I'm inspired... I think I need a blue wall somewhere.

I'm very surprised...I thought it would be white/cream.

That explains it! I usually like gender neutral decor and am currently painting my living room teal...http://homesandheels.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/work-in-progress/

Blue IS my fav! I expected the answer to be green.

With so many shades of any of these colors, it's sort of a moot point, but this is a fun fact nonetheless, thanks. I like periwinkle.

Surely it's all about context? I love blue when I think of sea and sky and my little girls' eyes. I love a red dress but I wouldn't like a red wall. I've just bought some yellow plastic chairs for my kitchen and I love them to bits but I think I'd feel psychotic if I had a whole room that shade. Let's face it when it comes to paint most people's favourite shades are white and neutral shades. Having said all that I like the blue wall too - very Moroccan!

The 42% was a giveaway. Without it, I would've thought it was red.

So true. I love blue. So many shades to choose from.

I guess I'm the odd man out then as blue is my least favorite color, at least for interior decorating. Love yellow which seems sunny and happy to me.

When they did the survey, did they just ask what your favorite color is, or what your favorite paint color is? To me, that's a huge difference.

I only like certain shades of blue, but the blues I like I tend to really, really like (robin's egg, wedgewood, etc).

My favorite color is actually tan/khaki. It took me a long time to realize this, but I like it with just about anything. Second favorite is green, third favorite is purple, fourth is pink. I really like pale yellow/cream, too.

Colors I don't like at all include red (except for beet/wine), navy blue (and many other shades of blue), dark greens, mauve, and black.

That's funny, as I get older I love orange more, when I was younger I despised it. But, I wouldn't necessarily paint a room orange!

dislike orange..hmm thats interesting

It depends on the context, but usually my favorite color is some shade of white.

Best liked: blue or green.

Least liked: orange.

Now, on to read the results!

OK, I guessed correctly with blue. Half correctly with green. Not at all with orange.

Blue and green are my equally favorite color. My most favorite color would be anything aqua/turquoise/teal combination.

But I do love most colors, with the exception of red and purple.

@cakowalik, Agreed. Also, I'd bet that if the survey were about most used interior wall paint colors, then whites would be top. I use white throughout even though white's not a favorite of mine. AT recently posted that the most popular house exterior paint color is white, which surprised me. (Claiming that white isn't a color is splitting hairs when considering paint.)

I'm 50 and I adore Orange. Go figure!

Odd. As I get older I'm starting to love orange and I never liked it before. But teal is my favorite so I suppose I'm one of the blue-lovers!

Green-blue or blue-green. I love shades of aqua, turquoise, and teal.

Like Britinchitown, I like orange more as I age.

This reminds me of my dad's answer "of what" whenever I would ask him what his favorite color was when I was little. Lots of people have a favorite color for shirts that is different then faovrite color for cars etc. I wonder if the orange thing has to do with cataracts and other eye issues in the elderly, my grandma loved her carpet and couches, until she got her cataracts removed - then she wondered why my grandfather let her buy pinkish couches :)

All that said.... what is that gorgeous shade of blue on the walls in that photo??

gorgeous!

Blue is my favorite. I used to hate orange and yellow, but the older I get, the more I like them. I don't intend to be contrarian, it just worked out that way.

I am quite surprised. I did assume the question was related to wall colour (since there is a wall in the picture, this is AT site and the survey was conducted by Dulux). Although I love anything in aqua/turquoise/teal/blue, blue on the walls is not what I gravitate to. (I did, at one point, had my entire bedroom [1 1/2 story house, sloping ceilings, hence the whole room - there was no sharp division between walls and ceiling] painted in Raulph Lauren's Roaring Mountain [which is a light greyish/aqua-ish colour depending on the light] and I loved it).
But then, how many shades does blue come in? Probably hundreds. Currently, I gravitate towards warm colours.

Red, green, and gold are my favorites. I have always disliked orange, makes me look like I have hepatitis or liver cancer. As a matter of fact, I dislike almost all pastel colors because they make me look unhealthy.

and that explains why everyone's house you walk into is various shades of beige? on the upside, I now feel secure in the paint I just applied to our stairwell as it is blue.

Hmm...I'm a minority. I like purple and yellow best.

I guessed blue! My favorite is red-orange, but I wonder if I will change my mind as I get older :)

Blue is definitely not one of my faves bc I tend to gravitate to warm colors (I love yellow and fuschia). Then again I just painted a wall in my living room teal, so what do I know?

And I like orange, but only when it's done right! (very hard to do)

Funny - I too like orange more as I get older (60 something now) - just bought an orange laptop case last year - but I'm still hanging on to whitish walls - the better to display a wide variety of artwork, I think.

Bensrose, I'm with you--neutral walls to show off the artwork and/or furniture. We think of our house as a gallery.

Has AT done a poll or study on "what's your house philosophy?"

Interesting thought that orange is disliked as people get older. Maybe they don't want to think too much? could that be it?

Orange is sort of a complex color in the sense that you need a more rational thinking in order to tie it with your surroundings or even on oneself as garments.

I have come to love orange precisely as I'm getting older. It's like some people say: "Orange is the new black". It's the kind of color that creates an impact that you have to walk through to get it.

