Creating color harmony throughout a home is a little understood process.
For instance… you may combine red, green and blue in your home by starting with crimson and maintaining the following sequence: Crimson, red, scarlet, orange, yellow, greenish yellow, green, bluish green, blue, violet, and with added red get back to crimson.
A room or a series of rooms may run to all colors and be still a harmony if the sequence or succession is gradual.
You won’t find more delightful color harmonies can be imagined than those provided by nature.
Starting with the brown of the earth and run into several shades of green, and from that touch upon yellow, and from yellow to orange, and from orange to red, and red to violet, and violet to the blue of the sky. Or you could follow the colorings and the proportion of colorings in flowers and never go astray.
In the application of color to the home nothing is more pleasing than the harmony of sequence; the coloring of all rooms must be in sympathy with contiguous rooms.
All rooms are subject to the influence of a north or a south light, or much or little light, and the colorings must be considered accordingly. The ceiling and the upper parts of a wall require more pale colors where more light is needed. On the floor, however, where the greatest light falls, a little black may be added to soften the tone.
Red and green are sharply contrasting colors; violet and yellow and blue and orange sharply contrast, and while their combinations may be used in adjoining rooms, it will be seen that in Diagram IV these contrasting tones are not in contact, but by their arrangement form analogies of contrast combinations.
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You’ve decided to decorate your home or perhaps your home is due for an updated look, the first thing to decide is the color. Color will give the room a different look and feel. An important fact to remember is that dark colors will make rooms look smaller and lighter colors will make rooms look bigger and more spacious. This is important when determining the color combination for a room. If you have a small room that needs to be repainted or just a new look and you like the dark shades, you may consider a border.
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There are all different techniques that can be accomplished with paint. Borders can be painted instead of the usual wallpaper. By simply using painter’s tape, the lines can be determined and shaded in with paint for a unique look. The borders do not have to be on the top portion of the wall anymore, they can be placed in the middle part of the wall as well for a more 3 dimensional feel. If stripes or borders are not your style you may consider a mural. Painting a mural on a wall of a child’s room will give it character and keep the child’s imagination alive. For the sports fanatic you can use paint to decorate a room or recreation room with colors and symbols.
The possibilities of paint are endless. The first thing to determine is color and room you will be painting. Once that is determined you can apply different techniques such as sponge painting, faux painting, borders and murals and so much more. When painting your walls with designs it is best to take into consideration, first the room you will be painting, then the lighting, and of course the furniture and accessories. All these factors play a major role in how your room will. Something else to keep in mind is if you paint a mural for instance in your child’s room you will want to pick something they can grow with. Having bunnies on the wall for a baby is great but when they become toddlers and older they will not be as cool. A simple wall can be easily painted but one with a mural has not only color but invested time and energy that you would not have wasted.
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