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Category Archives: colour & design surgery
colour & design surgery… how to use brown in my interiors without looking like a ’70′s flashback
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “I’d like to know how to use brown in my interiors so that it looks all luxurious and rich and dark (like chocolate!) rather than 70’s polyesterish. It seems to be a fine line!”
- reader, Tamsin Fox-Davies.
Posted in colour & design surgery, interiors
Tagged brown, colour scheme, gold, interior design, interiors
8 Comments
8 Comments
colour & design surgery… why are halloween colours orange and black?
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “Why are Halloween colours orange and black?”
- reader, Tamsin Fox-Davies.
Posted in colour & design surgery, colour symbolism
Tagged black, colour in culture, colour psychology, colour symbolism, orange
4 Comments
4 Comments
colour & design surgery…how are paint colour names chosen?
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
This month is slightly different as I’ve had a burning question myself …
Have you noticed over the years how paint names have been getting more emotive, fanciful and sometimes just plain silly…? I was really curious how paint companies choose their colour names. Given that I work with the personality, whether that is a business or a person, I suspected this may be part of the story with paint companies too.
colour & design surgery…do world events influence color trends?
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “Do world events influence color trends?”
- reader, Ke Robinson.
Posted in colour & design surgery, colour symbolism, trends
Tagged colour symbolism, trends
8 Comments
8 Comments
colour & design surgery…how does culture influence colour?
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “How is colour understood differently in different cultures?”
- reader, Melissa Lessi.
Posted in colour & design surgery, colour symbolism
Tagged black, blue, brown, colour symbolism, green, red, white
8 Comments
8 Comments
colour & design surgery…how can I wear this season’s colour blocking trend & still look professional?
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “I love this season’s fashion trend of colour blocking but am a little reluctant to wear it for business meetings as I want to be taken seriously and the colours are so bright! Do you have any tips on colour combinations to wear that portray a sense of fun while maintaining professionalism?”
- Alicia Cowan, Absolute PA
Posted in colour & design surgery, colour personalities, how-to, personal branding
Tagged black, blue, colour psychology, green, harmonious colour palette, red, yellow
10 Comments
10 Comments
colour & design surgery – how your desktop screen colour can improve your mood
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “I run a website design company. What colours should we have our desktop pictures set to when we want to feel energised, calm, brave and balanced?” – Keren Lerner, Top Left Design
Posted in colour & design surgery, healthy home
Tagged colour psychology, green, red, wellbeing
7 Comments
7 Comments
colour & design surgery – kitchen colour conundrum
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: “My partner and I are in our first home together and have, maybe out of laziness, decided to keep all walls white. You’ll see from our photo of kitchen that the cupboards & appliances are white too. We do love colour and would like to know what we can add to the flat to get some colour without painting the walls?”
- Charlene Hutsebaut
Posted in colour & design surgery, how-to, interiors, styling
Tagged artwork, colour scheme, harmonious colour palette, inspiration, styling, walls
8 Comments
8 Comments
colour & design surgery – the problem of muddy paws
Here are the adorable culprits. Out playing and getting their paws muddy!
This is part of the colour & design surgery series, answering questions from clients and readers.
Question: I really like neutral colours in my interiors but I have two dogs with muddy feet who have ruined my beige carpet. What can I do instead?
- Tasmin Fox-Davies
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