Tony Duquette had it right: More is definitely more. While most modern-day design lovers shy away from using saturated swaths of color at home, opting instead for the Scandinavian neutrals that have become so of-the-moment, there’s something to be said for making a bold statement, whether your tastes skew toward the minimalist or you consider yourself more of a traditionalist. When splashed on walls, accented through accessories, or used to cover furnishings, vibrant hues have a way of infusing a space with cheerful energy, invigorating the senses, and prompting creativity with just one look. To prove our point, we took to the AD archives and came up with a collection of inspiring living rooms, bedrooms, libraries, and more that will have you seeing red, blue, green—every color of the rainbow.
Interior designer Todd Black conceived the bone-inlay desk and chair in the living area of the Key West, Florida, home shared by model, actress, and writer Veronica Webb and her husband, George Robb, and family. The dome ceiling was produced in Morocco.
The studio doubles as guest quarters in the upstate New York home of photographer Pieter Estersohn thanks to a tester bed hung with Turkish and French textiles.
The São Paulo living room of architect and interior designer Sig Bergamin and his partner, architect Murilo Lomas, is a cocktail of colors and cultures. Fringed sofas clad in a Rubelli velvet are laden with vibrant pillows, and shelves showcase Murano-glass vessels; a Vik Muniz painting is displayed against the mirrored fireplace wall.
Thomas Ruff’s photograph Substrat 24 I dominates the living room of designer Jamie Drake’s Manhattan apartment. Arranged around a marble-and-granite table are a Milo Baughman lounge chair in a Christopher Hyland mohair, a sofa in a Schumacher fabric, and a pair of club chairs and a Bright Group ottoman that are covered in Rubelli velvets.
In the living room of a family’s Houston home, renovated by Eubanks Group Architects and decorated by Miles Redd, an Agustin Hurtado painting is displayed above a custom-made sofa clad in a Ralph Lauren Home fabric. The 1940s French mosquito sculpture mounted on the ceiling was acquired at Christie’s, and an Oscar de la Renta for Lee Jofa satin covers the walls.
An Eric Peters painting surveys the entrance hall, where a Stephen Antonson light fixture hangs above a John Rosselli & Assoc. bench.
For the drawing room of an English country estate, designer Mark Gillette designed the Claremont-fabric window treatments to match the dusky pink he used on the ceiling. The sofas are also by Gillette: The one at left, upholstered in a Brunschwig & Fils damask, is placed next to a Vaughan floor lamp, while the other is flanked by Vaughan lamps on Soane Britain side tables.
A 19th-century Persian light hangs in the Green Bedroom of a Marrakech riad designed by Chilean artist Claudio Bravo; the bedspread is Gujarati mirrorwork embroidery, the chest is 19th-century Moroccan, and the desk and chair are embellished with bone inlay.
In the library of a Brooklyn townhouse designed by Nick Olsen, picture lights from Circa Lighting top the bookcases; the sofa is by Dune.
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