In the 1960s, David Hicks lacquered the walls of his Chelsea living room in a color he called "Coca-Cola." The woodwork and ceiling are a bright white.
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FARROW & BALL PAINT MAHOGANY 36: "This room, lacquered a 'Coca-Cola' color, sealed it -- David Hicks was the James Bond of interior design. Wow! It's a great bold, sexy statement, and -- much like somebody wearing a black dress -- extremely flattering to the architecture and the things you put up against it. I would do it in this very dark brown, in a full gloss finish as he did, so it becomes luminous." --Peter Dunham
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BEHR PAINT YAM 290B-7: "I love the warmth and inferred light that comes from lively, zesty, orangey colors. Since this has a little brown in it, it doesn't have the brass that orange does. It's more sophisticated, dressier. Often a valuable rug or a rare antique carries a room, but in this case it's the paint that would be dazzling." --Mary Douglas Drysdale
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RALPH LAUREN PAINT IN LINEN UL03: "I'd pair [Ralph Lauren's Walton Cream VM65] with this nice stone color that would kindly allow the pink to step one little foot forward. For the fabrics, I would not veer from this pink one iota. Just change the texture -- cashmere, powdery silk, felt, nubby wool. I would want to be enveloped by it." --Bobby McAlpine
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RALPH LAUREN PAINT IN WALTON CREAM VM65: "I'm aching to do pink. This particular shade is sort of an apparition, like something that used to be pink and this is all that's left of it. Very, very tender." --Bobby McAlpine
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KELLY-MOORE PAINT CACTUS CAFÉ KM3431-3: "There's a café in Paris near the Place des Vosges that has this unusual green on the walls, a kind of old-world color that makes you feel relaxed and calm. Think of a mossy garden after the rain. It would be beautiful with cognac-toned wood, black-and-white floors, black-and-white toile -- or stripes, if you want to be more modern." --Stephen Shubel
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BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT GRAPPA 1393: "My dear departed Ron Grimaldi, who owned Rose Cumming, was the most elegant man, totally over the top, and he painted everything eggplant. It looked deep and mysterious and kind of sexy. I see it with silver, light blue, green, orange. I'd treat it as a neutral so I wouldn't be afraid of it. Just take it on and have fun." --Brett Beldock
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BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT ALLIGATOR ALLEY 441: "In The War of the Roses, Danny DeVito's office was the hottest-looking thing I've ever seen. Every nook and cranny was painted this great loden green, with a bit of yellow in it, which makes it more hip than hunter green. It's a classic luxe look -- a great backdrop for books, art, mahogany furniture. Just what a guy's library should be." --Dan Barsanti
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Designer Richard Mishaan took inspiration for a deep coral color from a print like this one.
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BENJAMIN MOORE PAINT CHILI PEPPER 2004-20: "We're doing an apartment in Palm Beach and I got this crazy idea to do coral. This is a really deep coral, kind of like a cheerful Chinese red. It could bring a lot of energy and vibrancy to a guest room. Pinks and reds to me are synonymous with frozen drinks and relaxing. They're good for skin tones -- people look great against it. The other colors in the room would be very subtle -- maybe a cool geometric gray-and-white for the curtains, another for the rug." --Richard Mishaan
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