Your home’s color scheme could come from a painting, a flower bed or even a shade of lipstick.

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

Many home landscapes burst with color in early summer, only to fade into a flat, uninspiring green by midseason or become visually empty once flowers disappear. This often happens because gardeners ...

The color wheel was first developed by English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that white light (what we perceive as colorless daylight) is composed of a spectrum of ...

Harnessing the power of color in restaurant interiors can evoke emotions and influence appetites. The psychological impact of colors is well-documented, and designers and architects of the hospitality ...

(Family Features) Updating your home can provide the perfect opportunity to explore new design styles or refresh living spaces with a new color scheme. In fact, a coat of paint can help set the mood ...

Even in the midst of a trend of pale neutrals in home design, color and pattern matter. A solid-color sofa — whether it’s white or gray or tan — always looks better with a pop of color somewhere ...

The plan of design study -- The elements of design -- The principles of design -- The forms of elemental relationships -- Harmony -- Types of harmony -- Gradation -- Contrast -- Variety of contrasts ...