Posts Tagged ‘mustard yellow’

Yellow is a pretty intense color, so the safest way to use it is as an accent color to a neutral background. If you choose a more neutral tone of yellow, like mustard, you can use it as a background color. Lets take a look at some great ways to use yellow:

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This shade of yellow has a golden mustard tone as it contains a bit of black, making it more neutral and suitable as a background color. Here with black and light blue, black being the accent color.

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Gorgeous tan walls and a bold black carpet makes a dramatic backdrop for a classic piece of yellow furniture.

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Beige daybed on black carpet. Painting the wall halfway up in yellow creates a low, cozy space around this little nook.

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This neutral room of grey and white is made interesting and modern with a pop of yellow.

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A good rule is that the stronger the color, the less you need of it. But remember there are always exceptions to these rules, and playing with different shades and tones of color can give fantastic results!

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All these hot pictures are borrowed from equally hot site House to Home!

Visual inspiration:

Mustard, white and soft olive green. Curtain is traded in for a matching blind. Only thing missing are the light fixtures.

A more modern take. White, black with some splashes of green. The lucite tables gives the room a lot more space than would a solid colored one. Pillow pattern repeated in curtain. Simple lines. We can not see most of the corner table light, so lets find some that would fit the room!

ooh, here are lots of lovely details. Soft apricot, white and gold. Wouldn’t risk a glass of red whine in that living room! Anyways, that sofa sure looks comfy to lounge in.

Greige, eggshell white and soft pink. The ceiling being painted in the same colour as the walls makes for a cozy feel. I would hang the beautiful mirror properly on the wall though.