Whether you opt for a pop of sunshine or a more muted shade on the beige spectrum, there’s a type of yellow to suit every room Standen sofa in Buttercup Velvet by Sophie Robinson for DFS Siobhan Lam of April and the Bear. Photo: Katie Kavanagh The Lowdown locker in Butter from Mustard Made Accessories from April and the Bear Yellow Meadow Floral Wallpaper Mural by Uta Naumann from Wallsaucecom The Skinny locker in Butter from Mustard Made Fabrics by Eva Sonaike from ufurnish Ikea's Nytillverkad collection Yellow has always been a provocative colour. In Qing Dynasty China, yellow was reserved for the Imperial family alone.
Nobody else was allowed wear it. In 19th-century France, sexy fiction came wrapped in yellow paper. The colour was both a warning and an invitation.
The Yellow Book , a literary periodical (1894-1897) took its name from these risqué novels. Oscar Wilde famously complained that the publication “was not yellow at all”. When he was arrested in April 1895, the Winchester Gazette reported: “Arrest of Oscar Wilde, Yellow Book Under his Arm.
” This was probably the relatively respectable literary journal, but the newspapers treated it as though he was carrying porn. Siobhan Lam of April and the Bear. Photo: Katie Kavanagh In interiors, yellow is on the frisky side of the colour wheel.
It’s never going to be the most popular colour on the paint chart but a pop of yellow goes a long way to enlivening a room. “Personally, I love yellow,” says Siobhan .
