Color and Energy

I love color. I am passionate about color. And today I had an interesting experience about and with color. My all-time favorite color is a light pink warm, soft salmon. I have a bedspread this color. I had a headboard that had always been painted white. It was pretty and fresh, but not spectacular. I saw a picture of a room that Martha Sturart had done all in pink and she showed a soft gray colored headboard. It was lovely, so I though I would try it. Three shades of grey and two shades of taupe later, it wasn't working. Then I tried a grayed out lavender on the headboard. It was a beautiful color. Interesting, but the room was too dark and it ended up looking blah and indistinct. So I looked at the headboard and asked myself, "What does this need"? I went looking through my many cans of paint and I found a small jar in a deeper salmon color that I love. I did not want a juvenille effect. But the richer, more sophisticated colors weren't working. So, I tried the can of salmon paint. Instantly the mood of the area changed. There was energy pouring from the new color. I could feel it. I also realized how draining the gray had been. The new color is pretty and energetic in a way that none of the other colors were. It is bold. It doesn't look juvenille. It is charming and rich, with an edge. I love it. Serendipity in a jar of paint.