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How to add light with colour

Before & After: How to Brighten a Dark Room

07/25/2017
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No matter how big or small your budget it, it’s easy to brighten a dark room with few styling magic tricks. Today I’m sharing another one-day transformation with you. Y’all know how much I love the instant gratification that styling brings to a room! Laura and Craig on their wedding day My personal trainer Laura…

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Do you Dare to go Darker?

10/01/2010
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When I help clients with colour who have had white walls for 20-40 years (okay a long time), it’s generally very hard for me to get them past a ‘barely there’ shade. This was what happened when I arrived at John & Rita’s home here in North Vancouver this summer. I had chosen their exterior…

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Effect of Natural Light Exposures on Colour

11/01/2008
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Metamerism: When 2 items look the same under one light source such as daylight, but change dramatically when viewed under a different light source such as incandescent lighting. Northern Exposure adds blue to a colour; East adds green; South adds yellow-white and washes out colour; while West adds Orange. This is an image (immediately below)…

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