Throw pillows

Throw pillows

Throw pillows can be bold, even in all their soft and cushiony glory. They are much safer, too, for those of us trying to experiment with color.

Chiasso Simply Modern Design (chiasso.com) offers a wide selection of pillows in lots of shapes, colors and sizes.

Take your pick out of pillows featuring flowers, circles, squares and lines, or animal prints and other designs.

Like paint, colorful pillows allow you to add a fresh touch to a room. Unlike paint, changing your mind doesn’t require too much work.

Color combinations

What’s harder: choosing the right color or finding other colors that complement your first choice?

Good thing the “Home Color Bible: 1,000 Gorgeous Combinations for Every Room” (Collins Design; $26.99) by David Willis helps eliminate some of the guessing.

The first part covers understanding color, which includes descriptions of complementary, harmonious and triadic schemes, all illustrated on a color wheel.

Then come explanations of color intensity, tone, warm and cool colors, color and light, natural color and seasonal color.

Creating color schemes, the focus of the rest of the book, also is covered.

You’ll find hundreds of possible color combinations for every room in the home, many of which you can “try” yourself by flipping through the mix-and-match color-tab system. Colors are based on Benjamin Moore Paints.

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