Rules for mixing without chaos: Sharing a color

A room where multiple patterns coexist harmoniously. The large floral wallpaper on the wall, the medium-scale plaid of the curtains, the fine stripes of the throw pillows—the three patterns have distinctly different scales, one large, one medium, one small; but they share the same set of colors, for example, all featuring that specific sage green and coral pink. Because of the shared colors and staggered scales, the multiple patterns do not clash. Avoid: having multiple patterns with similar scales, using patterns with completely unrelated colors, using more than four patterns in the same space, letting the pattern styles differ too much.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個多種圖案共存但協調的房間。牆上的大花壁紙、窗簾的中尺度格紋、抱枕的細條紋——三種圖案的尺度明顯不同,一大一中一小;但它們共用同一組顏色,例如都有那個特定的鼠尾草綠與珊瑚粉。因為共用色與尺度錯開,多圖案不會打架。避免:讓多種圖案的尺度接近、使用顏色完全不相關的圖案、在同一空間使用超過四種圖案、讓圖案的風格差異過大。