Wall Art Guide

Pastel prints fail for a reason that has nothing to do with taste. A pastel is a hue with most of its saturation removed and a lot of white added,...

Earth tones are not a colour, they are a family — beige, ochre, clay, rust, umber and brown — and the reason to think of them as one thing is...

Yellow is the only colour that behaves like a light source. Put a yellow print in a dark corner and the corner reads as brighter, even though nothing has been...

Pink left the children's room some years ago and most people have not updated their instincts about it. The colour that now turns up in adult living rooms is a...

Orange is not a colour you decorate a room with. It is a colour you place once, in a room that is otherwise cool, and then leave alone. One terracotta...

Black and white is the only choice on this site that cannot clash with anything. A colour print has to agree with the sofa, the floor, the curtains and whatever...

A beige poster has one problem and it is not the colour. It is contrast. Beige sits in the middle of the tonal range, most walls are painted somewhere near...

Blue is the colour that makes a wall retreat. Hang a deep blue print on the far wall of a narrow room and the wall reads as further away than...

Green is the one colour that brings a subject with it. A blue print is a blue print, but a green one reads as garden, forest or field before the...