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Unexpected Combination

For a recent bedroom makeover, we were inspired by purple and yellow. These "It" colors for spring came straight from the runway to home design. Why purple and yellow? Trend setters such as Pantone and The Color Marketing Group devote their energies to studying the effects of color on mood and the economy. Yellow is here to cheer us up in these uncertain times, and purple to calm us down -- a visual therapist of sorts. Not that those are the only choices out there to guarantee style, but they certainly hit the spot in this bedroom.