I have clothes, bags in orange and have given my apt a big punch (well actually, two) of orange in the shape of ceramic drum chinese stools.

And yes... of course, it brings out my eyes and complexion!!

Yeah, I'm one of those who likes orange better now than when I was younger. Used to love blue, but not so much now. Maybe I OD'ed on it in my younger days.

Interesting... I do like blue but I love color in general. I was especially obsessed with blues for a while, my living room was a darkish shade and is now a much lighter aqua. But I have to say, during my obsession I attempted twice to paint my bedroom blue and ended up painting it a grapey purple (and am about to finish the trim in gold). Funniest thing to me: I've come to love orange more and more as I've gotten older, didn't like it so much when I was young. And my kitchen is yellow (with green trim).

And I was getting excited that it might be my favorite color... gray! In fact, I much prefer the picture in the original gray than it's blue reveal.

I like earthy grays in particular -- like charcoal (the real kind) and charcoal (the fabric). Yes, it's more of a neutral, but it means that it goes well with almost anything and in a less 'aggressive' way than black or white does. My house interiors are largely gray and green.

Man that's weird! My favorite color is yellow. By far! Im surprised that its the lest favorite :)

Love blue! Painted my daughter's bedroom in blue. A sort of lavender/blue color which complimented her beautifully on her wedding day. I'm also just starting to love dark green.

Hmm. I play favorites, but mostly based on what looks good on me. It's surprising that Banana Republic has so much burnt orange if older people dislike it... Maybe it's just a generational effect, like people got so sick of orange in the 70's that it appears that people dislike orange more with age.

guess that's the only thing I hate about getting older; the idea that the chance is pretty big
I will like the color orange....|: Orange is so offensive, hurts my eyes. I do have a lot of teak wood = brown = essentially dark orange in my place (:
Love blue and other cool colors. Gray is my fav.

I've acquired a taste for orange only recently... with blue or charcoal or pink or white.

yes, but for a wall? maybe the lightest mystic blue from Asian paints. White doesn't weather well in our weather.

Oh... yellow (and orange and purple) are my favourite colours!

Your favourite colours aren't necessarily the ones you'd wear. I think. I look terrible in yellow - but I really love my yellow wall!

Green, orange, and purple are my favorite colors. I'm guess I'm not surprised by the results, although I am surprised by some of the implications in the comments. Apparently older people don't like to think too much and wear Banana Republic! My Grandma will be surprised . . .

Ooh, I'd love a post on "what's your house philosophy." :-) Hint hint, AT.

As I grow older (50+), I've had a shift in preference towards blue and orange. I'm almost finished with a room done in various shades of blue--something I thought I'd never do.

And orange? Never considered it until now--and I'm in love with it.

Go figure....

Funny, I don't usually go for blues in interiors. Unless expertly applied/used, it tends to make a room feel cold.

I think it depends on the content. I love pink and purple for accessoires in a basic white room. But i love black for fashion. Would never wear any pink or purple.

When I was a kid, at Easter time it was always pink or navy blue, both of which I grew to HATE! Red is my favorite color of all, but if I had to wear only one color for the rest of my life, it would be yellow, there are so many shades of it that I like, whereas I only like the reddest of reds! BUT,my favorite color for the walls would be a pale,creamy yellow, in almost every room. I find it very relaxing. But I have had red,black, and creamy orange walls in my home. (It looked much better than it sounds!) Well, it was the 70's! Back then,oranges and rust were the thing to do. But I would never wear orange or yellow. So maybe my liking to wear,decorate now with orange is a sign of my age? I would simply die if I had to live in grey rooms, and I think bieges and whites are a color cop-out.

Agreed with regards to context; orange is my stated favorite color if someone asks*, and my favorite color if I'm choosing a color for something like a water bottle or keychain or something that comes in a variety of primaryish colors, but I wouldn't use a lot of it for decorating. I also would generally say I'm not a fan of yellow or green as colors for non-nature objects, but sunny yellow and greyish green are lovely wall colors.

*I work with small children and with adults with various limitations, so I get asked this a lot and respond with "orange." If a typical adult asks me, then yes, I'll start a discussion of "favorite color for WHAT?"

YES!! Navy/royal blue, black, grey and white are the perfect color combination with a hint of coral.

I use to hate Orange as well, but now I really am taking a liking to the softer shades of Orange like coral, but detested orange all of my adult life until recently.

My favorite color is grey. Guess what my house looks like?

I seriously dislike blue.

so many people afraid of using orange in decorating! my living room is painted in Dulux African Tulip, my bedroom in Para Paints Sundown. the colours in my home make me feel good.

can anyone tell me what color paint was used on that teal wall? thanks!

@chaos ameoba, I thought the same!

They never give grey as an option when asking one's favorite color though. Haters.

Blue has to be my LEAST favorite color. Yuk.

GREY 4 LIFE. It has so much range and subtlety. Or maybe this is just a new way of saying "I like all the colors", since the real reason most of my wardrobe is gray is that it makes a loud accessory really pop.

And once i have loud accessories for my house, my walls can be gray too :D

How funny. My room growing up was yellow...

I can see blue as the most popular...

My favorite is orange though, followed by the least favorite yellow ;-) Hah! I guess I'm not too old yet...