Hints with Tints: Interior Decoration with Colour

Hints with Tints: Interior Decoration with Colour

Colour is considered by many to be the most important of the interior design elements. Colour can create moods, make a room appear bigger or make a room appear colder or warmer. It is a powerful interior decorating tool. This article will give you some hints on how you can easily select the best colours for your interior decorating project.

Colour is a fascinating subject. Did you know - the most popular car colours are the least safe? Ancient Greek temples were originally brightly painted? The apparent length of a committee meeting can depend on the colours used to decorate the room it is held in? These facts indicate the power of colour and why it is important to select the right colour.

Colours are basically light or dark, warm or cool. Light and cool colours tend to recede (when used on the walls of a room they can make the walls appear to move out) and can make a room appear bigger. Dark and warm colours appear to advance into a room and can make a room appear smaller.

When you are selecting colours for a room there are three main things you need to consider. The first one is the aspect of the room. This is the position of the room in relate to the sun. Does the room face the sun or not. Rooms that get a lot of sunlight can appear hot. Rooms that get little or no sunlight can appear cool. If you want a room that gets a lot of sunlight to appear cooler then use cool colours from the green or blue family of colours. If you have a room that gets no sunlight and you want it to appear warmer then use warm colours from the red, yellow orange family.

The second consideration is your personal preference. The colour selected should suit your personality. If your favorite colour is blue but the room you are decorating appears cool using your favorite colour could create a problem. Blue could make a room a room that gets no sun - appear cool. To overcome this challenge you could use a warm colour (for example orange) tinted to appear nearly neutral on the walls. Then use your favorite blue colour in other items in the room.

If you visit the Creative Buzzing blog @ http://creativebuzzing.blogspot.com/2010/07/hints-tints-interior-decoration-with.html you will find images to help explain how colour selections can impact on a room.

All colours can be tinted. To create a tint of a colour all you need to do is add white. Tinted colours have white added to make them appear lighter. The third thing to consider when selecting colours for a room is the size and shape of the room. If the room is small light colours can make it appear bigger. If a room is large warm or dark colours can make it appear smaller. If the room is very long and narrow the short walls can be painted in a darker or warmer colour than the colour used on the longer walls. This will make to shorter walls appear to advance into the room in comparison to the longer walls, making the room appear shorter and wider.

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