Color Roundup: Yellow…Mellow or Bold, It’s a Happy Hue

A field of yellow tulips from Scene From My Eyes blog

I’ve been in love with yellow my whole life.  I have such memories of my favorite summer dress as a child and it was a pale creamy yellow ground with yellow flowers all over it.  I can still envision it in my head and I remember longing for it long after I outgrew it. My favorite rose color – yup, yellow. I even had to get myself some yellow (ok…blonde) hair 15 years ago! Ok – it helped to cover the gray – but let’s not go there!

Yellow is a great accent color

Splash yellow in your room for just the right amount of lift. It always adds a happy note.  Who wouldn’t want to take a bath in the bathtub made by English company Catchpole and Rye above?

The mantle above comes alive with the bright yellow accessories and daffodils. Imagine the room on the right via Martha Stewart without the yellow/gold artwork and other yellow accessories.  It would be pretty boring!

Here are some other yellow favorites I’ve been saving in my Inspiration Folder…

In rainy Seattle (I know ’cause I lived there!), you need a little yellow to brighten your day. Via Apartment Therapy

Old world charm re-interpreted by Diane Burn with yellow walls and decorative painting

Two beautiful yellow rooms by the Jeffers Design Group

Yellow is a natural for a kitchen…from designer Barry Dixon

Yellow is a great color to use in passthrough spaces. It’s great in upstairs landings that don’t get a lot of light. Via Martha Stewart blog

Bright Premium Yellow by Pratt and Lambert can warm up a wintery morning. Via Country Living

A soft yellow entryway, designed by Gerri Bremmerman, Via Cote de Texas

From the Eclectic Revisited blog, a soft yellow bedroom with a soothing yellow patterned wallpaper

And finally, I will leave you with two different versions of yellow that I did – one in my office, a soft buttery yellow Venetian Plaster and a closeup of a Tuscan plaster that I did in a bath.  The Venetian Plaster in my office is great because I have no windows in this room (only skylights) but the color, lightness and sheen from the walls help brighten the room!

Two ways of incorporating yellow in plaster form in your home. A soft Venetian Plaster on the left and a more rustic Tuscan plaster on the right

Hope you enjoyed this post about one of my favorite colors.  Have you used yellow lately in one of your rooms?  Leave a comment and let me know!