Colors are as subjective as the people who perceive them. One woman’s spirit hue is another’s worst nightmare–isn’t that how the saying goes?

But there is one exception to the rule of colors lacking universal appeal or effect: experts say that yellow is a unilaterally happy color. Across the board, and far more so than any other hue, yellow makes people feel happy.

And since we here at Live Simply believe that home should, in fact, be the happiest place on earth for you (sorry Disney), it behooves us to incorporate a bit of the sunny color into our most highly frequented spaces.

The good news is that yellow is potent, meaning a dab’lldoya. Too much of it, and you risk making yourself seasick on land with sensory overload. But a yellow window frame here, a goldenrod curtain there; a lemon yellow pedant light here, and an egg yolk yellow stool there, and you just might find yourself feeling magically uplifted by your interiors.

Anyhow, it’s worth a shot.

Home of Nathaly Salas and Teo Leffs via Elle Decor

Design by Emily Henderson

Hally’s Restaurant in London, designed by Alexander Waterworth

Design by Alys S. Protzman via

Stacey Brandford via Style At Home

Home of Madeleine and Jeremy Grummet via The Design Files

Design by Carla Lane Interiors

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