Choosing Colors The procedure of picking paint colors for your home may seem to be totally subjective--you simply select the colors you prefer. That is merely partly true. While it makes sense to get started on with the colors you like, other elements enter into play. For example, do the colors you've determined work well collectively? Do they work with furnishing, carpeting, and draperies already in place? Picking paint colors is really part skill and part science. Let's start with the science part first.
Using the Color Wheel The color wheel arranges the color spectrum in a circle. It really is a sensible way to see which colors work very well together. It includes primary colors (red, blue, and yellow), secondary colors (green, orange, violet), and tertiary colors (red-blue, blue-red, etc). Secondary colors are made by mixing two primaries together, such as blue and yellow to make green. A primary color such as blue and a secondary color such as green can be blended to make a tertiary color--in this circumstance, turquoise.
Now that there is a color wheel in front of you, use it to help you envision certain color combinations. An analogous plan requires neighboring colors that share an underlying hue.
Complementary colors lie complete opposite each other on the color wheel and often work well together. Say for example a red and green living room in full intensity might be hard to stomach, but consider a rosy pink room with sage green accents. The same complements in differing intensities can make attractive, calming combinations. A double complementary color plan involves an additional group of opposites, such as green-blue and red-orange.
Alternatively, you could opt for a monochromatic scheme which involves using one color in a variety of intensities. This ensures a harmonious color scheme. When creating a monochromatic design, lean toward several tints or several shades, but avoid too many contrasting values, that is, combinations of tints and shades. This can make your plan look uneven.
If you want a more complex palette of three or even more colors, look at the triads formed by three equidistant colors, such as red/yellow/blue or green/purple/orange. A split complement is composed of three colors- one primary or intermediate and two colors on either part of its opposite side of the wheel. For example, instead of teaming purple with yellow, move the mix to purple with orange-yellow and yellow-green.
Last but not least, four colors similarly spaced round the wheel, such as yellow/green/purple/red, form a tetrad. If such combinations seem a bit like Technicolor, understand that colors intended for interiors are almost never undiluted. Thus yellow might be cream; blue-purple, a dark eggplant; and orange-red, a muted terra-cotta or whisper-pale peach. With less jargon, the color combinations fall into these two basic camps:
Harmonious or analogous; strategies, derived from nearby colors on the wheel less than halfway around.
Contrasting or complementary; techniques, derived from colors that are directly opposite on the wheel.
Interior Paint Schemes Don't just choose one color; think in terms of picking a color plan. Review your furniture, curtains, draperies, and floor coverings, and be aware which colors might complement them.
Next, take note of how many colors you think you might be using. Will the baseboards be considered a different color than the walls? They usually are unless the trim is in bad condition and you do not want to call attention to it. The same is true of other trim, such as window casings and chair rail.
How about where the walls meet up with the ceiling? Do you want to install crown molding or some other kind of cornice treatment there? Or are you considering painting the walls and demarcating the ceiling and wall junction with a color change?
In addition to paint colors, you will also need to determine the level of surface finish or sheen the paint will have. The options range from the most shiny (high gloss and semi-gloss) to the dullest (eggshell and flat). These designations change with paint producers, but they are essential because the sheen of paint affects the color. A rule of thumb says that walls usually receive flat or eggshell finishes whereas ceilings are almost invariably painted with a flat finish. Trim is normally coated with a semi-gloss or high gloss. These finishes are more durable and much easier to clean than duller coatings.
Think in terms of groups of colors.
Paint manufacturers group like colors together like below:
Interior Wall Colors All paint stores provide color chips of the paints they sell. Color chips will give you a small scale idea of what the actual colors can look like once applied. You need to do more than look at color chips to obtain a true sense of your colors... nevertheless they are a good place to start. Actually, a seasoned sales person at your local paint store can help you decide on color chips in a scheme. In the event that you choose a buttercup yellow for the walls, the sales rep can suggest color chips that are typically associated with a design that has buttercup yellow as its anchor color.
When you yourself have whittled down your color options, look at the color chips or swatches in various types of light including natural light at different times of the day and in varying levels of artificial light. Even then, this color chip process is merely to get a concept of paints that you'll sample in much larger swaths of color. Very few professional designers select from chips, even though they could start their color selection from chips. If indeed they do examine chips, they examine them individually on a white background.
Changes in Color Take into account that large surface areas make any paint color look darker than the color chip. The amount of deviation is usually up to two shades. In the event that you pick the color chip you want, step "back" two shades darker for a genuine representation of what the color will look like when dried out. Also, paint always appears darker once it dries. So, when you finally apply the paint, don't stress if the color doesn't look right initially. Wait around until it dries.
When you are zeroing in on your final colors, paint a 2 x 3 ft. poster board or fabric with the anchor color and place it around the house so as to view it in various light and near different colored rugs and furniture.
Space and Color Colors can affect the way you perceive the size of an area. Warm colors like reds, yellows, and oranges will make a space seem smaller because they can offer a cozy feeling to the area. The so called cool colors like blues and greens appear to recede from you, making a room appear bigger than it truly is. If you really want to make an area seem large choose an old standby like a shade of white (there are dozens) or a neutral color.
Estimating Room Size As you get nearer to buying paint, determine the square footage of the room you will paint. Multiply the length of each wall by the width. Subtract the space occupied by the entry doors, glass windows, and other openings. Add every one of the measurements together to obtain a total square footage of the area you must paint. If you are applying two layers which is normal for most paint jobs, you'll be painting the surface twice.
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