Paint&Wall Finishes Part (6) How To Select The Best Color Scheme

When it comes to deciding a room color's palette, there are a lot of factors to consider.

-Client's personal priorities.
-The lighting and the architecture structure.
-The mood and style of the project.

You can also ask these helpful questions:

1-who will use the room?
2-How the user would like to feel as it would be an active or calm place?
3-Is there a landscape outside and how it would affect the color of the room?
4-How many windows in the room and what they are facing?

When it comes to achieve a feeling of peace and tranquility, you will go for the monochromatic and the analogous color scheme.

When it comes to achieve a feeling of spark and an energetic space, you will go for the complementary and the triadic color scheme.

When we decide to talk about the color scheme balance we must mention:

1-The 60 - 30 - 10 rule.

2-Color temperature.

3-Color intensity and saturation.

4-The lighting.

5-Color trends.

6-The paint effects.

What is the 60 - 30 - 10 rule?

-60% is the dominant color typically the walls.
-30% is the secondary color such as the color of furniture.
-10% is the accent color such as accessories, plant and artwork.

What is color temperature?

We here mean the space energy so if we give the space the energy and tension for example an active space like a kitchen  we would go to the warm colors like red, yellow and orange.

And when we talk about a passive space like the bedrooms we would go to the cool colors for having soothing and calm effect.

But it has to be the right color for you.

What is color intensity and saturation?

 Simply it is the space mood, if the color are intense and strong it gives the feeling of dramatic, intimate and sociable and stimulating atmosphere.

And when it is light saturated or neutral colors it gives the feeling of calm,soft and quite space.

And we here need to pay attention for the home as a whole and how the colors will flow from room to room.

The lighting?

We need so much to pay attention to lighting .

-Natural daylight shows the truest color.

-Incandescent lighting brings out warm tones and yellows.

-Fluorescent lighting brings out a blueish tone.

A strong color might be too bright if it is used on a wall next to a large window but it would be more effective if it is used on an accent wall using the indirect lighting.

Color trends?

When you see it every where it's time to think of something different that's may be fresher, softer and moodier.

Look to colors like lavender, black, metal and brass, things that work well.

The paint effect?

As the range of paint colors and styles continues to expand, there has been a surge in effects and tones that can be applied on this painted wall to create a unique effect, providing great designing possibility. 

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