Homes with extreme color schemes
By Sarah Firshein, Curbed
March 12, 2012
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Unless you're House Beautiful and know how to properly administer hues such as pink and green, the liberal use of color can be a tricky affair. Pale pink sounds lovely until it becomes a sad, slumped loveshack; purple sounds regal until it becomes a Technicolor mess; and red sounds sexy until it becomes a Valentine's Day disaster.

Here are five homes that are nearly unrivaled in their enthusiasm for color both inside and out. Of course, enthusiasm doesn't always yield tasteful results.

Duck, N.C.
Listing: $1.95 million

This Duck, N.C. home looks like eye candy.
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Six hours due East in the state's Outer Banks vacation region, this 4,100-square-foot seven-bedroom looks like something out of a Dr. Suess book.


Naples, Fla.
Listing: $6.449 million

This Naples, Fla. home kitchen is spicier than many dishes.
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This Easter egg-colored wonderland in South Florida is a downright mansion: the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house totals 6,400 square feet.



Boone, N.C.
Listing: $1.2 million

This Boone, N.C. home would brighten up any kind of weather.
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This gingerbread-esque three-bedroom sits in the aptly named North Carolina neighborhood of Heavenly Mountain.



Ledyard, N.Y.
Listing: $1.1 million

The Ledyard, NY dining room is kind of a fun puzzle.
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This temple to insanity belongs to the founders of the MacKenzie-Childs pottery empire—represented ad infinitum in the listing photos, of course—and hit the market in July.


Sarasota, Fla.
Listing: $14.5 million

The colors of this Sarasota, Fla. home do justice to the sunset.
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Completed in 2000 by architect Guy Peterson, this 7,700-square-foot modern comes with a pool large enough to accommodate a game of waterpolo, a water slide, and a volleyball court.