Are darker, bold paint colors outdated?

[Anonymous]

I'm getting ready to paint the interior of my house which is now painted neutral colors. Lately it seems like very muted, earthy colors are "in" and while I like them, I really prefer deeper colors--not quite jewel tones but almost. Are these colors outdated now though? Examples of what I like:

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/eb/15/bc/eb15bc105c700edb571319ec5160b539.jpg

http://www.behr.com/cma/Behr/Marketing/Project_Ideas/Project_Idea_Final/Article_AccentWall/images/p2_02.jpg


Of course I'm going to use colors I like, I just don't want it to look way outdated.

[Anonymous]

I think if you use a bunch of bold colors, it may look outdated. I think if you had that blue in your dining room and grays or white on all the other downstairs rooms, it would be elegant.

[Anonymous]

Generally yes, OP. But those colors look fresh, OP. I like them.

[Anonymous]

I love that blue, OP.

[Anonymous]

It's your house. Paint it what you like.

I personally prefer the colors you've selected. Those greys and neutrals are fine if you're selling/renting your house.

[Anonymous]

I agree you should do what you like.

I think the colours are fine- it's the orange/cranberry/forest green/purple that looks 'wth were you thinking'

[Anonymous]

i think color is fine as long as it flows together. Having one room yellow, one blue and one green just makes it look like a fun house.

[Anonymous]

I don't like that yellow - yellows are tough to pull off.

The blue is fine. But agree with others not to have a bunch of different colors.

[Anonymous]

I love bold color on my walls. If your colors flow smoothly in your home, I do not think it looks dated. Builder's beige is boring in every sense of the word.

[Anonymous]

I love bold color on my walls. If your colors flow smoothly in your home, I do not think it looks dated. Builder's beige is boring in every sense of the word.

[Anonymous]

sorry for the double post!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love bold color on my walls. If your colors flow smoothly in your home, I do not think it looks dated. Builder's beige is boring in every sense of the word.

+1. We're looking at putting our house on the market and only 2 of our rooms did our realtor suggest re-painting to a paler or more neutral shade, the rest she was fine with including some of the aforementioned cranberry and forest green. I'm unlike most people though, in that I have a harder time falling in love with a house that's all neutral as opposed to seeing the possibilities with color.

[Anonymous]

I have that blue on one wall in my family room. The color looks incredible next to white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love bold color on my walls. If your colors flow smoothly in your home, I do not think it looks dated. Builder's beige is boring in every sense of the word.

+1. We're looking at putting our house on the market and only 2 of our rooms did our realtor suggest re-painting to a paler or more neutral shade, the rest she was fine with including some of the aforementioned cranberry and forest green. I'm unlike most people though, in that I have a harder time falling in love with a house that's all neutral as opposed to seeing the possibilities with color.

Me too!! We almost bought the wrong house because I had an emotional reaction to the color scheme. Ours was beige and so boring. I guess that knife could cut both ways, but I way prefer colors.

[Anonymous]

I hate blues but that is a nice, fresh, crisp shade.

Not crazy about the yellow.

Wouldn't like to see them in rooms that are close together.