Hi, I'm Emma

Your Home Should Feel Like You

I'm a color and design consultant, and I help busy moms move beyond the beige and into the colors and style that actually fit them.

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Emma, color and design consultant behind Color Coded
Sound Familiar?

You Know Something's Off.
You Just Don't Know What to Change.

You walk into your living room and it's fine. Nothing's wrong with it. But it doesn't feel like anything, and somewhere along the way you stopped really looking at it.

Your bedroom is the room nobody else sees, so it's the room that never gets its turn. The walls are still the color they were when you moved in. You've saved the pins. You've held up the paint chips. You've stood in the aisle and walked out with nothing, again.

And hiring an interior designer feels like a lot. Expensive, time-consuming, and a little intimidating, like you're supposed to already know what you want before you even call. So the room stays exactly as it is.

You don't need a designer on retainer. You need someone to hand you the colors that were already yours, and tell you what to do with the room you've got.

What Is Color Coded?

A Designer's Eye, Without the Designer Price Tag

Color Coded is one focused conversation about one room. It starts with a short quiz that matches your personality to a color archetype, each with its own palette, materials, and feel. Then we get on a call and I turn that result into a real plan for your space: a color scheme, an inspiration board, paint you can actually go buy, and the pieces to look for.

No renovation. No retainer. No three-month project.

Just your colors, your room, and a plan you can start on this weekend.

Nine Color Personalities

Which One Is Yours?

Every archetype has its own palette, its own materials, and its own vibe. Your quiz result names the one that's already you.

Explore All 9 Archetypes
How It Works

From Quiz to a Room That Feels Like You

01

Take the quiz

Answer a few quick questions and meet your color archetype, the palette and vibe that's already you.

02

Book your session

Choose the Color + Concept Session for one room, or add the Full Spectrum for two rooms, planned and sourced start to finish.

03

Make it real

Walk away with a clear color scheme, a digital inspiration board, and paint direction you can actually shop from.

Work With Me

Two Ways to Make Your Space Feel Like You

The Color + Concept Session

Your color & design roadmap for one room.

$99 $198

50% off both packages through September 30

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The Full Spectrum

Two rooms, planned and sourced, start to finish.

$499 $998

Includes the Color + Concept Session, 50% off through September 30

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Book Your Session
It was so fun to chat and fully experience you in your element and expertise! I'm so excited for all of the things you are sharing with me about my space!
— Heidi P.
Emma at her desk
Hi, I'm Emma

Big-Picture Color Ideas,
Zero Overwhelm

I'm the founder of Color Coded, where I work as a color and design consultant.

I'm also the woman behind Emma Forrest Virtual Solutions, where I help realtors with all things client experience and admin.

Before starting these businesses, I spent 17 years in education, 3 years in a tile and stone showroom helping clients design bathrooms and kitchens, took multiple interior design classes at UC Berkeley Extension, spent a lifetime helping friends with all things design, and did a whole lot of renovating my own homes!

Color Coded is my way of helping busy women, moms especially, trade the paralysis of "what if I get it wrong" for a home that truly feels like them and brings a sense of joy to everyday life.

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