Colour Class #1 — Harmonising with vibrant colours

For this inaugural Colour Class, we step into the home of Céline Hallas, the founder of Color Connaisseur, and witness the transformation of a tranquil and stylish bedroom that beautifully incorporates vibrant hues. We face the challenge of blending these bold colours while integrating the apartment’s aged, yellow-hued, lacquered floors into our carefully crafted colour scheme.

Location: The home of Céline, founder of Color Connaisseur, in a listed apartment right next to Nyhavn in Copenhagen.

Mission: Our goal was to establish a visually tranquil and stylish bedroom while still embracing vibrant colours. The project's challenge also lay in the fact that the apartment's aged, lacquered floors have a strong yellow hue and need to be integrated into the limited colour scheme.

Colours: To establish a serene colour foundation in the project, all walls and woodwork were painted in the same delicate shade of blue, including the bed. This was done to create a calm colour backdrop that complements and shares undertones with the bolder blue hues we need to accommodate. The grand Montana cabinet, ceiling, and curtains boast different colours, but their reddish undertone effortlessly ties them together without matching.

The warm yellow floor colour is beautiful, but to avoid it contrasting too much with the blue, we echo its tone in the picture frame and bedside table. Despite the use of several bold colours, everything appears visually tranquil, allowing us to introduce the wild print in the cushion fabric to complete the project.

The room exudes tranquillity despite the various shades of blue and yellow. Notice that they all share the same reddish undertone, ensuring harmony even among the blues and yellows.