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Olive upholstering, saffron yellow walls, what curtain colors should I use?

It is for my family room. The zaffron yellow on the walls realy pop up, but I want a relaxing and cozy feeling. Using the patron 60, 30, 10 or should I use olive green for curtains also.Any sugestion will be realy apreciated.Thanks

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I think a dark maroon will coordinate well.
I like eggplant with those colors. maybe a print or stripe with saffron, olive and eggplant. Very stylish.
I had one pumpkin wall, olive green (mostly) surtains with a small subtle floral pattern, my sofa was the yellow you used on the walls in my home the combo was ALWAYS getting snide comments, must be nice to afford a decorator The decorator was me!
Sounds like this is heading toward a tertiary color scheme (3 colors next to one another on the color wheel. What you need, since you already have the green and yellow, is a warm orange accent. It could be rust, persimmon, red-orange... you get the idea. Now for the curtains, I'd look for something in a pattern, maybe a paisley that brings in the rust orange hue, along with the olive and a bit of yellow and maybe some brown, on a neutral background. Bring in colored and patterned pillows and accessories, pictures, etc. to pull it all together. Also, look for patterned area rugs to accomplish this. If you do go for a strong pattern on the area rug -- you can then choose either an olive or rust for the drapes, or a simple stripe. Hope this helps lead you in a better direction of pulling this room together -- nice warm combo for the living area.

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