Triadic Colour Scheme - Inspiration Can Come From Anywhere

This week's blog post is all about designing a living space based on an inspiration that can come from just about anywhere!

For my inspiration, I have chosen the Philippine flag.

As such, by default, I will be using the colours red, yellow and blue which is a triadic colour scheme. 

A triadic colour scheme uses three colours that are evenly spaced on the colour wheel.

Since the Philippine flag uses the three primary colours in its pure hues, these are the colour palettes I am going forward with:

As a starting point, I have chosen yellow as the main wall colour for the living space. Again, I have used the Resene colour match app to select a close match.

Resene Sweet Corn

I am also using blue to paint an accent wall

Resene Elvis

I am designing a fun, whimsical boy's bedroom so for my product selections, I have chosen some quirky, cartoony furnishings in their pure hues:

A red custom made daybed from Urban Kids, a NZ company that specializes in children's furniture

 A couple of cartoony, quirky dressers in blue and red from paulas.co.nz

"Oops Cabinet" in white by Judson Beaumont 

A  blue child-sized replica Panton chair from REM Design

"Bad Table" desk by Judson Beaumont painted white

A sunburst wall clock from Nood to represent the sun in the flag

  A black pendant light with a smiling yellow star from zazzle.co.nz or DIY using stencil on a plain black lamp, to represent the stars in the flag.

Red carpet from the Hilton Collection of Irvine Flooring

Letter wall decal from snugasabug.co.nz or hand painted if you are artistically inclined

Accessories with the Philippine flag design can be custom ordered from Filipino stores in NZ

And this is how I envisioned my Philippine flag-inspired living space to look like.....

 Design Elements in the Flag That is Reflected in the Living Space

The Philippine flag has a horizontal line. This is recreated in the living space by the line going from the top of the white cabinet to the red daybed against the blue wall.

There is rhythm through colour in both flag and living space. The repeated use of primary colours in their pure hues gave this room so much vibrancy and energy.

 Likewise, there is rhythm through design in both flag and bedroom. The stylized design of the sun in the flag was interpreted in the room by the use of cartoony, quirky, whimsical furniture which added a lot of excitement and fun to the space.