What is your NO WAY color.

[seriously]

Reading the bathroom color thread got me wondering what is you no way-not in my house color? 
For me it's burgundy, don't like it or a have any of it in my house, walls accents, or otherwise. 

[bunnymendelbaum]

I'm not a huge fan of yellow, but never say never.

[pixy0stix]

Maroon for the aforementioned 90s country memories. I swear, that's all my friend's mom's painted with.

[cjeanette]

Mauve or forest green

Overall I am not afraid of color so I try to never say never

[juliahenry]

Pink, and any variation on it. Peach, flamingo, pastel, you name it, not in my house. Which is funny because I will wear it no problem.

[msmerymac]

I agree about pink. Out of 8 rooms in our house if you include the hallway), 5 had some form of pink when we bought it. I am NOT a pink person.

Unfortunately, most of the bathroom is still a pink explosion, but we toned it down a LITTLE by painting the previously pink walls white. We still have wall and floor tile in pink, though. The rest of the rooms were all painted other colors.

[TBM]

Jun 17, 2014 12:19:05 GMT -5 juliahenry said:

Pink, and any variation on it. Peach, flamingo, pastel, you name it, not in my house. Which is funny because I will wear it no problem.

This, except that the only shade I will wear would be raspberry.  Hunter green would be out too.

ETA:  More.  Pastels or baby colors.  they make me anxious.  Also, khaki, tan, most browns and yellowy cream.

[downtoearth]

I can't really do red or lavender. They are just NMS.

ETA: Oh and Pink and Hunter Green also.  Even outside, I dislike Hunter's Green.

[pamela]

Purple of any shade, forest green, orange.

[auntie]

About the only color on my no-fly list is orange. I'm older, my parents fancied themselves "hippies". In my formative years my retinas were damaged by a floating couch in orange, an accent wall in tangerine and Kitchen done in shades of lemon, lime and orange-orange.

To those of you who hate the jewel tones, they'll come back. They always do. Thirty years ago the coppertone, avocado and harvest gold of my youth were repugnant to me. Time passed, the iteration in this design cycle tweaked it and now I'm living happily with them.

[treedimensional]

Too many to list! I especially despise baby blue, pastel peach or pink (anything that looks like a nursery), aqua, mint green (anything that looks like a beach bungalow) or lavender. Pretty much the whole range of pukey pastels. I won't wear them either. Some shades of yellow, including pastel yellow, are okay, however. And orange walls of any shade turn me off. I feel like I'm in a kids playroom, or Home Depot, but I like wearing orange. I will wear orange clothes all year long.

[Susie]

I don't know that there's anything that's absolutely off limits. Most colors I think I'd never use, but then I think, well, but I've seen it done well ____ before so maybe.

[texassmith]

Pretty much any jewel tone or anything dark. Let's be honest, I'm very much a "neutral paint color and add color in other decor" type of person.

[adhdfashion]

Mustard yellow or mustard brown.

[arch01]

Peach or pink.

We have a lot of browns, deep reds and cream in my house.

[magdala]

Jun 17, 2014 13:19:57 GMT -5 Susie said:

I don't know that there's anything that's absolutely off limits. Most colors I think I'd never use, but then I think, well, but I've seen it done well ____ before so maybe.

Me too.  It really depends on the shade and how it's used.  

[saintlouise]

White. We spent too much time in college and as newlyweds in all white interior rentals that we weren't allowed to paint. 

Red too- the previous owners of the house we are currently selling were big Nebraska cornhusker fans and the basement and kitchen were all in-your-face RED. We're not big risk takers when it comes to paint color so we beiged that up real quick.

[kaylie]

Jun 17, 2014 12:18:52 GMT -5 cjeanette said:

Mauve or forest green

Overall I am not afraid of color so I try to never say never

Oooh, these are good ones. We had forest green on our exterior and mauve in our dining room when we moved in and they were among the first colors to go. They're pretty bad.

[mrsreynolds4]

I can't think of anything I absolutely wouldn't use, even in accessories. We're in Broncos country, so even orange his its place.

ETA: I just realized there are 2 colors I avoid in my house.  Mint green (color of my bedroom growing up) and pink (color of everything my mom bought for me, and the current color of her bathroom)

I tend to feel more comfortable with neutral colors for walls (I don't enjoy painting) and furniture because I'm too broke to replace it when it's dated or annoys me.

[soozy87]

Metallic gold - that is what our living room and hallway were painted when we moved in.

[TBM]

Jun 17, 2014 15:26:15 GMT -5 saintlouise said:

White. We spent too much time in college and as newlyweds in all white interior rentals that we weren't allowed to paint. 

Every rental we ever lived in, (or for that matter, that my daughter lived in) was not actually white, but was a depressing off white/creamy white/navajo beige sort of color.  Nothing fresh or clean looking...just yellowy, beige-y blah.  I think I prefer actual white to that.


This post is bringing up all sorts of color issues that I forgot that I had. lol

[bearkatjen]

Jun 17, 2014 16:26:08 GMT -5 TBM said:

Jun 17, 2014 15:26:15 GMT -5 saintlouise said:

White. We spent too much time in college and as newlyweds in all white interior rentals that we weren't allowed to paint. 

Every rental we ever lived in, (or for that matter, that my daughter lived in) was not actually white, but was a depressing off white/creamy white/navajo beige sort of color.  Nothing fresh or clean looking...just yellowy, beige-y blah.  I think I prefer actual white to that.


This post is bringing up all sorts of color issues that I forgot that I had. lol

This! Apartment white. It's not white, it's not beige, it's just dull and sad.

[housegeek]

Jun 17, 2014 12:34:37 GMT -5 pamela said:

Purple of any shade, forest green, orange.

plus 1

[Deleted]

The aforementioned "apartment white" and also actual whites (on walls, trim is fine) anywhere except maybe a craft/art room where color reflection might be important as it feels unfinished. I'm personally not a turquoise fan, although I can appreciate it in other spaces not my home.

Mauve/dusty rose - my mom went on a mauve binge in the 90s and the whole upstairs was redone with mauve carpet.

[pixy0stix]

Jun 17, 2014 16:17:58 GMT -5 soozy87 said:

Metallic gold - that is what our living room and hallway were painted when we moved in.

I'd like to add this to my list, too.

[juliahenry]

Jun 17, 2014 12:39:31 GMT -5 auntie said:

Thirty years ago the coppertone, avocado and harvest gold of my youth were repugnant to me. Time passed, the iteration in this design cycle tweaked it and now I'm living happily with them.

Ooh, good point. I'm a child of the 70s and, while I have very vague memories of the avocado/harvest gold trend, it didn't register. What I really can't stand are the 80s color themes -pink/mint, forest green/burgundy, purple/beige. Add in a decorative wallpaper accent border and it's my own private design hell.

[rooster222]

Red-especially dark red. I tend to paint mostly lighter/cool colors. Right now my MB has a dark red accent wall that is driving me crazy.

Dark purple is another no-go for me.

[candreco]

Orange.

[seriously]

This has been interesting to read. I have to agree with all the mauve dusty rose choices, not a fan. I do have to confess, I love orange and have at least a hint of it in most rooms.

[cjeanette]

Jun 17, 2014 16:41:25 GMT -5 @ksta said:

The aforementioned "apartment white" and also actual whites (on walls, trim is fine) anywhere except maybe a craft/art room where color reflection might be important as it feels unfinished. I'm personally not a turquoise fan, although I can appreciate it in other spaces not my home.

Mauve/dusty rose - my mom went on a mauve binge in the 90s and the whole upstairs was redone with mauve carpet.

My ILs just got rid of their mauve carpet last fall.  It was awful!