Interior designers are finding interesting ways to pair red and green ? a combination more typically associated with Christmas ? to create quirky colour-block interiors. This lookbook brings together recent examples of how it can be done.
Set on opposite sides of the colour wheel, red and green are inherently compatible, each helping to offset the other.
Combining two such bright colours in a residential interior can sound daunting, even without their festive affiliation. But a slew of recent projects show that they can have a place in modern interiors.
Below, we've collated eight home interiors that prove this colour combination isn't just for Santa, combining subdued green tones with warmer hues ranging from pink to crimson.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring clerestory windows, exposed ceiling beams and kitchen skylights.
Photo by Yannis Drakoulidis
Trikoupi Apartment, Greece, by Point Supreme Architects
Colourful built-in furniture pieces define different areas inside this Athens apartment in the wake of a renovation by local studio Point Supreme Architects, which saw many of the home's partition walls removed to make the interior feel more sunny and spacious.
Among them is a stained plywood storage wall that runs along one side of the apartment, providing a dramatic contrast with the oxblood-coloured kitchen cabinets and the glossy Ferrari-red islan...