How to choose color

Interior Designer Tips for Selecting a New Paint Color

by Michelle Davidson

Designer Tips for Selecting Interior a New Paint Color

1. Find a starting place. Pull your color inspiration from something already in the room such as an area rug or painting. If you are planning to replace the furnishings in a room as well as fresh paint, start by finding the new items for the room. Finding a paint color to match a rug you love is infinitely easier than trying to find a rug you like to work with the color of your walls.
2. Think about what you like, and what colors you like to wear. If you don’t look good in yellow, do not paint your Master Bathroom yellow or you will be unhappy with yourself every time you look in the mirror. You might be seeing a lot of blues and browns in home furnishings lately, but if you don’t love blue do not paint your room blue just to keep up with the trends.
3. Get inspired!   Mother Nature is the world’s best colorist and she pulls together the most incredible palettes. Look around outside for color combinations you might have never considered.
4. Start small and take baby steps. If you want to try a bold color for the first time, start in a small and manageable space such as a Powder Room. The small space will allow you to live with you new bold color in a small amount, plus you will need very few accessories to pull the look together.
5. Ignore all “rules” you may have heard such as dark colors making a room look small. Do not be guided by what you have been told is right or wrong when selecting colors. Yes, some of these rules do have some amount of truth but the world is not black and white, and nor should your home be.

Of course there are more than 5 “Decorating tips” but this is only a starting point.  There are thousands of colors and it is just too overwhelming to try and pick colors with out following these 5 basic steps.  They really do work so give them a try.

Watch out that you do not choose your colors in the paint store.  The lighting there is not like that in your home.  Take the color chips home and look at them.  I have published some article on ‘Pinterest’  (Kenneth1951).  If you cannot find me then look under “everything” then look under “Home décor”. You should be able to find them.  You can also find them on my facebook site   (www.facebook.com/ken.rader.interiors.com)  maybe that will be easier for you to find them. Painting with White, Gray and Brown.  They will give you some assistance.

I love giving out information regarding “Painting”.  It is a life long education and what you like today you will not like tomorrow or at some time in the future.  Decorating with paint is fun and quite fulfilling.  As a painter for about 30 years I have seen hundreds of color schemes.  All of them , well, most of them, were beautiful.  I have also re-painted some homes after some years have past.  The home owner just got tired of the color.  I like that.  More work for me.

As Always  “Happy Painting”

Ken Rader Interiors

www.kenraderinteriors.com

P.S. I have altered and added too this article.  The original author is listed at the top.