colour of the year ♥

Well today I found out that Pantone has voted Turquoise colour of the year for 2010 and for pretty much the same reasons I chose it as The Style Tree’s ♥ Colour of the week. My love affair with turquoise started with a plush vintage chase-lounge bench stool that I have had swaning around my living room for the last 4 years. While I at first didn’t really know what to do with this piece over time I grew to become obsessed with its colour and hue. Three weeks ago I found four mint condition vintage circa 1962 Parker dining chairs with the exact same turquoise hue covering and now alas my living room is complete, not only complete but a vision as turquoises is named colour of the year.

What makes turquoise so attractive? for one thing it is bright without being insipid, deep with out being dark and teams up beautifully with most colours as long as there is a little contrast. It works well as a masculine colour in moderation and feminine in mass and a splash works well for kids. It seems to please almost everyone as its in the blue family but swings to the green spectrum making it easy to wear against most skin tones.

For decor turquoise works best as an accent colour and statement pieces such as glass vases, statement furniture and soft furnishings really bring a room to life without over powering the mood and features in the room.

Turquoise is often a colour used in bathrooms for tiles and accessories as it has that crystal clear clean aura and reminds most of the irresistible waters of the Greek isles. Who can resist that?

As we know turquoise jewelry at one point in time was reserved for the hippie who lived next door – you know the one who wore everything at once, well not anymore. One piece of stunning turquoise jewelry on its own or teamed up with gold or silver or wood and coloured beads can work and in 2010 its all about lots of accessories so got nuts. ♥

Real Living Magazine March 2009 issue

Feature – my apartment (Dani Rosen) as you can see

I ♥ TURQUOISE in moderation

♣ please note Australian readers we have used US spelling for this article