Wednesday, September 28, 2016

7 Tips for Picking Colors With Staying Power (15 photos)

2. Keep your cool. When you’re ready to dip your toe into some nonneutral hues, the best long-term bet is always going to be on the cooler side of the color spectrum — that is, greens, blues and blue-purples. Reds, red-violets, oranges and yellows, no matter the shade, will never be timeless the way their cooler counterparts are.

This may be because fiery colors feel more passionate and vivid, and therefore we tire of them more quickly. It’s hard to say definitively why, but hot hues always become a thing of the past much faster.


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