The power of decorative color is boosted in winter, with pigment able to tip us from chilly, tired, and cranky to toasty, enlivened, and cheery in a mere moment. But successfully painting a wall with an anti-winter color palette isn’t as easy as you might think, with the feel and temperature the shade gives off affected by undulating factors such as undertone, the way the light hits the room, and surrounding colors and textures.
Surrounding ourselves with joyful colors that banish the seasonal gloom is the visual equivalent of wrapping ourselves in a duvet, cranking up the thermostat, or cradling a mug of tea between both hands. Warmth needs to spread to the soul as well as the body, and interiors-wise, there’s no better way to do that than with color.
