's most popular hues? Learn how to work them into your home decor in ways that that last past spring.

One of Pantone’s colors of the year, Serenity Blue, is a lovely shade to use as the main color at a relaxing, afternoon tea party. Purchase macarons in a light blue shade, these are earl gray and mint chocolate chip flavored, then use coordinating tea towels and fancy tea cups for a Parisian-inspired event.

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Color Trend: Pale Blue

Pantone's Color(s) of the Year, Serenity Blue, is a lovely shade to use as the main hue at a relaxing afternoon soiree. Purchase macarons in a light blue shade. (These are flavored with Earl Grey and mint chocolate chips.) Then use coordinating tea towels and fancy teacups for a Parisian-inspired event.

The use of spring trend colors doesnâ t have to be as dramatic as painting a wall or purchasing a new rug. Update your accessories with a few new props in a dramatic coral color to instantly liven up any dresser. To create a cohesive look, repeat the coral color in 3 to 4 different places in one vignette. Here I used coral ranunculus, a vintage letter E, and the tiny coral hearts in the artwork to bring your eye all around the dresser top.

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Color Trend: Bright Coral

The use of spring hues doesn't have to be as dramatic as painting a wall or buying a new rug. Update your decor with a few new accessories in a dramatic coral color to instantly liven up any piece of furniture. To create a cohesive look, repeat the coral hue in three to four different spots within the same vignette.

Bring color into your work day by giving your desktop a pop of yellow with uplifting, zingy accessories. The spirited hue will encourage your best creativity and help you with that afternoon slump. A clean, white desktop that’s organized and monochromatic leaves your brain room to think more clearly and do your best work.

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Color Trend: Zesty Yellow

Bring color into your nine-to-five by giving your workspace a pop of yellow with uplifting accessories. The spirited hue will encourage your best creativity and allow you to think more clearly.

A traditional buttercream cake gets a stylish upgrade with the addition of sweeps of magenta and edible gilded gold. For a special birthday party, Nine Cakes designed this two tier white buttercream cake with magenta and yellow accents, touches of gold, and topped off with whimsical dollops of yummy icing. These color sweeps are the perfect way to incorporate a 2016 trend color in a delicious dessert.

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Color Trend: Magenta + Gold

A traditional cake gets a stylish upgrade with sweeps of magenta and edible gilded gold. Nine Cakes designed this two-tier white buttercream cake with magenta and yellow accents, touches of gold and whimsical dollops of icing. These colorful embellishments are the perfect way to incorporate a hot, new color trend into a delicious dessert.

Pantone’s color of the year, a pastel pink called Quartz, is used here in the form of Valspar’s new line of furniture paint to update a flea market side table. A few coats of paint is all you need to give a vintage piece new life – and bring some quartz color into your living room this spring season.

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Color Trend: Blush

Pantone's Color(s) of the Year, Rose Quartz, is used in the form of paint to update a flea market console table. A few coats of paint is all you need to give a vintage piece of furniture new life and bring some blush-pink color into your living room this spring.

Keep your bedroom relaxing with layered whites and shades of gray to create ambience with beautiful light. A white duvet cover creates a solid backdrop to layer in a velvet gray headboard, gray sheets, and gray accent pillows in a variety of shades of textures. The single color palette is used to make a calming space to dream the night away.

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Color Trend: Shades of Gray

Keep your bedroom relaxed with layered whites and shades of gray. A white duvet cover creates a solid backdrop to layer in a velvet gray headboard, gray sheets and gray accent pillows in a variety of shades of textures. The single color palette is used to create a calming space to dream the night away.

Do you have a rustic farm table in your dining room? Give it a modern touch with bright, cobalt blue placemats from the Michelle Edgemont Shop, crisp white plates, and black linen napkins. The juxtaposition between rustic wood and saturated color is a big trend for 2016.

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Color Trend: Cobalt

Give your rustic farm table a modern touch with bright, cobalt blue placemats, white plates and black linen napkins. The juxtaposition between rustic wood and saturated color is a big trend for spring.

The use of spring trend colors doesn’t have to be as dramatic as painting a wall or purchasing a new rug. Update your accessories with a few new props in a dramatic coral color to instantly liven up any dresser. To create a cohesive look, repeat the coral color in 3 to 4 different places in one vignette. Here I used coral ranunculus, a vintage letter E, and the tiny coral hearts in the artwork to bring your eye all around the dresser top.

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Color Trend: Pops of White

Harmony reigns when you mix a variety of planters in all the same color. Here, the whitewashed planters are displayed on a rustic wooden dresser to create a warm, soft glow and a sense of cohesiveness around a collection of lively plants.

A light, buttercup color adds subtle color to an accent wall in your home. Black frames with white mattes around colorful artwork make a pop art statement against the pastel paint. Finish the look with a glossy white shelf, bold black pillar candle stands, and a fun plant.

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Color Trend: Buttercup

A light, buttercup hue adds subtleness to an accent wall. Black frames with white mattes around colorful artwork make a pop-art statement against the pastel paint. The look is finished with a glossy white shelf and black pillar candlesticks.

Chromatic brights and layered textures bring a neutral couch to life. Brilliant pops of color in deep jewel tones work together in this living room by creating a fun vision for your eyes. Start with a textured rug from Rugs USA (www.rugsusa.com), then add in yellow pillows, a red throw, and a saturated colored lamp.

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Color Trend: Jewel Tones

Chromatic hues and layered textures bring a neutral couch to life. Brilliant pops of color in deep jewel tones work together in this living room by creating a playful space. Start with a textured rug, then add in yellow pillows, a red throw and a lamp in saturated hues to finish the look.