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The Color Brown
Brown is a warm and safe color, it encapsulates or desire to have natural things around us.
Brown is often the color we call wood or timber, it is grainy and fundametally earthy. Because it is natural it goes with almost any color. Designers love brown! It has replaced the neutral gray at the moment, and is everywhere you look.
Chocolate brown leather sofas, with thick lookalike fur throws and cushions. Brown Flockati Rugs, with sheepskin cushions.
I feel that we may have seen this look before! Anyway, fashion and trends do have a way of coming back into style with just a little change or twist to make us think it is all brand new!
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Traditional brown, leather sofas, caramel carpet, and warmed up with peach cushions on the bed! |
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Brown is currently being teamed up with hot pinks, creams and caramels, teal blue and dusky pinks, lots of metallics and bling bling decoration, beads, glass chandeliers, crystals, feathers, lace, buttons etc. Brown is a safe color and homely, it is always around us as I have mentioned, most of our furniture is made from timber, and is brown, timber doors, timber floors, you don't need to look far to find something brown. Unless you are in a home that was once brown and received the decoration of "paint it all white", in that case, what was once beautiful timber is now probably covered in layers of thick glossy enamel white paint! Expensive to retrieve. There are some wonderful uses for brown, teamed with white it provides a high contrast look and is frequently seen in fabrics and wallpapers. It is seen alot in ceramics and earthen ware, great for decoration, house plants and exterior pots and sculptures. Below are some meanings for the color brown and for more uses of brown visit our color website.
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Color Menu | Color Tips | Choosing a Look | White - Why Not? | Color and Nature | Spring into Color | The Mythology of Yellow |
Color Menu | Color Tips | Choosing a Look | White - Why Not? | Color and Nature | Spring into Color | The Mythology of Yellow |
