Author: Stella Luna
Nothing adds as much to a room as paint does. There isn’t a
design element out there that gives you as much value and
return on investment as a simple can of paint. The first step
in decorating any space should be painting. Your room can go
from blank canvas to evoked emotion in the few hours it takes
to paint the walls. And that is before you even bring the
furniture in.
Before you paint your room, you want to consider what emotion
it is you would like to evoke. An overview of the colorwheel
and its colors will give you some guidelines to follow, though
these certainly are not hard and fast rules. In your home,
anything goes.
Warm colors.
Red, Orange, Yellow. This part of the color spectrum suggests
warmth, passion, coziness, hearth and home.
Cool colors.
Blue, Green, Purple. This portion of the wheel gives feelings
of cool calmness and serenity.
Where the warm colors are loud and energetic, the cool colors
are quiet and introspective. But, because most colors,
particularly the ones you might find at the paint store, are a
blend of colors, you can have warmer or cooler versions of
hues. So there are cool purples that are more blue than red,
and warm purples that are more red than blue.
Taking into account the room you are working with and its
primary function, you can choose a warmer or cooler color. A
cozy study could use a warm color like a warm rust; a home
office might work well with a cool, crisp green. It all depends
on the desired effect you are looking for.
One additional thing to keep in mind is that no room exists in
a vacuum. You can have each room in your home with a completely
different feeling, but you may have to consider the flow so that
the transition from room to room is not jarring.
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