I liked the way you explained color using fruit. I never thought of being inspired in that way, at least not consciously. Where did you source the pillows on the couch please.

great idea! love the easiness with which you present the topic! I´ll tell you later!!

It's such fun to watch you do what we wish we would do :-)

How exciting! This will be fun.

this is awesome!
and i love that it's a video...not just photos.

Hooray for color! We are in the process of buying a house, and we just picked out wall colors yesterday. The Color Cure could not have come at a better time for me!

a friend of mine had a flyer from her band's first show that she gave me, and that inspired not only the wallcolor, but most of the accessories in my living room. gray/blue, red, orange, yellow, browns, blacks. sounds really odd but i love it.

i'm still looking for my bedroom inspiration, as it's currently all white.

The video made it look easy, we all know it's not that easy. I have the problem that I have not yet found a color that I don't like, every day it's different. As I can't repaint every week or so, I find making a commitment to a color scheme very trying. This is an ongoing problem I have tried to solve for a while now, and it's not getting any easier.

I like this. It seems that much of your color punch comes from the pillows and the rug - probably the easiest to change out. Is that a way to think about approaching color use and minimizing anxiety?

@riffraffa - agreed! I'm stuck between painting my living room/kitchen light light pink or light grass green. I am kind of in love with pink but my space is small and I fear it looking super girly or like a nursery.

So true .. color guidance is everywhere .. nature, wardrobe, magazines, desserts, fruit <-- the most delish inspiration! GREAT vid.

Gah! For some reason I can't see the video- all that's showing is a black box.

This will be awesome as I live in a rental and I am not allowed to paint my walls. I like the fact that you introduced color through everything else except the wall. I tried the link you provided to sign up and it takes me to this post. Where do we sign up?

Nevermind about the sign up. I found it.

Perfect timing! We are refreshing the paint and fabrics in our master bedroom. Love this!

I can't see the video, either. All is see is a black box.

I really like the seating you have in the left side of the video. It's not a couch though, what would you call it? Did you just take a twin bed and layer it with pillows?

I like the room in that video. I have done a room in pink and orange and it looks teenish. that room had pink, orange and yellow and it didn't look too young.

What a charming video! I'm looking forward to learning more this month.

My problem is that I seem to have taken this advice too far. I found a bedspread I loved, and based everything in my room around those colors. But now I feel that everything is one of three colors. And they're all pretty bright colors. It's too much. I've scaled back by increasing the amount of white, giving the eye more places to rest. But it's not quite right. I have a chair I want to recover, and I've had a terrible time finding fabric that will do. I think I need something more neutral, with a toned down hue of one of my bright colors, but I don't know how to choose...

hmmm..black box. nev mind, it might get rectified late. =(=/

Great start to this series. Being inspired by a shirt is an awesome idea. My problem committing to color is that I'm fickle. I'm sure as soon as I paint a wall, I'll want to change it. At least pillows and art can be changed out easily.

I had a lot of fun with the colors in our house. The first floor is all cool, grays, greens, blues and the second floor is warmer, although on the cooler side of warm, if that makes sense. Off white that reminded me of soap stone, silver sage and brown that has a definite green undertone.

I'm currently infatuated with the kitchen. The cabinets are painted battleship gray, lighter gray granite counters, stainless appliances and commercial table, chrome hardware, cloudy gray tiles, black mosaic backsplash and the walls are an icy mint. Pops of color here and there, but it feels so clean and spacious. We just moved in a couple weeks ago so I'm still pulling it together but I'm super pleased so far.

My husband has insisted on leaving all walls, ceilings, and trims white, in part because of all the wall art. We compromise by my coloring everything else as I please. He's improved at accepting my fickleness with regard to color and furniture arrangement. He has an artist's eye and a lot of input, so usually we're both happy with our home's colors. He's started saying he'd consider something other than white for walls, so this color cure comes at a good time.

I love this color cure segment, I wish there would be more videos featuring different color families - would be really cool to see the different inspirations and results. Also, I am coveting your couch - with its layered linen-covered-looking cushions -- what brand is it, where is it from??

I looked at the Princess and the Pea article earlier, and I love the colors in the illustration! I'm thinking they'd be a great color family to use in my living room with my red couch. But I also like the way gray and white look with red... maybe b/c of the coolness? <sigh> I know nothings.

I've been looking at this black box where the video is suppose to be for two days now. Wonder what's up? would love to see the video.

