When it comes to choosing the right color palette for your home, it might feel like you’ve got a challenging road ahead. How do you make sure that you get the colors right so that your rooms feel comfortable and unique and the flow of your home makes sense?
Alair Homes North Island has extensive experience in custom home building and home renovations. We have assisted many clients in all details of their project, including making the right color selections for their walls. Here, we have compiled some of our most effective tips to help you feel more confident in selecting the perfect color palette for your home.
Color Wheel
Start by using a color wheel. In a color wheel, you’ll find primary, secondary as well as tertiary colors. Use the color wheel as an aid to creating a color scheme that works best for you. You can go with any of these 4 color schemes.
Monochromatic
This color scheme uses multiple tones of the same color along with white or black to lighten or darken the color.
Analogous
This color scheme is quite simple. It uses colors that are next to each other on a color wheel.
Contrast
This type of color scheme is for the more daring souls out there. A couple examples of contrasting colors are yellow-orange, green-blue, red-purple and so on. It’s a very energetic color scheme.
Complementary
This color scheme is easy to understand. Two opposite color schemes are used in this type of color scheme. An example of this color scheme is blue and orange.
As tempting as it is, do not select the color of your walls first. Begin by picking up furniture and placing it in your home. It is much easier to follow the design cues of furniture than it is to follow the design cues of a wall. You may even not paint your wall after picking out furniture.
Following these guidelines will kickstart you into choosing the perfect color palette for your home.