How Paint Colors Can Change the Look and Feel of a Room

The paint you use in a room can change the entire feel of it. As the interior decorator, you get to choose the tone you want to set and the emotional stimulation your visitors and residents get when they enter the room. The following explains how paint can transform a room and what you can do to achieve your desired effect in any location within your home. 

The Psychology of Paint Colors

The color of the paint in the room can affect the mood and energy levels of the people residing there. Each color represents a certain vibe or energy release. The color blue tends to cause feelings of tranquility and calmness. Many people’s brains move toward thoughts of calm waters when they see the color blue.

Red is a more vibrant color, symbolizing vibrancy, passion, and intensity. Green is the color of balance and harmony. Thus, it’s an excellent color for a room you intend to use as a meditation area or think tank. Yellow is perhaps the most cheery color in the spectrum, and thus, people often use it as the color to paint their happy faces. 

Setting the Tone

You also need to think about the tone you want to put in each room you paint. That means you must consider the shade of each color you choose. For example, darker shades of a color can kick up its effects a notch, while lighter shades will give you a hint of the full effect. A pale yellow shade will bring joy to a room, but it won’t overwhelm or blind anyone who walks into it.  

Matching Paints With Furniture

Factoring in your furniture will help determine which colors to use in your strategy. Generally, you should want your paint to look good against your carpet and align with the furniture’s color.

A pink wall might go well if most of your living room furniture is burgundy, and your floor and a couple of other items are black. You might be able to find some interactive programs that will allow you to "paint" the things in a room to see how your scheme will look. Search for something like that so that you can make your ideas come to life.   

How To Choose Which Colors To Use

To determine which colors to go with, you’ll need to ask yourself three questions. The first question is what do you want to do in this room. The second is how do you want people to feel in the room. The third question is whether you want to use extreme shades or not. For example, a dark red color would cause a completely different effect than a lighter shade of the color. 

Now you know how paint changes a room. You can start your project by using a strategic approach to determine how you want people to feel in the room and what the room’s primary purpose is. Take your time and choose wisely to get the best results. 

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