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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2001.
Home & Garden 2001
Colour
what's hot, what's not, what's it all about
Attitudes to colour are constantly
changing. That's because the colours
we choose to bring into our lives
reflect our innermost feelings. There
are deep psychological and emotion-
al reasons why the Victorians liked to
surround themselves with deep rich
colours and textures — and why the
colours they felt comfortable with
would make us distinctly uncomfort-
able in our present day homes.
Down and up-swings in the econo-
my affect our attitude to life, which in
turn dictates the colours on the man-
nequins in the store windows and
eventually the colour we paint our
walls. Life is ever-changing, and
therefore colour preferences are ever-
changing.
Over the years certain colours or
combinations of colours look very
good for a while, then fall out of
favour and are replaced by something
fresher, newer, better in tune with the
times. Visit a thrift store or a flea
Market and you'll find yourself won-
dering why orange carpet and avoca-
do appliances were ever considered
attractive. But they were, and
chances are they will be again.
Yes. the colour wheel keeps on
turning, and just as out-of-date fash-
ions (Capri pants! Bell-bottoms!) are
revived and look good for a while, so
out-of-date colours begin tO look new
again. Homeowners preparing to
redecorate find that their biggest
challenge today is not finding the
time or paying for new carpet, but
selecting the right colours.
So what about it? The sun's peek-
ing into the living room and it does-
n't like what it sees — tired old
colours, ready to he replaced by
something new. What's hot? And
why?
Tv personality Jane Lockhart will
tell you. "Red, turquoise, periwinkle,
buttery yellow, and white with just a
touch of gray. Those are the hot
colours, in my book. But when
you're selecting the colours for your
home, it helps to understand how cur-
rent trends developed, what the vari-
ous colours are contributing to the
mix, and how you can use them to
best effect."
Always something new
One of the strongest forces driving
the colour wheel is boredom. We get
tired of looking at the same old
colours and search around for new
ones. This is quite an orderly process.
"At any given time there are estab-
lished colours, colours which are
accepted by most people, and which
usually reflect the mood of the time.
And there are what we call ,"intlu-
encer colours", Colours which work
well with the established colours.
They relieve the monotony, and some
of them, in their turn, become the
next established colours."
The speed with which this turn-
over of colours takes place depends
to a large extent on how much money
people have to 'spend. For example,
in the late Ns, which were not pros-
perous times for most people, the
established colours tended to be cold
and on the gray and greenish side,
and they stayed on the walls a long
time.
Prosperity began to return in the
90s, but homeowners were not yet
ready to take riSks. Accepted wisdom
in the 90s was to keep the back-
ground and big-ticket items neutral,
and to sneak in the colour which
everyone was yearning for in the
form of throws, cushions, drapes,
paintings and so on: relatively low-
cost items which could be easily
replaced when other colours came
into favour.
Strongly in favour of neutrals
Scan a few decorating magazines
and you'll soon see how popular
"neutral" colour treatments still are.
They provide a background against
which foreground and accent colours
can play.
But Lockhart reminds that the
word neutral is often misunderstood.
Properly, the term should be used for
the colour which covers most of the
surface of the room. If the walls and
ceilings were painted black, then
black would be the neutral colour in
that room, and the foreground and
accent colours would -be seen within
a black environment.
In practice, the neutral colours are
usually pale off-whiles, beige.
some tans. "More and more. especial-
ly in Canada. I'm seeing yellow mov-
ing in as a very strong influencer
colour," says Jane. "My belief is that,
living in these nOrthern parts with
long and sometimes dull winters, we
welcome the warm, sunny character
of yellow. With time, it could be that
yellow will become a popular neu-
tral, a brighter form of beige".
Into the new Millennium
If the 90s were cautious, then the
next decade may he a free-for-all.
Colour is on the move, and what
colours! A turning point for the new
splash-it-around attitude to colour
was surely the introduction of the
iMAC. Suddenly, one of the dullest
and squarest of appliances became
curvy, colourful and sexy — and a
sales success at the same time. At
first it seemed a fad, then as fruit
colours spread out into bathroom
accessories, table linen, sports wear
and everywhere else it became clear
that a new trend was upon us.
There is very little green in today's
popular colours. Lockhart thinks we
were greened death in the 80s and
90s with avocado, forest, sage and
teal. Now we're in green-denial, and
there's a lot of yellow taking its
place.
"Personally, I think it is time turn
up the contrast," says Lockhart.
"We've spent two decades surround-
ed by very quiet colours. Then a cou-
ple of years ago the excitement began
to build. Now colour is once again
one of the great pleasures of life.
We're learning to take risks, to try
new effects which we have never
seen before. Whatever lies ahead in
the world of colour, I know it won't
be dull."
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