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This has us feeling blue (308 East 79th Street via Sotheby's) This has us feeling blue (308 East 79th Street via Sotheby's)
Throughout New York, many decorators and sellers turn to neutrals when getting ready to put a home on the market. This creates a clean palette that allows prospective buyers to better imagine their own possessions and style in the space. However, some listings have opted to put primary colors on proud display. Does this practice scare buyers away, or attract those with particularly niche tastes? Scroll through to find out.

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480 Park Avenue
480 Park Avenue Midtown East
308 East 79th Street
308 East 79th Street Lenox Hill
Trump Tower, 721 Fifth Avenue
Trump Tower, 721 Fifth Avenue Midtown East
Lincoln Spencer Arms, 140 West 69th Street
Lincoln Spencer Arms, 140 West 69th Street Lincoln Center
40 Sutton Place
40 Sutton Place Beekman/Sutton Place
Seeing Red
480-Park-Avenue-1 The Antionettes via Keller Williams
Talk about making a dramatic entrance! Situated in an Emery Roth-designed cooperative, this apartment's gallery has two large closets, an arched entryway to the living room, and bright red wallpaper that can be seen from the master bedroom on the opposite end of the home. See floor plan and full details here.

The Hunchback of Brooklyn Heights
99-Clinton-Street-1 99 Clinton Street via The Corcoran Group
Quasimodo would feel right at home in Brooklyn's oldest church conversion. This loft residence features vaulted 23' ceilings, cathedral-like arches, stained-glass windows...all that's missing are the wise-cracking gargoyles from the Disney adaptation! See floor plan and full details here.

Work It
310-West-97th-Street-1 The Corona via Digs Realty Group
As some of us prepare for the possibility of having to work from home, this Upper West Side apartment comes with its own institutional home office built-in. No matter how the bedroom furniture is arranged, it's impossible to truly turn off from the workday in this master suite. See floor plan and full details here.

What Money Can't Buy
721-Fifth-Avenue-1 Trump Tower via Keller Williams
Located in a Fifth Avenue building that's impossible to ignore, this high-floor home boasts finishes and furnishings fit for a Russian oligarch. See floor plan and full details here.

More is More
35-East-10th-Street-1 35 East 10th Street via Warburg Realty
This Greenwich Village apartment boasts gracious proportions and storage space. How else, after all, could its past owner fit such an extensive bookshelf jam-packed with souvenirs? See floor plan and full details here.
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Kermit Had It Right
149-East-73rd-Street-1 149 East 73rd Street via Sotheby's
"It's not easy being green" indeed - it would take a bit of work to change the color of this Upper East Side abode's library and kitchen. See floor plan and full details here.

Hail and Well Met!
7825-Fourth-Avenue-1 7825 Fourth Avenue via The Corcoran Group
Hear ye, hear ye! This grand home in an Art Deco cooperative comes accented with handmade ceramic tiles in the kitchen, gold leaf accents, and hand-painted doors and cabinets throughout for a look right out of the Renaissance Faire. See floor plan and full details here.

Walk on the Wild Side
40-Sutton-Place-1 40 Sutton Place via Elliman
The Beekman and Sutton Place enclave is known for being a private and sedate part of New York, but this bedroom's zebra print and wall of mirrors are the opposite. The 1970's called and they want it back. See floor plan and full details here.

Feeling Blue
308-East-79th-Street-1 308 East 79th Street via Sotheby's
Does the color of this library's walls, beams, and built-ins create a calming atmosphere, or give the feeling of trying to read under the sea? See floor plan and full details here.

Lofty Ambitions
140-West-69th-Street-1 Lincoln Spencer Arms via Brown Harris Stevens
From the listing:
This home features an elevated loft space for sleeping or storage...

Definitely storage - restless sleepers could wake up in the gallery or in the middle of the kitchen! Fortunately, Mount Sinai West isn't far from the building. See floor plan and full details here.

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