Accent Color Choices and an article on WGSN.com
“The best color in the world is the one that looks good on you.”
- Coco Chanel
Recently Sherry was approached by a writer for WGSN, a member’s only website devoted to trend analysis and forecasting. He wanted to do a little article for their “HomeBuildLife” division on her choices for accent colors. He specifically asked her to translate her color choices into paint options available from Benjamin Moore or into Pantone specifications.
Well, as Hayslip Design Associates specifies a wide variety of paint brands in its work and rarely gets down to anything as detailed as specific Pantone colors, that put an interesting twist on things. But color is so inspiring and those little Pantone chips are so fun to play with that she thought she’d take a stab at it.
Sherry started by looking through the pictures of her work and pulling out those that she felt really spoke to trends in colorful interiors. She sent the writer far more options than he asked for to give him plenty of possibilities from which to choose.
Here’s what he called out as Sherry’s “key accent colors”…
used in a couple of Hayslip Design Associates’ projects…
“I love to see the heat of fuschia pink cooled by a luscious green.” – Sherry Hayslip
“I’m looking for the melodic thread of a dominant colour or combination , countered with less dramatic elements that complement and complete the composition.” – Sherry Hayslip
“Too much color unsettles me, too little color bores me. As stunning as violet purple is, too much can be disturbing, and too much heavenly blue could be saccharine. Every room needs a modulated color surprise.” – Sherry Hayslip
“As a student of art history, I have contemplated so many styles that I’m open to the “beautiful” in many forms. I’ve come to understand the difference between the pretty, the conventionally beautiful, and the more visceral, though less tangible, idea of beauty” – Sherry Hayslip
We hope you enjoy this little snipet of the recent WGSN.com article on Sherry Hayslip’s choices in accent colors.
All the Best!
Posted: May 29, 2013
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