Todays bits - Exposure - location

Things are coming up blue, yellow, pink or what ever color you love.  Hopefully by now you will have decided.  I know that in todays society, many watch all the design shows on TV.  Great! One thing I learned is what "Goes around comes around."  those of us in the design field since the 60's have seen more and  lived more than the younger generation.  I just read in a magazine or in the newspaper, about phones and how you answer them.  If you answer them on your right side, you are more analytical and less artistic.  If you answer the phone on your left side, you are artistic and many are analytical also.  So that is a little bit.

David Hicks quotes" Good Taste is by no means dependent on money."

Color also depends on exposure.  Which direction does your room face?  What direction are your windows so you can figure out your natural light. South facing rooms are considered hot rooms.  They usually have a lot of light.  North rooms are considered cool as they usually don't have the light exposure. West rooms can also be hot, while east rooms can be cooler. 

Color also depends on regions.  I live in Florida so I kind of consider all rooms light, bright and sunny.  I came from the Midwest where winters were so very dreary.  There, I loved yellows, blues, limes, bright colors. My living room had pale yellow carpet. I called them garden colors.  I also liked monochromatic schemes as I could always punch them up with different colors.  At one time, you would have thought I owned a throw pillow store.  My children always said they were never buying throw pillows as I had them every where.  Today any one who visits my house and stays, has to put all the throw pillows on the floor.  LOVE PILLOWS!

Rule of Thumb:  Red, orange and yellow represent the warm side of the color wheel and are more suited for rooms with a northern exposure.  Love to add pink and fushia to that mix.  Blue and Green represent the cool side of the color wheel, and therefore,  are used in rooms with a southern exposure.  Love to add turquoise to that combination with a hint of yellow.  In southern states cooler colors and pastels along with whites and beiges are used predominately.  In the north, warm colors or whites and beiges with warm colors are used. 

Til tomorrow:
"All the world is a Stage"