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Interior Creative Design :: Interior Paint Colors
Interior Paint Colors:
How to Choose Interior Paint Tones and Colors
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Interior paint colors shouldn’t be looked at like mathematical formulas. They’re easy to decipher, once you know how to do it.
To learn how to pick and choose the best interior paint colors for your house, keep reading.
Define Your Look
First identify the overall look you want to achieve, such as contemporary, minimalist or classic. A lot of people will start off by painting their walls, not really knowing where to go from there.
Instead, look through magazines to get ideas of things you'd like. It may be as simple as choosing a lamp you like and starting from there. You have to have a style that you can live with.
Check Out Your Natural Light
Natural light is critical for choosing interior paint colors. Establish the effect that natural light has on your room throughout the day, as it changes all the time.
You also need to consider the artificial light you use during the evening. Remember, if you have long grey winters, the room you paint in the summer will look different during the darker months.
Achieve a Balance
Be aware of your home as a whole and try to achieve a color balance between the rooms. You don't want two colors that jar with each other as you go from, say, the sitting room into the hallway.
Do not be afraid to use several variants of one tone to create interest. At the moment, shades of white and cream are fashionable as interior paint colors.
To mix shades you can select taupes, rusts and beiges, and use one on the walls and others on the coping, skirting and ceiling.
With light colors, it’s tempting to paint everything one color, but several shades actually look better. It’s even better to use a number of tones. Two shades of blue in a room can clash but three, four or five will work well.
Research Different Colors
When choosing an interior paint color, spend a lot of time on research. There are many variations of cream and white at the moment and you need to seek out clean and crisp shades.
If you get it wrong, you will end up with a mushroomy or peachy tone and that Burma Buff you selected will turn out to be plain old magnolia. Really look at the colors and get samples.
The color you choose for your room should incorporate all the details of the space. The walls (and flooring) act as a backdrop to everything in the room, including art, fabric and furniture. Consider the room as a whole.
Get Samples
Sample buckets or pots of interior paint colors are a must. People are reluctant to invest time and money in these but it is definitely worth paying a few dollars to get the color right.
Color cards are so tiny and most don't even use real paint - the color is printed on - so it won't be accurate.
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