An overview about choosing paint colors for walls, ceilings, trim and doors.
In the home, interior paint colors are the cheapest way to accent, style, dramatize, and personalize a certain area. Interior paint can be used to hide a certain flaw or dramatically change a room in the home. Some homes that are plain on the outside can be made to look exciting and beautiful on the inside. That’s what really matters, right?
When choosing interior paint colors, it is important to know what you want your room to look like, the decorating style.
If you want more of an Asian themed room, choose paint colors ranging from deep reds, ivory, natural browns, warm gold’s, and jade green. Accent your room with darker colors like black.
If you are looking to create a room that is inspired by a Mexican color theme, choose interior paint colors that are more yellow, orange, and red. Make sure that these colors are not too bright but somewhat dull.
No matter what kind of decorating style you want in a specific room, make sure that the paint matches the theme you are going for. More contemporary colors seem to be the neutral shades such as beiges, ivories, and colors that are subtle. If you want a more earthly looking room, try choosing interior paint colors that resembles nature. Look for colors such as terra-cotta, dark browns, deep reds, oranges, yellows, and greens. Soon enough you’ll have a room that is perfect for you.
Choosing interior paint colors also depends on what you want to do with your home. If you plan to live in it for awhile, you can choose whatever paint colors you want. If you think that you might sell your home, try to pick paint colors that can be easily covered and that are not “out there.” Stick with neutral or light-colored paint if possible.
In today’s world, we like to live in color. Black and white is out and color is in. Color can spice up any home, though choosing the right interior paint color can be difficult and sometimes frustrating. Because paint comes in an endless range of colors, it is the perfect way to bring a new look to any home. It’s very inexpensive and can be found at a nearby paint store.
Coordinating Paint Colors with fabrics in a room
When painting a room, it is ideal to coordinate the color of the walls and ceiling with the colors that will be in the room. Matching paint colors with carpeting, fabrics, drapery, and upholstery ties the room together as a whole.
If you want to coordinate paint colors with fabrics, try to use colors that are not easily seen in the fabric but are still visible. Don’t paint your room beige if the main color in your main fabric is beige because the room will start to look bland.
Try to find a fabric that incorporates a few different colors. This gives you a wide range of shades to choose from. Once you decide you want to coordinate paint colors with fabric, go to your nearby paint store or home improvement outlet and take a piece of the fabric with you. Compare paint color swatches with colors in your fabric and you are sure to find a great color.
Does room lighting affect paint color?
The lighting in a room does affect paint color. If you want to paint your room a deep red, it will look different when artificial lights are on verses natural sunlight. Too much lighting can wash out the color of a wall while not enough light can darken the color.
Lighting is something that everyone should consider before painting a room in the house. If you live in area or have a room in your home that gets a lot of sunlight, do not paint the room a dark color. The room will heat up faster and the darker paint will keep the room from cooling off. Rooms that are exposed to a lot of sun should be painted light colors to keep it cool and to keep the paint from fading too much.
If the room you are planning to paint is accented with fluorescent light, be aware that most of these lights provide light with a slight green tinge. This tinge can dull a room that is painted a warm color. Incandescent and halogen lighting can give off a yellow tinge which can dull cool colors. Today there are fluorescent light bulbs that have a pink tinge that are known to add more warmth to a warm-color painted room.
Before painting a room, it is very important to know what kind of light will be utilized. Be aware that every different kind of light, from natural sunlight to light bulbs, will cast off a different color. Be aware that some lights are known to dull certain paint colors while others can add even more brilliance to the color of the walls and ceilings.
When choosing interior paint colors, it is important to know what kind of decorative theme you want for the room, the type of lighting in the room, the fabric that will be used, and your future plans for the room. Know the basic ideas of decorative room themes and then apply them, you are sure to pick out the best colors for you.
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I agree: interior paint is a great, affordable way to spice up a room. It can be hard to replace a couch or add new furniture, but painting is quick and easy. I just finished painting an accent wall in my bathroom purple and it changed the whole tone of the room. It’s beautiful and I love it! Thanks for sharing your tips with us.