Learn how to choose the right paint color for each room. Colors play a prominent role in designing our homes, in addition to their psychological impact on us. Therefore, it is a significant step that must be studied.
Earlier, we have talked about how to choose your house paints, but today we will talk more about what each color is, along with its meaning and its effect, and how to choose the right paint color for each room.
Each space differs from the other in terms of 5 elements or determinants, namely: area, function, lighting, method of furnishing, style or mode of the decor chosen.
Now we will tackle each element or determinant and its impact on the method of choosing the right color for each space, and the difference between each element from one space to another.
Space
- Each space has a different area, and is definitely characterized by its geometrical shape. Thus, sometimes you may find, during performing a thorough studying and a careful drawing, construction problems that may bother you as sharp corners, columns, or a protruding beam.
- Colors have a strong relationship with the space you decorate, as it is difficult to use bold colors contrasting with a small space. Yet, it is better to use fading colors or quiet shades of one color, and add the bold touches through the choice of furniture.
- As for the vast spaces that are not intelligently divided, you may need to use contrasting colors in them and move away from a single color palette, so you can manage to divide them intelligently through colors, and break the monotony that may affect the user due to the use of one color.
- Some people believe that sharp corners can be solved through hiding or neglecting them. However; you can intelligently solve this problem by colors and set a distinctive corner inside the space so that no one would ever feel that there may be any defect or a problem.
Function
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- The function of space certainly determines its colors, for bedrooms will not be like kitchens or children’s rooms, so defining the space function may help us a lot in choosing the right color.
- Concerning bedrooms, they need quiet or soft colors that help to relax, such as blue, green, pastel and white colors.
- As for children’s rooms, they actually vary from one age to another, as the baby needs a calm atmosphere or soft colors. But as the child gets older, he will need colors that help him discover the world and renew his energy.
- Kitchens match with hot colors, such as red, orange, and yellow, but some tend to choose other colors as per their tastes. This is because it is an important space in which the lady of the house spends a long time, so there is no problem of choosing its color according to the taste preferred.
- The best colors recommended for bathrooms are white, blue, and green, to help to relax, and to always look clean and bright.
Lighting
- Some colors help to distribute lighting and keep the space bright, such as white in its shades and pastel colors, unlike black and dark colors which absorb the color and do not help to spread light.
- We have to determine the sources of natural and industrial lighting that we depend on in space, and evaluate them if appropriate. Thus, we will only need to make use of the colors to further distribute the lighting. Otherwise, using the colors of the space would be highly recommended to distribute the lighting better.
Method of furnishing
- Your method of distributing furniture to the space may require you to distribute colors and choose them intelligently, in order to assist in the success of the design.
- This means that you may find a basic wall that needs a bold color to shed the light on the piece of furniture in front of it, or a corner that may be neglected due to the method of furnishing and would like to show it off through colors and etc.
Style or mode of decor
- Each style or mode of decor has its own colors recommended by design experts and which should be considered as much as possible, such as classic, modern or retro. Each one of them has specific colors on which it depends and highlights its features.
- It is common in the classic style to use the shades of brown, blue, or green or more precisely dark or static shades.
- On the other hand, the modern style prefers bright, light and cheerful colors.