Inspired By Dark Backgrounds & Bright Colors

Posted on | September 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

Great black and color combo by Tauba Auerback.

Over the weekend I was thinking a lot about how much I love black paired with bright colors. Bright colors just seem to pop off dark backgrounds projecting great energy. The color combo could work in a number of different situations from art, interior design, textiles, and photography. Above and below are the images that got me started on my black/bright color brainstorming.

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Coral Silverman‘s Flora Blacki discovered via Julia Rothman’s tweets.

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A photograph by Frances Pelzman Liscio discovered via design*sponge.

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I can’t remember where I grabbed this. I love the floral!

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A wedding invitation designed by Anna Melcon Bond.

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1960′s science charts found at the Adirondack Museum’s annual Rustic Furniture Fair via Country Living.

Category: artist, inspiration

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9 Responses to “Inspired By Dark Backgrounds & Bright Colors”

stephanie
September 14th, 2009 @ 10:22 am
I love this look – just enough drama to live with.
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straight from the den
September 15th, 2009 @ 8:49 am
there’s a couple of really striking josef frank (http://www.svenskttenn.se/) fabrics with bright colours on dark backgrounds, am always very drawn to them!
this one is a favourite, on a sofa in a suzi hoodless interior, isn’t it beautiful!:
http://www.suzyhoodless.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/Corrour-6.jpg

nice blog katie

x
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straight from the den
September 15th, 2009 @ 9:29 am
…and apologies for spelling your name wrong! doh
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Katy Elliott
September 15th, 2009 @ 9:52 am
No worries. Happens all the time.
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Barbara
September 15th, 2009 @ 10:09 pm
Katy, you might like this “Sea Life” needlepoint w/black background from Art Needlepoint… stunning! ;)

http://tinyurl.com/nkdldl
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Katy Elliott
September 16th, 2009 @ 10:59 am
Thanks Barbara! I can’t believe they’re needlepoints. Pretty cool.
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ctstyle
September 16th, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
I love bright colors coming out of dark. These are great.esp. the one with the crab.
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Katy Elliott
September 16th, 2009 @ 3:58 pm
Josef Frank makes super awesome black/bright color fabric. I pretty much love anything he does, though.
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Michelle
December 8th, 2009 @ 5:53 pm
Hey, love your blog, been reading from when you first started! I just wanted to let you know I also have a deep, abiding love for black backgrounds. I have a print for sale that you might like. Just a little heads up, thought you might like, since I adore your taste :)
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25959855
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