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Color Combo: Pink and Orange

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This color combo is a little out there. It's very hot (temperature-wise rather than trend-wise), it's got a psychedlic 60s vibe, and when done right it can be really unique and gorgeous. The best pink and orange rooms, like the home of Clinton Kelly pictured above, tend to balance this high-energy combo with a good amount of neutral space: white walls, wood tones, or natural accents. Click below for a few examples:

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Call me crazy - but Clinton Kelly's room to me looks more Yellow than Orange...

posted by bepsf on August 1st 2008 at 12:29pm
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One of the most common occurrences of pink and orange, at least here on the East Coast, is at Dunkin' Donuts. As their brand's color scheme, most of their locations prominently feature this combination as part of the property's design.

posted by murrayw76 on August 1st 2008 at 12:34pm
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Not crazy. That's what I thought when I saw it. It's yellow. Then I remembered someone said that we all see colors differently, and I thought, 'holy crap, have I been seeing orange as yellow all my life?'

posted by orchidday on August 1st 2008 at 12:37pm
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i can't believe my apartment didn't make this post ;)

posted by Lady J on August 1st 2008 at 1:00pm
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Looks yellow to me too... I wonder if that also has something to do with camera filters/lighting.

posted by whytephoenix on August 1st 2008 at 1:11pm
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My apartment is also orange and pink- mostly my room- orange bedding with a pink egg chair. Some friends think it looks different- but I LOVE it!

posted by simpleshelly on August 1st 2008 at 1:29pm
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Seriously..it's Yellow! thats no camera filter! this should be "yellow, pink and orange"

posted by cscamp20 on August 1st 2008 at 1:45pm
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of course! Thats YvesSaintLaurant colors!

posted by superrenee on August 1st 2008 at 2:49pm
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I didn't see any really good examples. A little accent here and there hardly anything to get excited about. Yellow isn't orange, and neither is brick red. It's like you had a vision, but couldn't come up with anything accurately depicting it, and still you went ahead with the post. Or else you are one of those people who thinks aqua is green, like my dad. You see a hint of orange like a school bus and suddenly the school bus is orange to you instead of yellow that it is to everyone else.

posted by K T G on August 2nd 2008 at 3:19am
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Lady J--aren't you the pink girl? Is there orange, too?

posted by Palmetto on August 2nd 2008 at 11:24am
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Wow! Love the color combination of pink and orange. I've eyed those wallpaper from the 70s colors for quite some time...gorgeous!

posted by suzy8track on August 3rd 2008 at 6:35am
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