Complementary Colors

Complementary Colors:  The two colors opposite each other on the color wheel; in light when the colors are combined together they produce white.

There’s been a contemporary trend of painting walls separate colors (treating each as its own canvas). It can create an incredibly playful modern feel to a room, but because it also bring such a specific personality with it, it’s not something a stager would recommend for a sale (in the same way we don’t tend to recommend vibrant colors). A bit back I blogged about a similar topic, and staging in homes with vibrant walls color vs. the classic neutral.

The recent home I staged had both vibrant colors, and in the kitchen separate walls painted complementary colors (a sort of salmon paired with spearmint). So, I decided to mirror this in the living room (yellow) by adding accents in the complimenting blue tone.

When staging a home that already has bright colors, using a complementary color as an accent can help neutralize the room. The blue of the pillows and accessories helped make the yellow wall color far more gentle then it had appeared when empty, and it also helped tie together the living room to the kitchen.

Response from the client: “oh my god … my house has never looked this good … NOT even close!”

You gotta love those OMG moments : )

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