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Amy Moorea Wong

Color Decoded: This Gray Living Room Has a Secret Vibrancy-Boosting Power

Living room with pale grey walls, pale yellow sofa, and punches of red, dark blue and bright green.

Design journalist Amy Moorea Wong is an expert on color – she even wrote a book about it. To help decode the secrets behind a successful palette, she picks her favorite schemes and breaks them down – with help from the interior designers themselves.

This is a gray living room. But is it fair to put it into the "gray rooms" pile so quickly? We have grown to associate gray with dullness, hardness and the unimaginative – and yet this adventurous space by London-based boutique design studio Maison RA-D is delightfully none of the above. Yes, the walls in this living room are gray, yet they’re also warm, soft, welcoming. They’re like putting on a favorite jumper, wrapping yourself in a beloved comforter. They feel soothing, like everything is under control.

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