I had my iPod on shuffle this morning and "A Hazy Shade of Winter" ironically happened to play on this day of all days that Chicago got completely dumped on. Snow everywhere. We're talking major school closings and an advisory not to leave the house.
So, as I drudged along in foots worth of snow to work listening to a little Simon and Garfunkel, I started to think about the color, gray. (Since my color theory class, these are the types of things I think about--did I mention I got an A? And I'm a total nerd.)
I have to say that I am enamored with grey! I don't think it's hazy or dreary at all.
I think that it is the most fascinating color there is. Interior Design school really forces you to appreciate a good neutral. They are so much more work than primary colors. Try to mix a paint swatch to create the same shade of gray twice and you will know what I am talking about. A little black a little white, red, yellow, blue--this color has it all.
Okay, I know that you really can't ever mix the same shade of a color twice, but grey is seriously complex. It's like the binomial equation of color. PS, I don't even know what binomial equations are. Hold on. Okay, I just googled the term and it's a real term. Here's a link: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialDifferentialEquation.html
I digress.
Gray is everywhere nowadays in fashion and interiors--specifically the charcoal grey family. And, I couldn't be more supportive of this trend. I don't think I leave the house without at least one grey item a day. It helps that my coat is gray and it's the dead of winter. Seriously, though, I have gray flat boots and they have been my best purchase of the season pairing them with browns and blacks alike. I wear them almost everyday proving the power of gray. The same goes with interiors. Gray does not have to play the part of a neutral accent color. As a matter of fact, I love rooms in which grey is the star player. Charcoal gray walls are hot. And, with bold accent peices in neon colors or fiery reds or oranges, they make any room contemporary and cool (not in a hazy shade of winter way.) Grey peices of furniture can also play the star role. I am secretly on the hunt for the perfect grey velvet sleak-line midcentury-modern couch. Shhh, don't tell my boyfriend.
The only thing I will say is, though, buyer beware of the difference between the cool gray family and the warm grey family. While, it can be interesting to mix all types of gray purposely. When picking a few select grey peices to stand out--stick with one family or the other. Because if you put a warm grey next to a very cool grey. You are going to wonder why you thought that blue peice (a cool gray) would match that brown peice (a more warm grey). Oh, gray, you trickster!
And, lastly, since I'm already anthropomorphisizing the the color gray (if you don't know the meaning of this word--google it and impress all your friends--yes that's SIX syllables friends.) According to interiordezine.com, grey is "steady, deliberate, dignified, protective" along with being extremely versatile (note: it even goes by two different spellings--as demonstrated in this blog.) I don't see anything hazy about how fabulous gray is. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Paul and Art!
So, as I drudged along in foots worth of snow to work listening to a little Simon and Garfunkel, I started to think about the color, gray. (Since my color theory class, these are the types of things I think about--did I mention I got an A? And I'm a total nerd.)
I have to say that I am enamored with grey! I don't think it's hazy or dreary at all.
I think that it is the most fascinating color there is. Interior Design school really forces you to appreciate a good neutral. They are so much more work than primary colors. Try to mix a paint swatch to create the same shade of gray twice and you will know what I am talking about. A little black a little white, red, yellow, blue--this color has it all.
Okay, I know that you really can't ever mix the same shade of a color twice, but grey is seriously complex. It's like the binomial equation of color. PS, I don't even know what binomial equations are. Hold on. Okay, I just googled the term and it's a real term. Here's a link: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/BinomialDifferentialEquation.html
I digress.
Gray is everywhere nowadays in fashion and interiors--specifically the charcoal grey family. And, I couldn't be more supportive of this trend. I don't think I leave the house without at least one grey item a day. It helps that my coat is gray and it's the dead of winter. Seriously, though, I have gray flat boots and they have been my best purchase of the season pairing them with browns and blacks alike. I wear them almost everyday proving the power of gray. The same goes with interiors. Gray does not have to play the part of a neutral accent color. As a matter of fact, I love rooms in which grey is the star player. Charcoal gray walls are hot. And, with bold accent peices in neon colors or fiery reds or oranges, they make any room contemporary and cool (not in a hazy shade of winter way.) Grey peices of furniture can also play the star role. I am secretly on the hunt for the perfect grey velvet sleak-line midcentury-modern couch. Shhh, don't tell my boyfriend.
The only thing I will say is, though, buyer beware of the difference between the cool gray family and the warm grey family. While, it can be interesting to mix all types of gray purposely. When picking a few select grey peices to stand out--stick with one family or the other. Because if you put a warm grey next to a very cool grey. You are going to wonder why you thought that blue peice (a cool gray) would match that brown peice (a more warm grey). Oh, gray, you trickster!
And, lastly, since I'm already anthropomorphisizing the the color gray (if you don't know the meaning of this word--google it and impress all your friends--yes that's SIX syllables friends.) According to interiordezine.com, grey is "steady, deliberate, dignified, protective" along with being extremely versatile (note: it even goes by two different spellings--as demonstrated in this blog.) I don't see anything hazy about how fabulous gray is. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Paul and Art!
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