Avocado green and mustard yellow: the two greens and yellows of that era

An interior color study primarily featuring avocado green and mustard yellow. Avocado green is a dark green with a lot of yellow and gray, not fresh grass green or deep moss green, but like the flesh of a ripe avocado; mustard yellow is a turbid yellow with brown, not bright lemon yellow. These two colors appear simultaneously on large areas—an avocado green wall or cabinet, a mustard yellow sofa—and because their saturation is lowered, they are not jarring when placed together, instead forming a harmonious, period-appropriate feel. Paired with cream and dark coffee as neutral colors, and a small amount of rust orange as an accent. Metal is brass. Avoid: using bright primary greens and yellows, making the colors clean and vibrant, adding cool blues, using white walls.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以酪梨綠與芥末黃為主的室內色彩研究。酪梨綠是一種帶著大量黃與灰的暗綠,不是清新的草綠也不是深沉的墨綠,像成熟酪梨的果肉;芥末黃則是帶褐的濁黃,不是明亮的檸檬黃。這兩色同時出現在大面積上——一面酪梨綠的牆或櫃體、一組芥末黃的沙發——因為彩度都被壓低,它們並置時不會刺眼,反而形成一種同時代的和諧。搭配奶油色與深咖啡作為中性色,以及少量的鏽橘作為點綴。金屬是黃銅。避免:使用明亮的原色綠與黃、把顏色調得乾淨鮮豔、加入冷色調的藍、使用白色的牆面。