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In a cozy kitchen, don't be afraid to make an impact with bold color choices. Photo: Apartment Therapy
"I've been seeing these shades together here and there since I started my blog three years ago," says Erin. "It's a great pairing because it can be used in retro design styles, as well as more traditional or modern looks. It's just a really fun, cheery combination. Plus, it's unexpected."
A vintage diner-style table (left) fits in surprisingly well on this beachy porch. Right: Jazz up a casual outdoor space with red and turquoise accessories. Photos: House of Turquoise
But as cheery as these colors are, you may want to ease into using these bright shades in your decor. "This color combination works great against a more neutral background--not necessarily on all four walls," says Erin. A good place to start? "I especially love this combo in the kitchen, where you can incorporate a pop of color through red or turquoise dish towels, utensils and cookware," she says.
With that said, if you're not afraid of vivid colors, go ahead and go big with painted walls or poppy and turquoise focal points, like an area rug or sofa. Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Dragoon, Aurora Red & Turquoise wallpaper, $295. Photo: The Wallpaper Collective
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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)
This color combo was popular in the late 50's and early 60's. I have shot glasses from that era with these color blocks on them. Nothing new here.
ReplyI have one word for it. YECH!!!
ReplyDestined to be the new Avacodo & Burnt Orange. !
ReplyGawd that is an ugly combination.
ReplyYes these colors were popular in the late 1950"s. The house I grew up in was built in 1958. When we bought it in 1972 it was white with black shutters, on the outside, with white walls, wood floors, and some dark green carpet in some of the rooms. Except the kitchen and the furnace room. The kitchen had a turquoise oven door, stove top, hood, and telephone. The floor tiles were flecked with turqoise, too. The furnace room was painted walls and ceiling in turqoise! Years later when the paint around the house began to peel we found out all the window trim and door trim in the house was once turqoise as well as door to the garage and the kitchen walls. I don't think they left anything untouched by that color. When the paint on the house began to peel, we found out it's original color was......RED.
ReplyEww, yuck ! The kitchen hurt my eyes, imagine seeing that in the morning, or worse yet when your drunk.
ReplyGhastly!
ReplyThat red is hardly what you'd call a poppy red. Way too dark and to Xmassey. The compliment to a blue green like turquoise is of course ,a reddish orange.
ReplyI placed Greff wallpaper in a bathroom in 1980 that used these colors. They were called aqua and persimmon. Nothing is really new.
ReplyI am glad I can click that combo out of my line-of-sight.
ReplyI like some of the accessory pieces, but that kitchen just looks like someone couldn't afford a real remodel. The colors just don't work there.
ReplyLove the patio. Love the retro table and chairs. HATE the wallpaper. Bleah!
ReplyI love it-it's so fresh looking !
ReplyIndians have been doing this with their jewelry for years--only they call the "poppy" "coral."
ReplySheesh......
There's nothing new at all. This was big in the 50's/60's. In my kitchen where the paint has chipped here and there I can see that the walls were once blue and the cabinets and trim were red. This house was built in 1952. It's a hidious color combo but to each his own.
ReplyEEEEEWWWWWW! YUCK! The day of this color combo is long gone. I really believe my eyes would be stained by looking at this, just as if I had looked at a camera flash. This designer's taste has fallen to the dogs!
ReplyThe room looks awful! It's too red. The brown countertops are weird with the sink;it chops off the room length. The curtains are in this era. They sure didn't pull it together!
ReplyThe turquoise and red is a very old color combination. Look at some of the Navajo jewelry pieces and they are gorgeous.. I love the kitchen and other rooms as well.
ReplyWhile not my colors but it's OK. It might be a hinderance to a re-sell so keep the white paint handy. These cabinets look like "Youngstown" brand of the 50's. They were metal, noisy and the drawars, in particular, eventually rusted. I had a friend who was forever talking about her families Youngstown cabinets.
ReplyThis color combination looks beautiful in the outdoor lounge / sitting area. I also think the retro dining table on the enclosed porch is quite cute. For some reason, I don't have an immediate positive response to the cabinets / teal walls & tiles of the kitchen. I do like the use of chocolate brown in there though; it anchors the color elements nicely.
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