Colours are an integral part of home décor. It adds life to a space, reflects the homeowner’s or its resident’s personality, creates a particular impression and aura about the home, and can immensely impact one’s mood.
In addition, the perfect wall colour combinations can bring a sense of sophistication to the overall home’s appeal. Thus, the home’s interior colour palette becomes a make-or-break decision in how it looks and feels.
Selecting wall colours for a home
So, how do you choose a wall colour that helps one achieve a comfortable living with a desired ambience? Selecting the perfect wall colours for a home can be a time-consuming and challenging process and may require extensive research and understanding of certain aspects. Therefore, we have listed some tips or points to remember before zeroing down on those flawless wall colour combinations.
Define the interior style
The interior design styles are ever evolving, with some of them simply being trends and others as timeless classics. Some popular interior design styles include modern, contemporary, minimalistic, Scandinavian, and transitional.
Each style comprises of distinctive décor, home colour selection, furniture, accessories, lighting etc., to give the abode its signature look. A home reflects the owner’s personal style preference and specific colours are incorporated based on the chosen style.
For example, white and black are popular wall colours for living rooms if you want a minimalistic, contemporary, or Scandinavian style. In contrast, bright and bold colours like red, green, yellow, turquoise etc., are typically used for eclectic home décor.
The meaning of wall colours for a home
Colours have an innate quality to affect your mood. The colour on the walls can make one feel happy or sad, calm or energetic, jittery or relaxed. It can also make a room feel cosy or cluttered, airy or spacious. Here’s a quick guide of the moods some of the colours reflect:
- White: This colour stands for cleanliness and purity. It makes a room feel cozier yet gives a formal feeling.
- Black: It signifies simplicity and functionality and also elegance. However, overusing black can make a room appear dull and depressing.
- Red: This striking colour showcases elegance and energy. Moreover, it creates excitement as it is one of the most psychologically stimulating colours.
- Orange: This bright and bold colour speaks of vibrancy and enthusiasm. For individuals with a creative inclination or wanting to boost conversation, orange can be considered one of the best colours for living room walls.
- Brown: Brown symbolises earthiness, simplicity and contentment.
Use existing furniture for home colour selection
When one plans to repaint the existing home, one of the most crucial points to remember is to consider the existing furniture. A complete revamp may not always be on the cards. Sometimes even changing the wall colours or giving a good two-colour combination for walls can up the overall look.
During such scenarios, the most intelligent way to enhance the home décor is by letting the furniture sync while hunting for the perfect home colour scheme ideas.
Keep in mind the lighting
Natural light plays a vital part in how paint colours are perceived as it keeps changing throughout the day. Additionally, artificial lights depend on the type and colour of the bulbs used. Both these factors affect the wall colour selected.
For example, for homes where the sunlight entering the room is soft and warm, dark-coloured walls tend to look darker and lighter-coloured ones may look dim.
Similarly, rooms with standard LED light bulbs usually make bright colours like red, yellow, or orange look more intense and more relaxed or subdued colours like blue or grey appear dull.
Experiment with shades of the same colour
As much as the importance is emphasised on the colours reflecting a sense of mood and style, the functionality of rooms, too, becomes highly significant. For homeowners who have picked up a particular shade card for an entire home, applying different shades within the same colour for different rooms can make a huge difference.
Alternatively, some colours fit best for a certain room type. For example, white, grey, blue, red, yellow, and mint green are interior designers’ favourite picks for kitchen wall paint colours. Likewise, neutral and green tones are popular wall colours for the living room as they help one unwind mentally after a tiring day.
Conclusion
The perfect wall colour combinations can give the space the required identity, style and feel. The secret here is to match the interiors with your preferred style and yet make it look progressive and elegant and help retain a character of its own. So, after shortlisting and applying the desired colours and textures, prepare for exceptional style, comfort and a décor choice that reflects your style!
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