"The Power of Color" for VIE November 2023
Suzanne Pollak
“In Africa, where my family lived in dozens of US government-owned houses, we carried our furniture and belongings with us, including bookshelves to hold the thousands of books and records my father collected. But we unpacked without ever changing the interiors: each house had the same bland wall color. I suppose it was because, in those tropical and subtropical climates, the color was outside, in the gardens and views.
As a result, when I had my own house to design, wall color remained a mystery. I was color clueless. But at the time, I figured, ‘How hard could this be?’ If I like light gray, why not use that? However, when the color went on the wall (I was too inexperienced to test different shades), the gray was uninspired and didn’t move me. The truth is, at the time, I didn’t know about the connection between color and the experience you have living with it—my understanding of the role of color came years later….”
Read more about “The Power of Color” in the latest issue of VIE Magazine HERE.