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study colours

We're The Great Old Ones Now

21:46 / 10.03.02

One day soon I will have to repaint the study or go mad.

It is mint green.

Mint green is evil. It is the colour of, um...well, pistachio ice cream, actually.

Ignoring the possibility that I may go interiorlooney and knock all the walls down, let's talk colours.

Please.

And no, Haus, you can't.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

21:49 / 10.03.02

Or, indeed, mint ice-cream.

Bear

21:54 / 10.03.02

What do you use the study for? to um study at all? - I remember reading something awhile back - possibly on here about blue making people learn quicker - something to do with a light blue circle - or of course I could have dreamt the whole thing....

We're The Great Old Ones Now

21:54 / 10.03.02

Oddly, mint tends to be a sort of taupe these days. The powerful glowing greens of yesterday have been replaced by an earthy acknowledgement of the realities. Not so pistachio.

And actually, the colour they do mint in is a bit virtulent to describe the study. I wasn't that stupid.

And where's my constructive, helpful suggestion from you, Carnival? Engage that startling brain.

Cat Chant

21:57 / 10.03.02

My 'study' (okay, bedroom, I don't have like separate rooms for all the different things I ever do) last year was dark red with hot pink ceiling & alcove. That worked out pretty well, but people kept looking at it and going "Hmmm. Womb. Hmmm," which was a little annoying.

Haus about we all give each other a big lovely huggle?

21:59 / 10.03.02

Umber? It may be a little claustrophobic, but it's lovely and warm - might want to paint the ceiling a light colour to get some contrast, mind.

Ah, this takes me back to my days as a colour consultant for "Colour me Beautiful"...

Less searchable M0rd4nt

10:20 / 11.03.02

How light is it in there? I really dig bluey-grey rooms, but that can look dingy if there's not much light. If it's not so well lit you could try a nice warm yellow with a bit of brown to it.

If the room's big then painting one wall a really dramatic colour might work- a really zingy orange or a bright leafy green. So long as the other walls are a more subdued colour, that is.

bitchiekittie

10:26 / 11.03.02

I like the thought of rich, warm colors on regularly used rooms. not sure which stimulate any sort of mood or effect (is there any truth to that?), but it seems to lend a comfy feeling, at least

Shortfatdyke

10:34 / 11.03.02

actually i'm in a similar position, in that i'm moving and have been asked to paint my new room. it's white at the moment, which i would keep if i had the time and inclination to enlarge a bunch of my photos to hang up. as it is, i want it to be a colour that will help me work, so i'm thinking a very strong yellow (yoke rather than lemon). makes me more buzzy and awake.

sleazenation

10:42 / 11.03.02

Blue.

Blue blue blue blue blue.

for all your needs- blue.

That is all i have to say on the matter.

higuita

11:09 / 11.03.02

Me, I'd say dark red over 3.5ft high oak panelling. With little brass bonnets over the light fittings.
And a green leather topped desk.

Okay - I'm just in here hiding from Robot Man Reformed.

Blue's nice.

Persephone

11:11 / 11.03.02

Oh, we just repainted our office... twice. First we picked Warm Gold, which we would not have picked had we known that its proper name was Velveeta. Horrible orangey-yellow color that Husb. hopelessly tried to convince me that I would get used to.

Second choice is Jonquil Yellow, very nice and buttery-looking. I am happy with it. And now I can move all my things back from the living room.

[Ceilings and trim are some sort of white, I think Antique White.]

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Goodness Gracious Meme

14:11 / 11.03.02

does depend what sort of atmosphere you want for it. and what yr furniture's like.

how about cream, really yellowy rich cream colour? and velvet drapes.

lilac/white/touches of silver?

last couple of rooms I've had for working in I've painted bright white and then had strong coloured curtains/furniture, turquoise, red, purple, gold are good, that way if you get sick of the colours you dont have to repaint the whole thing...

alas

18:03 / 11.03.02

dark dark green.

MissLenore

18:29 / 11.03.02

Yeah, I'm all over the "dark dark green" too. That colour is perfect for a studying atmosphere.

grant

20:08 / 12.03.02

I had a pistachio-green dining room that I happily painted a kind of linen-color. More clay-like than beige, but in the same family. Of course, it's a stucco-wall house, so muddy colors really work well.

So - What's the study like? What's your desk like? The floor?

And what do you do there?
We've got a study area that has a yellow chair-rail & trim with a creamy wall (I think the official name was "Hawthorne"). Energetic space, big window looking out on an area that's sort of a courtyard, and sort of a driveway.

grant

20:10 / 12.03.02

Oh, and if you feel funky, you can keep the green and wash a sort of blackish-brown over it in a faux finish.
Very nice look.
Use cheescloth rags, a bucket, and some blackish-brown paint diluted with water by about 1:3 or more. It's easy as sin, and very transformative.

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