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How to Pick the Perfect Color Scheme for Your Home Wisely

From beauty and functionality to the mood of the surroundings, finding a colour scheme for your home requires a lot of consideration. First things first, room colourings should be based on the functions of the specific rooms in a house. For instance, calm colours like blue, green and beige are ideal for living rooms or bedrooms which are relaxation spaces. Energetic colours on the other hand like yellows, oranges and reds can be painted to more active areas and are not limited to the kitchens or home office areas as they inspire creative work.

Color Combo for Your Home

Consider the size of the room and its natural light when choosing the best shade for the room. Small spaces tend to use lighter colours to create an illusion of more space, while larger spaces tend to use a darker palette to give the rooms a more intimate feel. Additionally, not every colour inside a house has to be obnoxious – pick a bold colour or two for accents as highlights of the home exterior or interior design while the rest is done in demure colours. Finally, if you want your house to look put together, make sure to pick one interior paint colour for the entire house, especially when moving from one room to the other, to achieve balance and oneness in your house.

The Psychology of Colors in Interior Design

Psychology of Colors in Interior Design

Colour remains an indispensable factor in interior design since it greatly helps in mood enhancement and regulation of behaviours of the people who use the particular room. The colour of the room in which one is likely to spend time can have an impact on their emotions, for example, cool shades of blue or green are associated with calm and rest, which makes them appropriate colours for bedrooms and living rooms. In contrast, warmer colour reds and yellows tend to invigorate and spur the creative process, making such colours appropriate for kitchens and any working spaces. Depending on the type of activities that will be carried out in the rooms, as well as the expected environment, the right colour for the rooms has to be picked. While bringing out the inner parts of a house with colours, jubilant enthusiasm may be experienced, while the use of a restrained palette for home interiors brings out calmness and stability, allowing for balance in the whole space.

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Types of Interior Color Combinations

The interior colour scheme has different combinations which affect the mood and the atmosphere in the interior space designed. Some of them include,

Monochrome

Monochrome

The shades used in this scheme are all variations of the primary colour black, except for the white ones; this includes the lights, mediums and the darks. This scheme provides a soothing effect and is best when looking for a symptom configuration in a room.

Complementary

Complementary

This type of colour combination uses two hues that are located directly across from each other on the colour wheel for example orange and blue and red and green respectively. This scheme provides a striking balance and naturally enhances the vibrancy of the space.

Analogous

Analogous

These colours are found on the neighbouring sections of the colour wheel, for example, blue, blue green and green. This combination makes the overall look pleasant as colours gradually change without abrupt transitions.

Triadic

Triadic

Here three colours found in a colour at equal distances from each other are used, for example – red, yellow and blue. This mixture provides an even-styled look that is active in all aspects of colour and space without getting overbearing.

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Neutral with Accent

Neutral with Accent

Features colours such as beige, khaki, or white are used as the main declarations with a bright colour used as a highlight colour (examples of highlight colours include teal green, yellow-brown, and deep red). This mixture provides a classy and ageless feel but also breaks the monotony with the use of colours.

Split Complementary

Split Complementary

This scheme uses basic colour in a centre and complementary of the centre colour including two other colours drawn from the colour wheel eg. blue with yellow-orange and red-orange. This provides differences without encroaching into excesses in the areas.

Warm and Cool

Warm and Cool

This style is a combination of warm colours (red, orange and yellow) and cool colours (blue, green and purple). The two extremes create a balance whereby inviting warmth provides the energy and the coolness invites relaxation.

Pastel Palette

Pastel Palette

This combination adopts the use of less extreme shades. Such include light pink, green and lavender colours. It provides a comfortable calm environment and is used more frequently in the bedrooms or the sitting rooms.

Each of these combinations can be used accordingly to create the desired mood and energy for your house inside colour.

Top Color Combinations for Each Room 

Here’s a curated list of top colour combinations for interior colour for home:

Living Room 

Living Room

Beige + Charcoal | Turquoise + White

Bedroom 

Bedroom

Lavender + Soft White | Blush Pink + Gold

Kitchen 

Kitchen 

White + Gray | Black + White

Dining Room 

Dining Room 

Emerald Green + Gold | Charcoal + Copper

Bathroom 

Bathroom

White + Aqua Blue | Marble White + Black

Kids’ Room 

Kids Room

Sky Blue + Cloud White

Pink + Purple

Why Choose Decorpot for Color Consultation?

There's no wonder why Decorpot is ranked among the best interior designers when it comes to colour consultation, for we have demonstrated the skill to balance and compliment colours in created room scenarios. Our top interior designers know all the impact of interior colour for homes and will help choose the best colour for rooms as well as house inside colour. Whether designing the most colourful house inside or selecting one unique colour for a house's interior, Decorpot ensures that every room looks good while representing the owner's taste perfectly.

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