When it comes to decorating your home, color preferences are right up there with style in leading how you appoint each room. The experts at apartmenttherapy.com have a great article on why certain colors you might not expect to pair well—those directly across the color wheel from each other, like purple and yellow—do complement each because of the physiological processes going on behind the way we see. After the brief and very accessible look at the science of how we see color, they present some wonderful photographs showing how some interior designers have worked with color pairings that best work with how our eyes and brain process colors. Among the surprises: reds and greens coming together without screaming holiday season!