After choosing to paint your home, landing the right
painters, and getting an estimate, you’re now ready for the fun part—becoming
the designer. But waiting for the perfect color scheme or room theme won’t
always work, requiring you to come up with some house painting ideas on your own. You can do it. Just think about
that color wheel.
Use color from your world to create house painting ideas. Before
you can create a color scheme of any kind, you must make a few decisions.
First, ask yourself which of the dominant colors you like that exist in the
room to be painted. These colors can be pulled from furniture, curtains, and
flooring that will stay in the room. Then, determine the mood you’d like to
create, and how complex a color scheme you wish to unfold.
If you want to get technical, choose your house painting ideas from three main
color schemes: monochromatic schemes, which are based on variations of a single
hue, analogous
schemes, which combine no
more than three similar colors, and complimentary schemes, which are based on
opposing colors. You can also refer to CertaPro Painter’s corporate website for
in-depth explanations of the three color schemes and tips on using them in your
home.
Analogous schemes can help create house painting ideas of moderate complexity. Any three colors from
the wheel that are side-by-side will do this.
Channeling that color wheel from grade school art class will help you
understand analogous or related schemes.
Pick the three related colors wisely, because they will
determine the overall feeling of the room. Harmony can seep from a blue, purple
and violet selection, as well as a selection of yellows and greens. If you want
the room to be your escape, choose related light colors to create a relaxing
feel. For more elegance and formality, choose darker colors.
Analogous color schemes can create harmony and balance, if
used correctly. For softness, pick one or two dominant colors, then add less
dominant accents to these using shades that are farther away on the color
wheel.
Tap into your inner artist by generating house painting ideas using color
schemes. Color is a great way to express yourself through your home, so don’t
be afraid to mix and match. Visit CertaPro’s corporate website for additional
tips and tricks, and when in doubt, remember the color wheel.