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Easy ways to pick color
Publish On 04-01-2008 , 10:32 AM
I find that alot of clients that call me want help with change. Change can mean furniture arranging, accessory changes, lighting add-ins and wall color help. Sometimes these meetings even lead to complete remodels and enhancements to an existing space; but that's another blog.
For whatever the reason, color help seems daunting to many and I'll admit, trying to understand what the client wants is sometimes the only thing I need to decipher. I find that people use words to describe what they want, however, what they describe isn't always representative of the actual color they are after.
Keep in mind some basics:
1. Look in your closet for help with color. You wear what you like. Incorporate those same colors into a palette in your home where you can.
2. Remember that wonderful vacation where you enjoyed the blue seas or green forests or desert landscape? The beauty of the FEELING evokes emotion and creates a particular mood. Find fabric, rugs or decorative accents to pull that color into your room.
3. A great tip I learned from Lee Snijders of HGTV's Design on a Dime when picking color for a wall was to look at the smallest amount of color from a rug, painting or other favorite item and put in on your walls when in doubt what to do.
4. Color theory or color wheels do not take into consideration tints, shades, light saturation or color lightness into account, only hues.
When in doubt ask a professional for help; whether decorator, designer or paint professional, we're here to help you get where you want to get to.
COLOR HISTORY TRIVIA
The first color wheel was invented by Sir Isaac Newton. He split white sunlight into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, and blue beams; then he joined the two ends of the color spectrum together to show the natural progression of colors. Newton associated each color with a note of a musical scale.
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