colour crush - orange and blue

It all started here last week when I spotted this lovely image from Creature Comforts flickr stream....

{sweet clementine by Creature Comforts}

I love this colour combination of blue and orange. It has such a summery feel to it. For that's through an association to Spain and Morocco and the colour in beautiful traditional wall and floor tiles. It doesn't seem to matter which shade of blues you combine with a shot of citrus, it always come off fresh and exciting.

{'Orange walls, blue windows, graffiti' by Jeremy Hughes}

{La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina by Crumblin Down}

From South Africa (top) to Argentina this colour combination of orange and blue is captured wonderfully in these buildings. It also works well on the inside of houses as these next few images show.

 

 

{both images via flickr here and here}

These are certainly what you would call brave uses of colour - but I think they look amazing! Would I be brave enough to do this - probably not - but I'm thankful there are people out there not afraid to throw colour around for me to swoon over! I like the fact that the furniture and decor style is quite traditional in shape but totally stamped as modern by the fresh colour palette!