Yellow - Sommer - Sun

Yellow - Sommer - Sun
Bring summer into your home!

The yellow sofa "TRIO" by COR brings the summer into your living room. The honor "ICONIC AWARD: Interior Innovation 2016" in the category "Best of Best" acknowledges this special design achievement. It was awarded by the German Design Council. The individual modules of this series offers latitude for a variety of scenarios – from sitting landscapes to sofa beds anything is possible. The MUUTO ceiling lamps are available in various colors, Ø 32,5cm.

Yellow as a wall color

The color yellow is associated with warmth and optimism; it bestows positive energy. Yellow hues range from the rich, saturated yellow of meadow flowers to earthy and saffron tones. And – along the way – there’s also gold, orange and apricot. Yellow is the color of the sun and reacts powerfully to light effects. Warm, off-white yellow shades and the paler, more delicate yellow hues with ivory and cream accents are most suitable for walls. Here the effect is less intrusive. Pure yellow shades work nicely with red or orange accents, for example on moldings, wall borders or window lintels.

Adding yellow accents to a room

Pictures in luminous yellow shades are real eye-catchers! Luminous yellow gives fresh and vitalizing accents to any room. Accessories such as plaids, throws, vases and porcelain lend your living space lightness and briskness. Yellow towels in your bathroom convey a warm and clean touch.

What matches with yellow?

Yellow can be combined wonderfully with all colors. Married with white, its effect is luminous and radiantly fresh. Wood is a very natural complement and emphasizes yellow’s warming and earthy connection. With blue, red and green you can recreate the style of the 80s, which is sure to make a comeback (though that may take some time). But even the colors pairs taken individually, for example, yellow and red, yellow and green or yellow and blue, have an invigorating, restorative presence that exudes strength and assertiveness.

The meaning of the color yellow

The color yellow symbolizes sunlight, insight and the flourishing of living things. It is also associated with autumn and maturity. The sun was worshipped by many indigenous peoples as God. The ancient Greeks believed that the Greek sun god Helios was being pulled across the sky wearing yellow garments on a chariot drawn by fiery steeds. The radiant yellow of the sun and their gods embodied divine intelligence. In China, the color yellow is ascribed to the male Yang, the active creative principle. The ancient Egyptians, and the painter Franz Marc as well, viewed yellow as feminine … "as gentle, serene, sensual". Since the Middle Ages yellow has been considered the color of envy and the color of shame for discriminated groups.
In Europe, yellow usually symbolizes light and life; however, it is also associated with money. For the Celts yellow was also the color of grief. In our culture, yellow is also associated with envy, avarice, jealousy, phoniness and egoism. Not so in China where yellow is the color of harmony and wisdom.
In Mexico, when the dead return on All Hallow’s Day, the pathways are stocked with yellow flowers owing to the belief that yellow is the easiest color for the dead to see.
In Hinduism women wear yellow saris at the beginning of the Hindu solar year (Vaisakhi) and during spring festivals in general. Yellow is the dominant color also during festive banquets. Yellow symbolizes life, light, truth and immortality in Hinduism and is the main color of festive clothing for both men and women during Vasant Panchami, the festival in honor of the goddess Saraswati. The statues of this goddess of learning and wisdom are also draped in yellow and yellow flowers are given to her as offerings.

Positive associations with yellow

• light, sun, gold
• enlightenment, brightness
• liveliness, creativity
• the scent of flowers, blossoms
• optimism
• hilarity
• vitality
• pleasure
• friendliness

Which color activates your vitality and creativity?

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