Simple advice

[grahammm]

Hi everyone,

I have absolutely no colour awareness of "what goes" in terms of colours etc!

My whole flat, including lounge, is magnolia. My sofas are a yellowy colour - I want a feature wall (the old chimney breast) to break it up a bit. What colours would go? I was thinking something different - maybe a purple or black?!

As well as the sofas there is an oak table and shelving unit!

Any help much appreciated.

Cheers people!

Graham

 

[Crystalclear]

I'd try a small patch with a tester pot with this colour.

Instead of highlighting the colours, see if you can blend it in?

 

[emilybronte]

What colour are the sofas and the carpets?

 

[HannahMR]

Purple and black will look good on the wall with contrast color yellow. But I would suggest to try yellow and gray or Spring green with yellow. These colors compliment yellow very well.

 

[emilybronte]

Purple and black will look good on the wall with contrast color yellow. But I would suggest to try yellow and gray or Spring green with yellow. These colors compliment yellow very well.

I hope this is a joke.

Those combinations sound appalling.

 

[HannahMR]

May be you find those combinations awful, but yellow and green compliments each other very well.

 

[emilybronte]

The word you need is 'complement', btw.

However, I maintain that the colour schemes in both your photos are aesthetically unpleasing. A little bit of lime green or lemon yellow goes a long way. A lot of either has a bilious effect. The green in the bedroom photo looks terrible with that coffee colour and the red. The living room is slightly better but it still has a very dated look - very 60s, but without proper retro design features.