Coordinating Paint Colors Throughout the House
When you paint your home, you will want to have different themes and motifs in different rooms, but the last thing you will want is for your home to look like a bunch of hodgepodge rooms thrown together. So, the best way to avoid this is to use coordinating paint colors throughout the house. This will give the home a feeling of unity, and a sense that the rooms belong together even if they serve different purposes and functions. Basically you want to have a successful color scheme that shows the coordination. Successful color schemes are created by understanding the color wheel and the relationships colors have with each other.
So, the first thing to know about the color wheel are the different groups of colors found on it. The first are the primary colors.then secondary, etc. So, let's talk about each individually, what they do, and how they effect the home.
Primary Colors: The primary colors consist of 3 unique colors, red-yellow-blue. When mixing these 3 colors hues, at least in theory, all the other hues of the color wheel, including black can be created. These colors provide the ultimate contrast of hue and the greatest luminosity. Primaries express fundamental qualities, folk art, embroidery, costumes, etc. They are exuberant, decorative, tonic, vigorous, decisive. So, if this is what you want for your home, and this expresses who you are, and what you want your rooms to say about you, then use primary colors.
Secondary Colors: When any one primary color is mixed with another a secondary color effect is produced. 3 secondary colors are produced from the mixing of one primary color with another. These colors are orange-green-violet.
These secondary colors are also known as complementary colors. These colors offer the second most contrast of hue, the intensity of colors diminishes as hues are further away from the primaries. So, for more intensity, stay closer to primary, and for less, get further away.
Tertiary Colors: These colors are created when mixing one secondary and one primary color. i.e. blue + violet = blueviolet. Three or more separate colors are mixed (one primary and one secondary - the combination of two primaries), and in the color wheel each tertiary color being created will be an equal combination of the two colors , left and right, surrounding an open segment. The tertiary colors are, yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue violet, blue-green, and yellow-green. Mixing the primaries and the secondaries to create tertiary colors can have really fun effects.
Some of the feelings of tertiary colors and uses are found in cosmic universality, celestial, medieval manuscripts, stained glass, other religious art. Tertiary colors have less distinctive color contrasts and often imply the concrete, mundane, and earthly simplicity.
If you want to keep your home neutral but still have color, these are great options.
When you create your home's color scheme remember that complementary colors are opposite on the color wheel. Red and green, yellow and violet, blue and orange, are the three simple pairs of complementary colors. These colors always go well with each other, hence the term complimentary. So, choose colors that go well with each other for your home. While, we can see the use of complementary color schemes in every aspect of our lives, such as during Christmas, red and green are together, this is not the only time they should be used. Complementary colors bring simplicity and beauty to any home, and are found in many homes, because of the functionality of these color schemes.
When designing the color scheme for your interior, the implementation of complimentary color schemes are an easy method of creating pleasing results. So, decide the feel you want, and let the colors set the tone. For example, if you want a Mediterranean feel, the bold blue and orange combinations evoke images of the Mediterranean. Or say you want to feel like you just stepped off the streets of Venice, Italy, use colors such as sage green and red for this effect.
Remember, complementary is great, and can evoke lots of feeling, but contrasting can do so as well. Contrasting schemes use shades from opposite segments on the color wheel. Contrasting bold primary and secondary colors - red and green, yellow and violet, or blue and orange - will create a very dramatic look. Contrasting colors can also be created using pastel shades, also found as opposites on the color wheel.
So, when trying to coordinate paint colors throughout your house, remember some of the simple concepts of the color wheel, and where the colors you are considering fall, then utilize them to create the look and feel you want.
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