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Primary Colors
Houzz Contributor. Hi There! I currently live in a 1920s cottage in Atlanta that I'll describe as "collected."
I got into design via Landscape Architecture, which I studied at the University of Virginia. I've been writing about design online for quite a few years over at Hatch: The Design Public Blog.
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Red, Yellow and Blue - as long as you have these three colors, you can make any other color. After looking at these pictures, I am wondering why anyone would want to. There is something so modern about keeping everything limited to primary colors.
Interested in working in some primary color into your home? Begin with foundation of light and neutral and add color to taste. Perhaps think of Alexander Calder and Piet Mondrian and add in dashes of black. Primary colors are perfect for a child's room, a living room, a kitchen, and even exteriors. Let's take a look:
Interested in working in some primary color into your home? Begin with foundation of light and neutral and add color to taste. Perhaps think of Alexander Calder and Piet Mondrian and add in dashes of black. Primary colors are perfect for a child's room, a living room, a kitchen, and even exteriors. Let's take a look:
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| Here is a great example of underscoring with a bit of black. |
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| Look at that wonderful yellow backsplash. It's just the right amount of bright color, and the bright colored chairs mix right in with it perfectly. |
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Sharon Portnoy is a prescribing just the right doses of blue, yellow and red.
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Adding apples and lemons is one of the best ways to add punches of red and yellow.
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As are flowers.
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And Tonka Trucks!
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Primary colors are perfect for a child's room.
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| The primary colors are a great starting point - you can slide into different shades from there. |
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InterDesign Studio Red Red Red 
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Fine Art & Portraits by Laurel Here are three eclectic uses of primary colors. One is on stair risers. The motifs were taken from a Japanese Imari bowl. The entry ceiling was adapated from a chapel in Arena, Italy, and the painted faux marble floor medallion design came from an ancient Roman motif. 
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Ideabook updated on May 19, 2012.
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