Best Colors for Your Home: Bright Yellow
The last edition of the Color Files featured rooms painted in creamy shades of pale yellow. They were all really pretty, and the light yellows provided a great canvas for decorating with a variety of other colors and various styles. In this edition of Color Files, while the shades are all yellow, I wouldn’t describe any of them as a “canvas”. Today we’re looking at bright yellows that really pop. These paint colors aren’t ones to take a backseat—they become the stars of the show, the focal points of a room. In fact, a squeeze of lemon yellow was just the ingredient I needed to add to my last house as a finishing touch.
There’s no denying that these sunny hues are cheerful, wake-up-and-smell-the-roses kinds of colors. They are definitely a bolder choice than their paler cousins. It’s the perfect pairing with a moodier gray or contrasting navy. It adds a dose of summer fun next to beachy corals and sky blues. On furniture, it adds an unexpected element of whimsy. And on the walls…well, you can’t help but feel like you’ve been playing in the sunshine when you’ve been in a bright yellow room.
Bright Yellow Paint Colors For Your Home!
Bright Yellow Grandfather Clock via My Lovely Things
Yellow Lacquered Cabinets in Van Gogh Yellow Via Martha Stewart
Yellow Rain Coat by Benjamin Moore via Midwest Living
Yellow stools via Habitually Chic
Yellow stripped ceiling via Habitually Chic
Bright Yellow Entry Door via Apartment Therapy
Bright Yellow Drawer interiors via Deny Designs
{Wallpaper} Layers & Layers by Anne Starr Agencies at Houzz
Yellow Painted Mirror via Martha Stewart
Banana Yellow by Sherwin Williams at Houzz
Egg Yolk by Martha Stewart at The Pleated Poppy
Lemon Grove by Benjamin Moore at Houzz
Cheerful by Sherwin Williams at Hi Sugar Plum!
Full Sun by Valspar Eddie Bauer Home at Young House Love
Yellow Gloss by Valspar at Under the Sycamore
Custom Mix Yellow at Chez Larsson
Sun Yellow by Rustoleum at Young House Love
Beach Umbrella by Valspar at Dear Daisy Cottage
{Buffet} Jackson Square by Valspar at Lolly Jane
Jackson Square by Valspar at Houzz
{Back of the Bookcase} Solar Fusion by Behr at To Newlywedism and Beyond…
Yellow: Apricot Brandy by CIL Paints at My House. My Canvas.
Yellow Accents in White room via Camille Styles
Yellow Entry door on Grey exterior via Canadian House and Home
Yellow Entry Door on a White Home Exterior via LDa Architeture and Interiors
Don’t you just love these bright yellow paints! It makes me so EXCITED for spring (may be jumping the jun a little bit!)
Featured image in the title of this post via Better Homes & Gardens
I do love yellow. I can’t help but smile when I see a glossy yellow piece of furniture, door, or mirror. It’s not a color that looks good on me, which is probably why I don’t use it in my own house. But I’ll continue to admire it from afar!
I don’t think it looks good on me either, but it does make me happy, so I have been adding pops of it into my house!
I love the yellow drawers! How fun would that be to open your drawers and get a bit of sunshine each time.
I love all the yellow especially the yellow grand father clock! Yellow is one of my accent colors in several of my rooms. It makes it so cheery and bright.
i LOVE that clock too! Isn’t it beautiful!
I wish I was brave enough to use such a bright yellow…I love it…but…have color paralysis…right now I have 6 shades of paint swatches I have painted on my kitchen walls…STIll (since Sept) CANNOT choose one…EVERYTHING in the house is currently off white…ready for color, but it is hard to jump off and do it! 🙁
You can DO it!! DO IT! DO IT! (I’m cheering you on!) If you are that worried though, it may be best to go with a bit of color but leaning toward the neutral side, that goes with many colors and then add pops of color in your accessories that can be changed out easily. That way you can work your way into adding color to your home, without the choice being so overwhelming!
Where did you get the grey and white striped shower curtain?
Since this was a guest post I actually can’t tell you! There is a link at the top of the post, to the author’s blog, they might be able to give you a little more info! Good Luck!