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i feel amazingly reassured. i chose those four colors as the major colors in my house!

I like that color palette pretty well. It seems very balanced, and while it has a very bold red it is not overwhelmingly bright. I would be interested to see some examples of how to use these colors or how people have used them in their homes.

I like these colors. I ended up with off-white walls in living room space, because I always loved those modern mid-c neutra and cliff may houses with the white walls and big windows.

Unfortunately, I lack the big windows with phenom views, so my walls just look, eh, blah.

This is a great post. I always don't know what color to pick as there are just thousands (if not millions seems like) at the store. Thank you so much. More paint palette is always welcome.

I love grey but just hadn't figured out how to use it well and this post is really helpful.

Has anyone used these colours? I would love to see an example...I'm a visual learner haha.

I agree with alisaan. I'd like to see an example of these colors in a room.

I have a hard time imagining how they could brighten a room.

How would these colors be used together? Are red and blue the accent colors? Could you use the red for walls and have blue furniture or vice versa? They're contrasting colors so I think the combination might be hard on the eyes...

IMO It's very difficult to take a palette from swatches to a room if you haven't done it before but because it's hard to visualize.

I selected a palette from my very favorite colors, and the first time I worked it out in real-life was an abysmal failure.

The second time it was magic.

I suggest that you keep your floors and walls either a cool or warm neutral (depending on your palette), use the boldest brightest color as accent, and then mix the other colors up in your furniture fabrics/finishes and textiles.

I used tomato red, "spa" blue, shades of gold and butterscotch, and chocolate.

In my living room, the couch is "spa", an accent chair is deep butterscotch leather & brown wood finish, and the "pops" of red are on the sofa. Window treatments are neutral oatmeal, area rug is a pale gold.

In the bedroom, the bed is "spa", the window treatments are golden, the casegoods are dark brown, and I've incorporated splashes of red. The area rugs have a neutral ground with red and "spa" accents.

My entry room has a chocolate brown couch, neutral accent chairs, and "spa" rug and window treatments. The red is in the artwork.

All the rooms flow together because I used the same basic palette throughout, but it's decidedly NOTmatchy-matchy.

Gosh, I am always at a loss when it comes to reading paint palettes. How do you learn how to look at a swatch and then put it into reality?

wow those happen to be the colors of my living room. had no idea there were fancy schmancy ideas behind them =P. I also have some punches of yellow thrown in, and some AT post last week made me feel insecure about that b/c they called it "ketchup and mustard on gray". oh well.

I am so excited! These are my interior colors (well, ok, my relay red is really mandarin but close enough)

Great post

Peter in DC