Living on Australia's Gold Coast, love teal, sea green, turquoise, white. Hate pink, orange, red, purple. To hot for those colours here.

Grey. Too much white.

Does anyone remember the 70's, we had shag carpeting orange with yellow, and maybe brown in the fam. rm., and the kitchen had wall paper with orange flowers, we sure were styling then, lol.

Tw- our kitchen had fake brick wallpaper, orange cabinets, brick linoleum floor, along with a Felix the Cat clock (eyes and tail shifting side to side).

Good morning Margo ;0), orange cabinets, I don't think I had ever seen that before, but I would love to have that Felix the cat now.

Btw, I'll et back to that other site ;0( sometime later, lol

Blue makes me nauseated and makes me fill like I want to vomit!

Too much dark red reminds me of Klingons.

I actually love orange - it sings to my heart and I smile every time I see it - but for me it is definitely a colour where less is more. As Dooenmabest and others have mentioned, I think any colour can work if it is done right (same for clothes).

The right hue and dose of orange for me is more as a 'pop' or accent colour, furniture piece upholstered in just the right hue or mixed in cushion designs and the like. All against a neutral base and to complement colours found within the building materials such as timber, stone, metal and especially not to compete with any beautiful outdoor views.

I seriously could not work at Houzz if I had to work in that orange ... it hurts my head and would completely drain me of all creativity - and given how creative the Houzz team is :-) ... I assume it is only the hallway that is painted like this - but even having to walk through that orange and fluro lit hallway would set me off. Some images from the net below of how I would use orange:

I don't hate any colour! It all depends how/where and how much of it is used.

Wuff, you wrote my bedroom memories of my room at our farm. Lipstick pink carpet and psychedelic curtains and bedspreads. I still think it was the coolest room I ever had!

I am currently using 60's and 70's colours and patterns to decorate my fabulous 1965 built home, with a 1970 sunroom extension.

Psychedelic black and white vinyl in the bathroom. The rest is white and beige lamipanel in the wet areas.

I have an orange and cream geometric patterned quilt cover and pillow slips I love in my bedroom and found psychedelic lime, purple and hot pink , with white splotches linen for my guest room.

I have a lime green glass splashback in my kitchen, with terazzo look minoleum floors and blackwood cabinetry, with butcher block benchtops. I kept to white enamel appliances for 60's authenticity, but did use a stainless steel cooktop. I also have 1960's canisters, two sets one ranges from tangerine, to pale lime, beige, deep aqua and salmon, the others have bight fruits, with black lids. My jug is electric blue, with a matching toaster!

I have my original 1970's microwave and food processor, as well as a hand me down 1960's Sunbeam Mixmaster, with all its attachments!

My laundry has a mix of cream and beige floral and lime green and more blackwood cabinetry and the benchtop matches that in the kitchen.

My sunroom is resplendant with its spotted pine feature wall and lime green and olive cane furniture, with masses of much loved houseplants, including a hoya that occupies one wall, that is as old as I am. Both of us turn 60 next year!

The whole house is painted in airey cream, an off white, that just takes the chill out of white white!

My lounge is a collection of antique vases, fine bone china, silverware and blond wood lounge and dining furniture, all that were proudly displayed by my parents in the 1960s and 70's when antiques were all the rage!

There is not a single tile in my house, by choice, to avoid mould and heavy duty cleaning!

I hate cleaning tiles as much as I hate the colour grey!

My place is filled with colour!

Luckily the beige shot silk curtains that are the bedrooms and lounge are so neutral they go with all the ecclectic items and 60's era styling I so love. Their quality means they should see out at least a century of wear!