We had three excellent candidates for March’s color of the month: aqua, emerald green and lemon yellow. To add to the fun, we asked you to help us pick the color. So…which did you choose?
1. Benjamin Moore, Jamaican Aqua; 2. Sears, Bold Emerald; 3. Sears, Chrome Yellow (all paint chips from My Perfect Color)
And the winner is…aqua by a landslide!
As Pink Pig said in the comments on our earlier post, “Aqua for sure! Zingy, energising, and I loved it as Pantone colour of the year last year, 2010—it’s only now coming into its own, I reckon.”
For a primer on using this totally now color, check out Bright Bazaar—not only is the site’s design done in aqua, many of Will’s posts sport it, or one of the members of its color family (turquoise, peacock and teal, to name a few).
Want to see it in action?
Designer Andreea Avram Rusu brings out aqua’s cooler side as an accent on an all-white cabinet in this contemporary Miami living room:
Judith Balis warms it up with Pantone’s 2011 color of the year, honeysuckle, for a fresh take on traditional:
And I’ve always loved how a simple, aqua lamp adds dash to the color palette in Katie Leavy’s eclectic, globally inspired sitting area:
Hurray ! Aqua is perfect I chose that color.
Aqua is the best color….Now I know what color to paint my sewing/craft/guest combo room. Plus the few professional painters (I know) and of course my husband only sue B. Moore paints. Now if I can only think of a way to unclutter………
To unclutter, You need to make two piles and keep what you use the most and is useful,. The other pile is for the things you no longer use, or are out dated. now your one step ahead. Keep going till you have the things you realy love. Then you can start with style of your room and it's function.
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Gooooooo Agua
Yes! I am the winner in the great "March 2011 Color of the Month Battle" – the people have spoken!
Aqua is so ugly.
The Green was fab. Bold and crisp. I'd even go for the yellow. A nice bright color to liven up any room, but aqua… bleh.
aqua is more the crisp color, moving into a new house with the color of dark emeral green almost stops people when they enter a bathroom that was painted that color,comments like "kind of wild" it has since been changed, but I also changed the foyer color from a very light beige to aqua and the response is more of gasps of "wow how bright " the livng room that is adjacent to the foyer has been painted a light gray and the combination really compliments each other. I am so happy with the color that I could almost pain the whole house in the various shades of aqua. I think aqua brings walls to life
Beautiful color.. but I would use it for art deco, mid century, modern or contemporary design… Use it sparingly for traditional. Great color for contrasting with black.
I love aqua! Actually, a combo of blue and green is my all time favorite color scheme. And, of course, blue nd green make aqua. At least, they do in my book! Yeah for aqua!
I'm over aqua/chocolate but in love with aqua/navy and aqua/apple green.
I love aqua! It seems to mix with almost everything.
Aqua seems so relaxing to the eyes. I knew it's going to be the color of the month. I even see a lot of clothes with a touch of Aqua these days. It matches any other color. Euro 2012 Soccer Jerseys
Agree with Silvia, turquoise is not great in traditional design, if used in small accents yes it's okay, but not paint on the wall or in large areas. Turquoise is very Miami!
I do not agree with EuroJerseys, Aqua does not match any color, and Karen it does not mix with almost everything, it's a very contemporary and tropical color, does not go well in traditional style of rooms.
Gorgeous! I love, love, love Kelley Walters little corner. Turquoise is the color of refreshing pools or a crystal clear sea. So calming. Perfect choice!
what colors are good with traditional styles. I'm terrible at this!
I have chosen agua, too. Though, I was thinking about emerald also.
awesome!! this color can work either with modern or traditonal design, love it <3 ^_^
The combination of these three colors will surely create gorgeous effects. I'll try. Thanks much! Rugby Boots
These colors look similar to the Color Trend for 2012, Check out http://www.aretedesign.blogspot.com for more color inspiration!
Cheers,
arete design
I would just luv to see more Divine Design, Not so much Tell All Show
Beautiful color scheme – great for beach properties as well, such as some that I saw recently with http://www.homeson30a.com.
I LOVE THIS COLOR, IT'S REMIND ME OF THE TROPICAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN BOCACHICA BEACH………..
Love Love this decor. I love the dramatic effect of the black and white, along with color. Love the vibrant colors in the bedroom, I have always love red with energetic orange.
I just moved into a different house three months ago. I painted the parlor aqua and everyone just "loves it!
I also transformed a pool bath into aqua and a small amount of blues and greens for a tropical affect-this bath house was so ugly and dark before, the color aqua make it come to life and everyone says that they feel they just stepped into the tropic's. I am now thinking of painting one or the upstairs bedrooms in aqua and white accents like a beach with a beach house affect. love it!!!!
If u new me u would no that my fav color is yellow of cours! luv luv luv it! but the ways u used that blue color is just fabulous!! just to let u no i am HGTV's BIGGEST FAN!!!!! cant wait to check out the blog on designers and shops! goin there rite now! peace out!
hey! me still! i wanted to make it clear that my choice isssss yellow! i still luv it mor than blue! brighter is better! *david rules*
What is the exact paint color of the aqua and who makes it? I'm refering to the living room that has the black mirror over the mantle. I just love it!!! I've made soooo many decorating mistakes I just want to make sure that I have the right color!
Thank You!!!!!!
The aqua that I need to know the color is a living room by Judith Balis
Thank You