The subjective nature of colour selection is such that there are neither wrong nor right means of selecting appropriate colour for your interior spaces. You are not obliged to conform with design theories in other to achieve your desired goal. Once you can reach a palette that feels comfortable for you, then, you have the right colour choice. Any paint shade you finally arrive at will impact the overall interior aesthetics of your home. You only need to avoid the temptation to paint directly on an existing wall colour as this can alter the outlook of your newer colour. Ensure you commit to a particular colour first, then, if your wish to lighten or darken it tone, you can adjust it pigment level.
Below are 5 expert guides to interior colour selection.
- Find Inspiration
The best way to start colour selection is to find the colours that positively inspires you in personalized ways. The concept of colour psychology should be a major consideration for interior colour selection. Expert opinions agree on wholesome possibilities for colours to affect human behaviours and perception. Hence, you should find out how certain colours make you feel and how you would prefer your room to look. You may get inspiration by going through a gallery of art pictures, magazine or relating back to the colours of your choice furniture, flooring, beddings, etc.
- Lighting
Colour is actually a reflection of light. The lighting condition of a room has significant influence and can impact how certain colours reflect. The natural lighting and the artificial lighting condition of a particular room must be considered independently, and both must be agreeable, before you settle for any colour. Incandescent lighting for instance, may inspire redder, warmer tone, just as fluorescent lighting influences a bluer, cooler tone. Natural light colour should be adjudged only after spending quality time during the day, examining the rise and fall of sunshine to the room colouring diversity.
- Get Sample Colour Swatches
This is a compulsory step to take before settling for a particular paint colour. Swatches can be obtained from your paint supplier, for close sampling under diverse room lighting, before final selection a colour. Failure to undergo swatches sampling might lead to you buying and painting your spaces, only to feel disappointed afterward. If you don’t want to waste your money and time, you should first thoroughly sample all colour choices and shades within your interior spaces.
- Deliberate on Colour Values
The value of a colour is defined by the hue’s lightness or darkness. Value mixture within your scheme of colour foster for a good generation of multiple palette hue. You may select different shades of similar colours and position them in different rooms. Your preferred colour will certainly appeal dominate. You can therefore select the most appealing hue.
- Be Creative with Neutral Colours
Unlike popular perception, when neutral colours appeal uninspiring and dry, you may have applied them wrongly. To ensure selected neutral colours feel interesting, you can creatively add stripes of different neutral colours to your wall. The appearance is normally unique and appealing.