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No wackier than me choosing a car color based on my house color (so it looks nice in the driveway!).

I've read advice to decorate in the same colors you look good wearing.
I have light brown hair, and my living room is mostly dark red...

(Red is my favorite color, that's all!)

I have always chosen those colours! That's kind of weird.

I can cop to this... I always hold paint chips against my skin as if I were picking out clothes to wear! ;)

I only pick color that look good on me. Sunset once did a great story on a redhead's garden.

It never really occured to me to do this, but it makes senese. You'll look that much more fabulous if your space helps out!

I wear a lot of red and purple, but the walls I've painted are green and teal.

I always wanted a pink bathroom...I know the light reflecting off a pink wall would be really flattering!

(I'm a brunette for what it's worth).

I seem to remember reading a book about ten, fifteen years ago about using one's "seasonal" colors for interiors. Season colors were determined by the mix of hair, skin, and eye color.

I picked my pallete based on what looked good against my friends chocolate labs so even though I am blonde, I chose colors suited to brunette.

In the early 80s, my parents decided to remodel and enlarge the kitchen and living area. One day I was at their house and my mother showed me a large Formica sheet in a warm peachy-pink, and told me she was thinking about using the color for the counter-tops and back-splash. I said, " ... er ... ok. Why this color?

My darling mother, always sensible and practical, said, "because I look so good in this color, and I spend more time in the kitchen than anywhere else."

She got her pink kitchen and it suited her perfectly.

Brunette...pink/red bathroom, purple bedroom, pink entryway. I guess I'm guilty!

I'm a dark brunette, but my skin tone is extremely pale. I actually don't look remotely good at all in pinks, deep reds or orange, as they have a tendency to make me look either even paler or very washed out. Those tones suit most brunettes with slightly deeper skin than I.

I suit dark turquoise, deep purples, olive green, creams, and my favourite, black.

My bedroom is painted turquoise, with black and cream, and a tiny bit of red for accent. So I suppose this theory could hold water!

Is this based on someone who lives alone?

What about us brunette to red-head converts? Time to redecorate I suppose. :P

Crazy!

"look best surrounded by purples, deep reds, oranges..."
The exact colors I just used in my new bedroom!
I hope pink doesn't feel left out.

I'm blonde but go by skin tone more than hair color when decorating - that's probably part of my aversion to orange. If I had darker-toned skin I'd probably wear/like it more.

I did get coral sheets - I thought they'd look good against skin.

My husband does think they look like circus peanut marshmallow candy, though :D

An important point I learned when doing photography. I never use large amounts of green inside, other than a yellow green. The reflected artificial light will make most skin tones look sickly. It's at a level that the brain compensated for, but it really shows up in photos.

lame

Seriously? Next you'll tell me that redheads should decorate their rooms in green?

I agree with hdtex - lame.

Um, I love these colors, as it happens (and am even "brunette"), but don't people want to make their houses colorful and flattering to guests and other people, including family, or potential family members, who may be of other hues, as well? Perhaps the whole idea is a bit tongue in cheek.

I'm with hdtex and meg_ues. lame. Or perhaps with monarda: is it meant to be tongue in cheek? in either case, not convinced.

I think the set up for this concept isn't very articulate -- the point could be better made. It is in fact a great idea to choose colors for your home that you like to wear and/or look great in. [Reminds me of Domino's "can this outfit make a room" articles].

And yes, I've done this. My favorite colors to wear are a verdegris blue and tomato red. So I've incorporated these into my home palette. The neutrals are oatmeal and chocolate; the mid-range colors are celedon green and that hard-to-name soft blue-green-grey-teal color often called "cloud" or "spa" or "celadon blue."; and the pop is tomato or chinese red. My floor plan is very open, so these colors have greater emphasis in different areas. It all comes together in what I think is a soothing and understated way.

In fact, I find that I'm relaxed, happy, and confident when I'm wearing or surrounded by my favorite colors, more so than by dramatic color schemes that I can appreciate but don't incorporate into my own wardrobe.

Nothing strange about using colors that make you feel comfortable or attractive---which is why this place, with its blues and greens and pops of yellow suits us so well.

I actually tore out that article, as I have one more room in my house to paint (none painted so far are in that scheme)
I think it's a fun idea, and since I was rather rudderless about choosing this last color, am happy to have some ideas, and I am sure I'd feel good in rooms of those colors

the idea makes sense to me. people see you in your surroundings, so it makes sense you might want to choose a complimentary background for yourself. i've had a tendency to choose my bed clothes based on what i'd look good in.

bizarre, but i use these colors and i'm a brunette! i do have lovely pink walls in my bathroom (chose the color spontaneously). weird!

i have to say i'm surprised about the color/hair match but i'd NEVER use that lavender color featured in the top pic!

i always knew i shouldn't have gone for all that blueish and greenish and grayish stuff! i'm living the life of a blonde!

LOL

Expanding on lizzykewl's point... my husband and I have very different hair/skin tones. What to do?....

They actually decorated the Paris Hotel room in the SATC finale this way, picking everything to flatter SJP's coplexion. You can really catch this in the moments when she hugs the curtains; her blue eyes are even more prevelent.

I think this is a great idea, I am with the poster who said that it brings about confidence like wearing a favourite outfit. I thought about this a lot when decorating my teal and copper studio...although I totally deviated on the bathroom because I liked the idea of an English garden in Manhattan.

My bedroom walls are a deep, deep blood red. It wasn't intentional to make it go with my hair color, but I remember an article in Glamour many years ago about how red looks best on brunettes. I always keep this idea in mind when considering what color of clothing to buy, etc. I wonder if that's how red became one of my favorite colors?

kimg924, your home sounds gorgeous!