Color 101: Picking Your Palette

Color 101: Introduction

Discover your personal palette.

Colors can speak volumes to you and about you. There are complex ways to explain what makes one person seek out blue over green or yellow over gold. But living with color does not mean simply painting your walls one shade or another. Our homes are as much havens as habitats these days, and good palette choices can contribute to satisfying personal spaces. Here are our editors' tips for selecting colors.