What Does the Color Yellow Mean in Interior Design?

Yellow in Interior Design

In interior design, yellow is a color that instantly adds energy to a space. Whether on the walls or on a beautiful piece of furniture, such as a yellow sofa, the room immediately gains individuality. Yellow is often chosen for decorating living rooms and kitchens. Even in a more muted tone, it looks great in bedrooms or bathrooms. This choice is due to its brightness and invigorating nature. Whether in a large room with good lighting or to add clarity to a darker corner where it brings depth and dynamism, yellow offers both small accents to draw attention or a complete color scheme for a charismatic atmosphere.

How to Combine Yellow in Interior Design?

Thanks to its excellent ability to pair, despite its obvious intensity, the color yellow enjoys a sunny and natural aura. These qualities give it a vintage or modern look depending on the shade chosen. Although violet and red are considered complementary colors to yellow, this combination is used too often today. In modern yellow living rooms we prefer darker tones, combining them with black, white or wood. We add some yellow furniture and accessories (cushions, lamp, sofa) to a large living room. In family kitchens we use softer tones such as pink or light blue in an English style. For a true vintage atmosphere, we paint the walls with a more saturated tone, almost chestnut.

Many Symbols of Yellow

In New York, it is the color of taxis; in France, it's the color of mail and its mailboxes. It is also one of four colors accepted by the European Union for sorting containers: yellow containers accept plastic and metal packaging. Moreover, yellow is widely used in art (for example, Van Gogh's sunflowers) and sports (yellow jersey in the Tour de France).

In the West, yellow symbolically associates with wealth. In Buddhism it is considered 'sacred', and in China directly linked to the emperor (and therefore power and wisdom). Isn't that a promise?