Are you still wondering which colour shade would look perfect for your bedroom?Or how to give your room a bohemian touch? Or how to make your room reflect your personality?Well, the answers are right here.
Colour can make or break a space. Choosing appropriate colours for any space, be it your bedroom or bathroom or office, important is to have a basic knowledge about how colour behaves, how it changes its character and how it can influence us psychologically.
Colour is sometimes divided into two categories: warm and cool tones. Warm tones, like red, orange and yellow can energize a space and its occupants. Cool tones such as blue, green and purple generally create quiet, relaxing atmospheres.
The colours you use in your interior design and décor have an impact on the atmosphere you create and you need to correctly assess what this ambiance should be before you choose the colours. A bedroom, for example, needs to be calming and relaxing. A living room has to be exciting and energizing and so on.
Now consider few basic rules to start confidently building your colour palette.
Rule: 1
Do your Research – Look at magazines, pull paint swatch’s and match the colour for all the available pieces in your home, from your artwork, rugs, sofas, fabric and drapery. You want to determine what features are there in your room that you will consider permanent. For example, look at your floors, cabinets, tiles, veneer treatments or any large piece of furniture. Now the main colour that exists in these features use them as a guide. Also there are few paint companies who provides us with an option of colour visualiser which allows you to experiment with colours online before you even begin painting. Try it, like it, select it and order colour samples online.
Rule: 2
Look at the lighting in your room –Many times in choosing the correct shade of the colour, lighting is the deciding factor. If a room gets a little natural light, you may want to lighten up the room and paint it a like cool colour. And if your room gets lot of sun, you want to make the room a bit more serene, consider painting it a deeper richer colour (darker shade).
Rule: 3
Don’t Assume – that the colour on the paint swatch will look the same on your walls. Also don’t assume the colour that you see in your friend’s home, will look the same in yours. You may have different lighting, flooring, furnishings and also consider all the architectural details.
Rule: 4
Be sure to Test the paint Samples –Live with the colour on the wall beforecommitting to a full room of the colour. Go to the nearest outlet and select few shades. Once you paired down your colour choices, you want to select at least 3-4 colours in that same range, to test the paint before painting the entire room. A sample of 2’X2’ on the wall to be painted can be done. Stay with it for few days to notice the effect on it in available light and darkness. Get satisfied and then surely go for it.
Rule: 5
Personality shades – Before selecting any colour shade do keep in mind who the occupant would be and what is his/her personality like. Because a free spirited person will always have a bend towards colourful shades than the monochromatic ones. Where in the other hand a nature lover would love greenery all around. Every individual has different personality,hence finding that and letting the colour shade reflect it would be your achievement. Colour shades varies with people’s personality.
Rule: 6
Psychology- We feel colour. How or what we feel about it varies from person to person. Some colours give us a sense of serenity and calm;these usually lie within the blue side of the spectrum-that consists of purple and green too, known as the cool side. Others induce rage and make us uncomfortable, or signify passion; these lie within the red spectrum-which includes orange and yellow, known as the warm side.
Red – the hottest of the warm tones is the most passionate evolved colours.
Orange – is a conversational colour. Its used a lot in kitchens and dining areas.
Yellow – a bright and cheerful colour can liven up the room.
Green – the colour of nature is a calming, cool colour, great for bedrooms and baths.
Blue – the colour of the ocean brings out the thought of spas and calming spaces.
Purple & Indigo colours are more spiritual and thoughtful. These would be great for meditation rooms.
White represents purity, peace and intellect.
Blacks and browns are grounding colours. These colours are used in various shades throughout the home.
Warmer colours tend to favour activity and stimulation.
While neutral and cooler colours favour calm and contemplation.
Colour has a profound influence on a space and the people in it. Use it to your advantage to create an inviting, productive space.