Cheerful Effects of Yellow

By Michèle Coppin

Vincent Van Gogh once said, "How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun." For Vincent, yellow represented happiness, love and hope. Many of his paintings have an abundance of yellow. He was fascinated with color and its effects, often experimenting with different ranges of tone, like in his famous Sunflower painting.

  

Completed in 1887, this painting was eventually sold in 1987 at an auction at Christie's in London for a record $39,921,750!

Indeed, yellow is cheerful, warm and uplifting, which is why I love this yellow house:

In a drab city street, this yellow stands as a celebration to light, an ode to color, a testimony to the owner’s cheerful composition, and happiness. It also seems to be contagious, as the neighbors’ color choice for their curtains and window flower boxes are becoming more daring.

They have also painted their tiny courtyard yellow, decorating it with Mexican tiles and plants.

What used to be a dark, gray space is now an inviting and welcoming area to bask in the late afternoon sun and watch the yellow walls glow.

For a similar look, try Lazy Sun.

  Lazy Sun 3006-6A

Comments

[Maria Killam]

I love yellow, and that house is adorable. I just styled a kitchen last week for a kitchen manufacturer, and it was entirely brown and black, so the only thing to do was bring in yellow and orange. It helped for the photos but man that is way too much brown in a kitchen!