Choosing a paint colour scheme for your home should be fun, not stressful. While our Plascon Colour Cards ensure you end up with the right shade, there are a few other tips for deciding on the best colour combinations for your home. Colour is so important – it has the power to change the mood in the room, it can be restful and cosy, or loud and energizing. Here’s our Paint Club take on a few colour palette ideas to help you figure out which complementary paint colours to use in your space:
GOOD COLOUR COMBINATIONS ARE EVERYWHERE
Colour is everywhere, so you have probably already chosen or gravitated to the colours and patterns that you love, just maybe not in the way you think. Your clothes, favourite pieces of artwork, or even nature can help show you what paint schemes look good together. Find a piece you love that’s full of colour, or even full of different neutral hues, and then pull colours you love from it. That way you already know they look amazing together and you can feel more comfortable mimicking those combinations in your home.
MODERN MONOCHROME
If you’re feeling uncertain about what room colour schemes you like, opt for a monochromatic palette which is virtually fool proof. A scheme featuring different variations of the same colour always feels sophisticated and pulled together. Plus, monochromatic paint schemes are guaranteed to coordinate and ensures that transitions between rooms are seamless and cohesive
COMPLIMENTARY COLOURS – OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Do you remember the colour wheel from school and learning about how the colour directly across on the colour wheel was called a complementary colour? These opposite colour tones play off one another so nicely, but don’t take these primary colour pairings too literally. Variations of these basic hues tend to look better together, so a mossy green paired with purple accents or blues with a red or coral colour work well together – the opposites help balance each other out.
KEEP COLOUR TEMPERATURES CONSISTENT
Interior colour schemes, like individual colours, have temperatures.
Colours such as yellow, red or pink are considered warm as they are reminiscent of warm things like sunlight or fire, and tend to make a space feel cosy.
Colours such as blue or green have cool undertones and are reminiscent of cool things such as the water or a breezy sky and tend to make a space feel airy and fresh.
Grouping colours that are the same temperature together always creates a nice balance, so greens and blues look beautiful paired together, and the same thing goes for warm colours like a rich yellow with a warm brown.
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For the best tips and tricks to make your painting job a cinch check out our previous blog: DIY PAINTING 101: PAINT CLUB’S GUIDE
Cheryl Lotter @paintclub
