| When you have to paint and choose paint colors, | | | | had strong colors too - that was a sign of |
| the first thing to consider is: what's my designing | | | | richness. Bold colors were expensive those days. |
| style. Maybe you know that already. But | | | | But the bold colors available were beautiful natural |
| sometimes, it's not that sure. Paint colors play a | | | | colors, while nowadays, they're chemical - and a |
| different role in different kinds of designing styles. | | | | lot cheaper. |
| In a country-style kitchen, they need to | | | | Another factor is, the size of your room, its |
| communicate a feeling of orderly authenticity. | | | | function, and the position of the windows. A small |
| Stronger colors are OK, as long as they don't look | | | | sized room is best kept in shaded tones of one |
| chemical. In an ethnic style, authentic materials will | | | | color, and not too dark. Reds can be great for |
| be important too. And in a modern interior design, | | | | the living room, but strong reds in the bathroom |
| colors are much more abstract - they signal a | | | | make your skin look funny. If you like reds in the |
| statement. If they're present at all - lots of | | | | bedroom: take the burgundy and raspberry |
| modern interiors consist of neutrals, with strong | | | | shades. Greens are calming, but not for sleeping - |
| accents on matte and high-gloss sheens. And in | | | | they give you a clear head. Greens are good for |
| the more classic styles, colors are more often | | | | a kitchen, bathroom or patio - those places where |
| used to create a mood and differentiate the light. | | | | you can ponder by yourself. And yellow is a real |
| If you have a strong preference for certain | | | | party-animal - good for your morning mood. |
| colors, it's good to consider having them around. | | | | Browns have this solid warmth, and neutrals have |
| You can shade them, or make them stronger by | | | | a special way to leave you be - they just |
| adding contrary shades. If you like blue, side them | | | | moderate the light, and don't bother you with |
| with some warm browns and the blues will look | | | | colors. I could go on many pages like this... for |
| even better. It's also good to good to check if | | | | more, check out the URL on the bottom of this |
| your favorite colors fit to your furniture and | | | | page. |
| styling. And, you can add them as an overall | | | | The look of the paint color itself can be rather |
| mood setting background (walls), trim, or just as | | | | strongly influenced by the position of your |
| accent colors (cushions, artwork). | | | | windows. Light from the south has a different |
| Also the relation between color and material | | | | color than light from the north - even different |
| should be carefully looked at. You can style your | | | | from the west or east. Southern light is warm - it |
| home with paint colors, but you can also add | | | | makes warm colors look even warmer, and it |
| colors by fabrics, for drapes, furniture, cushions | | | | makes cool colors look very pleasant (like |
| and such - and choose a neutral or off white that | | | | icecream in the summer). If you want to have an |
| makes a good background color for them. A | | | | overall neutral room, you'll need to adjust the |
| room that's filled with paint colors has a different | | | | colors of your daylight, by adding small amounts |
| 'feel' than a room in which only fabrics and | | | | of the opposite color - blue to neutralize southern |
| materials have colors. It shows something of the | | | | light, and orange to neutralize northern light. |
| maker: good paint colors indicate someone rich in | | | | That's no longer a matter of choosing paint colors |
| mood and fantasy, while good material colors | | | | - the adjusting needs to be done manually. But it |
| indicate solidity, and being down-to-earth. | | | | does make a color look significantly better, on the |
| For a vintage look, you can also do a lot by | | | | place where you plan them. It's not always |
| choosing the right paint colors. In the thirties, | | | | necessary. Just in case you chose a great color, |
| mustard colors and funny browns were used a lot | | | | but somehow it doesn't look good on your wall: |
| (with beige instead of white). While in the fifties, | | | | try the manual adjusting to the daylight. |
| you had that creamy off-white, and outspoken | | | | Visualizing your interior design in different colors is |
| colors like turquoise, lime-green, light yellow, with | | | | maybe the most difficult part. Here you can call in |
| red mica tables - outspoken but shaded in a very | | | | the help of some painting software. It does take |
| specific way. In the sixties there were saturated | | | | some time and skill - but it does give you a great |
| browns, oranges and purples. In the eighties, lots | | | | beforehand image of the results. On my website, |
| of new-age people had warm yellow-orange earth | | | | you'll find out more about it. |
| colors on their walls. In the really old times, people | | | | |