Verb. (third-person singular simple present forbodes, present participle forboding, simple past and past participle forboded). 1  To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
For example, rich colors such as evergreen, burgundy or navy look striking in a rustic log cabin. However, because you're just using panels of color, there's no danger in the richness of these colors darkening the interior of the cabin.
The seller of our home painted it through out with a neutral color, and although we are changing some colors, we are leaving the neutral for now in some areas until we are sure what is going in which room. With that said, they painted the vent covers the color of the walls (the ones one the ceiling are white).