We are surrounded by colors, and with them being part of our everyday spaces and moods, we strive to find perfect harmony with the colors in our lives. As design trends come and go picking a color can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming. We’ll be taking more analytical approaching and looking into a bit of the science of colors to help you perfect any palette. First up, the color orange.
The color orange has always been associated with Autumn, so it felt fitting to start where our moods have been lately with the season. Although we tend to become a bit more sedentary in the cooler months, a true orange is typically seen as a very active and playful color.
Orange is created from mixing the pigments of red and yellow to creative this joyful hue. When you break it down, red is filled with energy and stimulates while yellow is associated with cheerfulness and happiness, making orange all about fun, joy and playfulness. The complementary color to orange is blue.
Orange for the Everyday
Orange is an "active" color because it causes us to react with our feelings. It is a color that brings a high level of positivism, it is invigorating. Due to these benefits, we love this color to be used in the everyday, even if only in a small way. Whether that be a bouquet of flowers, patterned napkins, or a mug for sipping your morning coffee, orange helps us to look on the bright side of things.
Orange is the only color whose name was taken from an object, which you guessed it, an orange. Nature produces this color in the form of vivid sunsets, fire, vegetables, flowers, fruits, fish, among many other beautiful ways.
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