Choosing wall colours for your home

Choosing the colours can be another big headache for my clients, thought I find it fun and very creative process. Click for more..

Colours! If you need to choose the colour today.. which colours will you choose? (by Seeds) How to make a room look higher? larger? smaller?

If you want to use several colours in your room, it will appear larger if you choose hues of the same saturation (intensity), no matter if they're pale or bright. To determine similar intensity, look for colours similarly positioned on their individual colour swatch strips. This creates the illusion of space because similar levels of saturation seem to flatten out, with no distracting focal points to spoil the effect.

Warm colours, like red, orange and yellow, are the colours of sunshine and fire. These hues advance (come forward) so walls feel closer and rooms feel smaller. A better choice is to use cool colours, like the blue, green and violet of water and ice. These colours seem to recede or move away, making rooms seem larger and more open. However, if you have your heart set on a yellow (warm coloured) room, select a washed out tint.

Small, square rooms look larger if you paint two opposite walls the same colour, especially one that's deep and dark. Why? The intensity of colour will create depth in the room and visually open up its dimensions. And remember, every room will look larger if it's brightly lit (even artificial light does the trick). 

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