If you've been looking at a black box for the video, try changing your browser. Instead of firefox, open the link in IE.

I lucked out. We moved into this house about 18 months ago, and the prior owner was a designer. He did a terrific job of using yellows, almonds and golds for paints with lighter wood floors. Very airy and open, and as we are in Seattle, we need light to combat the overcast days. Our large rugs fit beautifully, and they are a Karastan deep red with lighter yellows, greens and blues. Very traditional. So, I'm trying to pickup a couple of those included colors in the accents around the room. We can't agree on artwork, so that is a problem! Bare walls and minor pouting. I like aboriginal art but it seems wrong for the traditional. That's where I go wrong. I will probably live with barren walls (no art) for years. Art prices kill me.

still curious about the layer-cake sofa....

@tallsarah & others: if you are using something other than IE, or looking at this on your phone or a tablet, try giving the black box a click or tap, then another one if it doesn't start loading. it's a vimeo video and I find that an extra click/tap is often needed. if that doesnt work, go to their site and search for color cure, sometimes videos will work there, but not embedded.
vimeo really doesn't like anything but ie.

and thanks, maxwell, for doing a color cure. this is my first time to sign up for a cure and I'm super excited. I'm headed ofd to rifle through my stash of mags for pictures - now I can justify not throwing them away when I made the hubs throw away all his gadget mags!
nothing I do for my home is [wasteful].

fiddi - aboriginal art is absolutely right for traditional... think of the victorians - in that era, wealthy men would go on hunts and safaris all over the world, and brought back their artifacts to display.. they incorporated the art into rooms decorated with leather club chairs and persian rugs, etc... i have several afro/carribbean/indian statues that are displayed in my girly co-op!

Great! Simple and easy to understand!! :-D

Pretty good video.
I personally prefer articles that I can read at my own speed over videos.
I would've liked some explaining of the color theory. Wikipedia has good article on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory but not everyone knows what to Google :).
Please try, for the next videos, to think about light the in the apartment or at least never point the camera at brightly lit window, making everything dark.

I'm a color-lover. I am particularly drawn to citrus colors (yellow, green, orange, and pink-grapefruit). It's just so cheerful to me.

My living room has two white walls with a color block of yellow, and another wall with a color block of a deep, pinkish red (like hibiscus red).

My kitchen is white and teal with a shock of rich, vibrant pink. And my bedroom is green, orange, and yellow.

later I'm going to paint the outside of my house with the same colors of my bedroom.
I*LOVE*COLOR!

Just went back and watched the video. Great presentation! I love the idea of using color families common in nature.

I also find a good way to make colors seem cohesive is to include a few items that include 2 or more of the colors together in one piece. And always have at least two items per color so it seems purposeful and not like you were just finding a place to stick some item.

BTW LOVE the colors used in this video! Orange, tans, reds and golds are year round colors IMO. In the spring, emphasize the yellow, in summer the orange, in fall the reds and tans and in winter...um...add a bunch of white curtains and accessories! lol.

Hey, well Christmas uses a lot of gold and reds, so there.

I swear I've seen the bed/ couch thing mentioned on AT before but I can't remember! Does anyone know what it's called?

When I first moved into my apartment 2 years ago, I painted the accent wall in the living room Grape Juice by Benjamin Moore, and filled the room with orange, green, purple, and wood-toned accents. It wasn't until I was done with that I realized the colors matched my favorite maxi dress. So yeah, color inspiration can come from anything -- whether you're conscious of it or not!

fiddi... Australian Aboriginal art looks fabulous with a traditional theme... search google images for the diverse range of styles and colour ranges! (no apologies for the shameless promotion of my country's magnificent art heritage)

I'm also curious about the couch/futon-like bench...anyone?

P.s. I got it, little slow this morning...

SO SORRY - flag this comment - thought it meant thumbs UP or flag for review - MY BAD! Appreciated the comment!!!! so sorry!!!!!!!!

I do get the idea of family colors, but is there a way I could pull a color scheme of Orange, Teal (Turquoise), and Gray in our living room? After all, Apartment Therapy's colors are very similar. The colors of the artwork, which I'll be doing myself is the one that has me stopped in my tracks. I certainly don't want to overdo it with those bright colors. Otherwise we're willing to go with warm colors throughout. with Orange, Yellow, and Gray instead, abandoning the Teal altogether. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Does anyone know where the sofa is from and where I could get a similar one?
thanks,
Helen