The Color Guide

How ColorChanges a Room

You can change how a room feels without moving a single piece of furniture. Most of it happens on the wall, and it starts with one choice: the temperature of your art.

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A collector painting at an easel beneath three framed botanical printsA framed print in a Heritage Walnut frame catching golden light

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Choose the temperature of the room

Every palette changes how a space holds you. Pick the one that matches how you want to feel when you walk in.

A warm living room with a leather sofa and a sunlit framed print

Warm

Clay, amber and rust. The colors of late light, made for rooms you want to settle into.

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A green sofa beneath a framed poolside photograph in soft daylight

Cool

Sea, sky and salt. Blues and greens that open a room up and slow the pace down.

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A white sofa beneath a large black and white coastal photograph

Quiet

Black, white and every grey between. Calm, graphic, and at home in any season.

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Six tips

Decorate with color, room by room

Small choices that change how a whole room feels.

A single framed print in a Heritage Walnut frame, lit by golden evening light

01

Let one piece set the temperature

A single striking photograph warms or cools a room faster than any coat of paint. Choose it first, then let everything else follow.

Rust-colored pillows on a white sofa echoing the orange in two framed prints above

02

Pull a color from the art into the room

Find one color in the piece and repeat it nearby: a pillow, a throw, a vase. Three echoes are enough for the eye to connect the room.

The same print hung in four different frame finishes on one wall

03

Match the frame to the mood

Heritage Walnut deepens warm art. Hickory keeps it light. Black sharpens a photograph, and White lets it breathe. The frame is half the feeling.

A sunlit living room with sheer curtains and a warm abstract print above the sofa

04

Let the light do the work

Hang warm tones where the evening sun lands, and cooler blues where the light is bright and even. The same piece reads differently at every hour.

A gallery wall of six framed prints above a brown velvet sofa

05

Group by color, not by subject

A gallery wall holds together when the pieces share a palette, even when the subjects change. Start with two colors and let the rest follow.

Two people hanging a large black and white print above a console

06

Get the size right

Let the art span about two-thirds of the furniture below it, and hang its center at 57 inches.

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In real rooms

Rooms that found their color

A reading corner with a framed water lily print and a dog asleep on the rug
A green study wall with two framed ocean prints above a desk
A couple relaxing on a sofa beneath a framed print
A gallery wall of six prints above a rust velvet sofa
A bedroom with two framed prints above the bed
A red framed print above a wooden console between two doors
A collector hanging a framed print in a bright living room
A framed ocean print above a sofa in late afternoon light

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Questions about color

What colors make a room feel warmer?

Clay, amber, rust and gold. Warm-toned art does the most work, because it sits at eye level. A deep wood frame like Heritage Walnut adds to it.

How do you choose wall art for a living room?

Start with the feeling you want: warm, cool or quiet. Then size the piece to about two-thirds of the sofa below it, and let one piece lead the room.

How do you decorate with color without overdoing it?

Choose one piece first, then repeat one of its colors three times around the room: a pillow, a throw, a vase. Three echoes are enough to connect the room.

What colors warm up a gray room?

Earth tones on the wall: terracotta, amber and ochre, with natural wood nearby. A warm photograph in a walnut frame gives a cool gray wall a focal point.

Should the frame match the art or the room?

Match it to the mood you want. Heritage Walnut deepens warm art, Hickory keeps it light, Black sharpens a photograph, and White lets it breathe.

Your turn

Find your color

Start with the temperature, then find the one piece that sets it.

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