Amazon Shopping: ROYGBIV For The Home
ORIGINAL POST DATE: 06-13-2019
In case you’re new to me and my story, I’m a visual merchandiser turned interior designer.
I took my skills in organizing and styling retail shops, and translated them into organizing and styling homes — trading in fixtures for furnishings, and apparel for accents. One of my favorite presentation styles as a merchandiser was color blocking but specifically using ROYGBIV to display merchandise.
What is ROYGBIV?
ROYGBIV is an acronym for Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet…aka the rainbow.
Most creatives, from interior designers to website designers, learn this acronym as an easy visual tool; but my love for it is a bit more on the nerdy side — it’s way easier for my eyes (and brain) to process and follow along.
It’s wayfinding.
In visual merchandising it was a great navigational tool for myself and shoppers alike. This is something that I’ve carried with me right into home design and organization. Remember my recent One Room Challenge transformation? ROYGBIV cataloguing made a huge difference in my client’s closet — totes transformative!
With June being LGBT Pride Month, I was been reminded of how a rainbow — ROYGBIV — can be a fun and vibrant addition to any space in more ways than simply sorting!
No matter how you feel about color — y’all know I am a big fan of using color to turn up the style by the way! — the rainbow is a universal symbol and standard for organization. But besides organization, how else can you bring a little more ROYGBIV into styling your home?
Since shopping Amazon is one of my favorite past times — keep your judgment to yourself — i upated my ROYGBIV inspired finds for the entire home.
UPDATED 10-23-2021
Rainbow
Iridescent
Bringing color into your home doesn’t have to be rocket science — you can do a little or a much as you’d like…as seen in my kitchen color series. What makes using the rainbow or ROYGBIV as your guide is that you’re tending to design aesthetics, home organization, and creative wayfinding all at the same time.