CMYLK

Color palettes created from the abstract landscape artwork of Gabe Brown.

Inspiring, rich color palettes created from interiors of homes by Australian contemporary architecture firm Nixon Tulloch Fortey.

Colorful palettes picked from the abstract artwork of Baltimore-based artist Beth Hoeckel, who works in paint, collage, mixed media, and photography.

This week’s CMYLK features three contemporary interiors captured by New York photographer Marili Forastieri.

David Collins culls the visual language for his geometric planes of color from recollections of airports, homes, and construction sites.

Abstract painter Yolanda Sanchez earned an MFA from Yale in the mid '90s, 15 years after earning a Ph.D. Clinical Psychology from Florida State. It's not surprising that in her artist's statement, Sanchez discusses how her work is "a gathering of [her] awareness of being," and that her goal is "to become a more finely tuned observer." What is obvious to us, and of course the reason we chose her for this week's CMYLK, is that she clearly lives in a beautifully colored world.

There's nothing like the holidays to inspire one's inner Martha Stewart. But who needs to get all New England? New Year's Eve, after all, is more glitz and glam than country baked ham. While a woodsy palette with simple white ceramics, a touch of moss, and a sprinkling of pine cones can delight the modern maven, other palettes are equally as pretty. Above, a winter wonderland that's modern and femme, and finally, at the bottom, the gold sparkle that is always a win on December 31. We hope you'll find inspiration in these festive table settings and corresponding Colourlovers palettes. Happy New Year!

Photography/director team Jeremy Floto and Cassandra Warner are principals in the New York-based studio Floto + Warner. Their photos have appeared in Time, W Magazine, and Wallpaper; other clients include Prada and Volkswagen. I found them via Pinterest in my quest for colored smoke landscape photos (they created a beautiful colored smoke video). You can see from this trio of color-popping images that their work is irresistible. I had fun using Colourlovers to create palettes for this week's CMYLK.

Christmas isn't all about red, green, and gold; certainly not in Scandinavia. I seem to remember a blue and silver Christmas tree in my past, but that may have just been questionable decorating choices compliments of the 1970s. This week's CMYLK uses Colourlovers to create palettes that celebrate holiday style with a Nordic sensibility.

Artist Patrick Wilson, who lives and works in Los Angeles, explores mid-century modernism in his boxy abstract works. We're inspired by his color blocking combinations, as are the Hirschhorn and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which both own his work. Wilson is a self-described "slow motion action painter," who relies on intuition in the creative process. In terms of technique, he uses a drywall blade to drag layers of translucent and opaque coats of paint across the canvas to gradually build his architectural compositions. We used Colourlovers to create palettes for three of his works in this week's installment of CMYLK.

Despite her gift for color, Maria Llado never imagined she'd become an interior designer. Hailing from Madrid, Llado studied a multitude of artistic disciplines, including advertising art, fine arts, and photography before enrolling in a course in interior design at St. Martin's in London. Her claim to fame? Woody Allen liked her work so much, he filmed some scenes of Vicky Cristina Barcelona in a villa she had decorated. For CMYLK this week, we created Colourlovers palettes for three rooms in a waterside home she did in Trasvia, Cantabria.

Kate Tucker is an Australian artist based in Melbourne who works mostly with painting and mixed media installation. She is inspired by the kaleidoscopic wonder of flora and fauna, which immediately makes sense upon viewing her lush, vibrant abstract pieces. For this week's CMYLK, we mocked up Colourlovers palettes of three acrylic works she created this year.