Direction: Colorful | Israel today

The Israeli monochromatic conservatism is broken by the Israelis every year a little more • We examined how open we really are to the combination of bold shades in space and how convenient it is for us to do so

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  Adrian Daouda

I have a feeling that something in our monochromatic herd has changed and is adopting a surprisingly intense color openness.

When I interviewed the trendologist Niva Yehiav, a color prediction expert, a little over a year ago, she claimed that we were at the beginning of a formative period that would affect our ability to embrace color.

I must say that her prediction is gaining traction.

A colorful choice manages to delineate and define our personal individual.

Unlike white, a hamra wall or door in shades of red or turquoise are a much more personal statement.

Design entrepreneur and trendologist Gil Reuter also analyzes color consumption habits in the local market, and he believes we are not yet in a place of colorful daring.

In his opinion, the color that entered the spaces today, entered through power walls and complementary accessories.

And that's right.

In Europe you can see whole spaces in the house painted in a bright color, while in the local arena the touch will be a little more hesitant, but it will be and that is what matters.

There is a positive trend developing.

A blue faucet in the bathroom will provide a significant color point that the customer will connect to and feel special thanks to.

ICE faucet from Beit Hamat

The front door and the window profile are a paint stain in an urban apartment.

Design: Pazit Shavit, front door and windows: aluminum star // Photo: Elad Gonen

Colorful light fixture, GLOW // Photo: PR

A house full of blue walls may be too extreme.

On the other hand, a blue faucet in the bathroom will provide a significant color point that the customer will connect to and feel special thanks to.

A colored light fixture will also allow for a significant color point in the space.

I mean, I put in color, I dared to break through the monochromatic but in a border that does me good, that I can contain.

Perceived color can also be combined with textiles.

Curtains and decorative pillows, they alone can form a significant stain in the designed space.

Green retro blender, Sauter

Colorful toaster, sauté

The window profiles in the house are also a point of color.

Rainbow of shades from the new color fan from Aluminum Star

Yehiav links our attitude to color to education to the creation of a personal individual, in which real space is given to personal expression and the cultivation of tendencies and preferences and in his power to develop our ability to open up to worlds of color.

Color is not necessarily colorful.

He does not have to be loud.

The whole idea is to combine in harmony.

If you emphasize one wall in a shade that is taken from a color that already exists in the space, it does not feel foreign.

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In many places you can now create the item according to your personal space.

Here you can see an aluminum dresser and a coffee table, each time painted in a different shade - blue, green or gold, and constitute a refined color point but present in the space.

Yehiav predicts that in the coming years the trend will continue to develop in two directions, much more radically than we know today, each side in its direction.

On the one hand: the intensification of personal expression.

This side will continue to care, among other things, for the LGBT community, in relation to people with disabilities, body image and more. Create a uniform, stiffer and less permissive sound.

The tension between the two ends is already well felt today.

In fact in some ways it feels to us like a kind of sane world coming to an end, and if the end of the world comes then anything is possible and why not express oneself to the end.

This mindset also contributes to touching color and creating openness to it, but this openness is more impulsive, less rooted and less reliant on education and culture.

Even with textiles you can combine noticeable colors, the curtain in a smoky pink shade is a second layer to the white curtain underneath.

In this way a soft and warm line is emphasized.

Interior design: Keren Niv Toledano, curtains: TRAUB // Photo: Amit Gosher

As owners of a well-groomed individual, we care less about what our neighbor does and what color he paints the walls.

There will be room for personal taste and there will be personal confidence about it.

And when it is at the center, there will be a greater degree of openness to color and its use inside the home, but these, Yehiav explains, depend on the education system and the culture that will develop in its wake, from a rooted, deeper place.

It does not take much to make color affect.

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And if you are convinced that it is recommended to use paint, you should do so correctly and in moderation.

Moran Mishion, a color consultant and interior designer at Tambour, explains that beyond the love of a certain color, it is worth taking into account what is happening in the space in order to create a choice that suits it.

"The color fan includes thousands of shades, which will look different from house to house, and depend on the direction of the light and its source. So if you saw a shade you liked in friends' house, it will not necessarily be the same way in your home. ".

When it comes to wall paints, the color can be combined as a background for artwork or furniture items like bookcases and dressers.

Hadas Cohen, director of architecture and inspiration at Nirlat, explains that "

decorative painting of geometric elements such as horizontal, vertical or diagonal stripes will create a colorful attraction and create an interesting and sophisticated space. Cohen also explains," Art does not have to be displayed only on heart walls .

Using dark colors as a background for artwork, decorative items or even a library, provides depth that enhances the presentation of the object. "