How should I decorate a living room with buttery off-white walls?

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The apartment I'm moving into has sort of ivory/ buttery pale yellow walls with wide white baseboards. My futon is black, and I have a white shelf my TV is on and a glass and silver desk. I also have a brown patterned recliner. Can I use the white, black and glass with the walls the color they are and then throw in some brighter colors like hot pink, green, yellow? I'm thinking I should cover the brown chair as it doesn't match the color scheme of the rest of the room. Any ideas?

1] concentrate on three colors for each room. One should be 60% of room, second should be 30%, and third should be 10%.
2] you already have butter yellow, plus a black sofa; and the brown recliner.
3] definitely cover the recliner or the sofa, so you can use black [ or brown - not both! ]
4] you could use hot pink, lime green, and lemon yellow for pillows, small ornaments, candles, flowerpot/planter
5] try to make the colors in apartment 'flow' from room to room, in 'public' areas.
a] if you like yellow, green, and pink; use a different proportion of same color for kitchen [ say 60% green, 30% pink, and 10% yellow. ]
b] or use one color from LR in kitchen [ say green ] and add one new shade [ blue ]
c] also suggest framing all art work [ paintings, photos, posters ] in similar color and material - brass/chrome, oak/walnut, colored enamel

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