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Is Too Much Colour a Bad Thing? These Indian Homes Say No

Go bold or go home ... these spaces do both admirably

Vinita Kunnath
Vinita Kunnath2 September 2019
A Houzz India contributor, freelance writer, lover of the internet, travel, funny blogs and all things off-beat, with an eye for good taste and aesthetics. Home, not clothes, maketh a man.....or woman.
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There’s no hard and fast rule to how many colours one can use in a single space; even so, most of us tend to err on the side of caution, sticking to two or three dominant shades. These homes, however, have thrown caution to the winds and revel in showing their true (and multifarious) colours in all their glory.
Layers Studios for Design & Architecture
1. Location: Noida
Firm: Layers Studios for Design & Architecture

A Mondrian-style front door is a precursor of things to come. The door is fronted by a metal grill painted a brilliant red. Together, they make quite the stunning entrance.

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Layers Studios for Design & Architecture
Stepping inside, the living-cum-dining room features every colour of the rainbow, and then some. The wildly disparate colours find coherence through the white ceiling and loads of natural light.

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Shan Bhatnagar Designs
2. Location: Jaipur
Firm: Shan Bhatnagar Designs

The entrance to this home is stunning, to say the least – tones of blue, red, yellow, black and even white come together to create a dramatic entrance. The walls painted in red and golden yellow are enhanced with traditional motifs, while the ceiling (not seen) is a black-painted tent-like structure replicated from that of the Nathdwara temple.

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A casual lounge area is decorated with bright Suzani motifs on the ceiling and multi-hued cushions on the seating, which add pools of colour against the electric-blue walls.

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Mrigank Sharma Photography
3. Location: Delhi

This Delhi home shows that walls and paintwork are not the only means to add colour. An exclusively white background works beautifully to set off a huge piece of art in neon pink and turquoise blue, which colours are repeated throughout the space, evoking a touch of springtime vivacity.

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Accessories as strong bearers of colour is a technique used in the bedroom too, from the kitsch artwork on the walls to the thangka-style bedspread to a saffron-hued seat with matching cushions.

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Shantanu Garg Design
4. Location: Jaipur
Firm: Shantanu Garg Design
This sitting area in a Jaipur home is a confluence of a myriad colours. Jewel-toned embroidered upholstery, rani-pink seats and a turquoise distressed-finish centre table serve to liven up a space sombrely encased in dark-grey floors and a chocolate ceiling.
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The lounge area, at the far end of the room, is markedly different. Black-and-white chevron-patterned wallpaper serves up a bold background to mixed shades of blue and white upholstery, creating an arresting contrast.

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Prachi Damle Photography
5. Location: Mumbai

This home, at first impression, is kitsch overdone; but a second look reveals a method in the madness. The living room uses red and green as the dominant colours, albeit in various hues within each of these two primary-colour families.
Prachi Damle Photography
The explosion of colours continues in another corner of the house, where violet, red and pink intermingle, with a touch of yellow as the binding colour, starting from the painting, to the lamp shade and continuing to the armchair.

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