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I love the story in the May issue of
Martha Stewart Living on
decorating with color. The selected 18 colors and dubbed them "super-neutrals" and then decorated five rooms with them. The palettes are a combination of contrast and tone-on-tone. I tend to use more tone-on-tone, so it's nice to be reminded that contrast can be very beautiful too, and doesn't have to mean black and white, or a similarly stark combination (the yellow and blue below is one example).
Here are the paint colors:
1. Buoyant Blue, No. 6483, Sherwin-Williams.
2. Dragonfly, No. AF-510, Benjamin Moore.
3. Gray Horse, No. 2140-50, Benjamin Moore.
4. Blue Fir, No. MSL124, Martha Stewart Living Paint.
5. Cooking Apple Green, No. 32, Farrow & Ball.
6. Titanium, No. 2141-60, Benjamin Moore.
7. Punch, No. MSL014, Martha Stewart Living Paint.
8. Stonington Gray, No. HC-170, Benjamin Moore.
9. Babouche, No. 223HC-170, Farrow & Ball.
10. Heath, No. MSL212, Martha Stewart Living Paint.
11. Natural Twine, No. MSL217, Martha Stewart Living Paint.
12. Lancaster Blue, No. UL34, Ralph Lauren Paint.
13. Makaha, No. 19-32, Pratt & Lambert.
You can get a printable version of the paint palette here.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf7xuDvBMh4GAa4x_3l2Rcao9ZN9fgkhj_BDhvFB_PRa-EcIELmqG6cZHa11JjLuq-b5DeZelW_p5B3PodqDR62GDq6aLBOI5paJ9TCou5qvWVqpXGTDmLE6z1V-Jnz99vtvRyXq2q3Bp/s400/2-yellow-peach-living-room.jpg)
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Speaking of paint, Benjamin Moore retailers in the Southeast are offering free color samples. Great for a testing out a color or a small project (say, a couple of picture frames). Visit
benjaminmoore.com to download your coupon and get a complete list of participating dealers.