Vivid: Style in Color
Vivid: Style in Colour is an interiors book that makes a convincing case for colour as one of the most powerful tools we have for shaping the spaces around us, both at home and at work. Drawing on decades of experience as a stylist, Julia Green organises the book into eight colour-focused chapters: orange, red, blue, green, pink, yellow, neutrals, and black. It's a structure that sounds simple, but it gives the book a pleasing rhythm. Each section feels like its own world. Photographer Armelle Habib supplies rich interior photography alongside travel snapshots that show how different palettes appear across various cultures and climates, weaving a visual thread through the whole thing. The book also gathers voices from colour-minded practitioners across the globe, including Martyn Thomson in Sydney, Marielle Ienna in Palermo, and the Ibiza-based Los Enamorados, among others. These interviews sit alongside short essays that cover a surprising range of territory: the psychology and science of colour, the confidence required to work with bold or clashing tones, using colour to connect or separate spaces, layering for depth and texture, and practical approaches for smaller rooms or seasonal shifts. What makes Vivid genuinely useful is its willingness to address the question most people quietly carry: where on earth do you actually start? If your living space feels flat or oddly disconnected from who you are, this book offers thoughtful, grounded starting points rather than vague inspiration. It's warm, visually generous, and quietly persuasive.
- Author: Julia Green
- Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
- Genre: Home Improvement
- ISBN: 978-1743796504
- Pages: 261 pages