subject: Color Choice In Interior Design [print this page] When most people think of interior design, the immediate image that leaps to mind are expensive pieces of furniture that make a striking impression. While these pieces are certainly part of the arsenal of an effective interior designer, there are many other talents needed to be successful, such as the ability to understand color choice and match the right palettes to a customer's needs. As part of the formal training of an interior designer, they will need to learn the six main categories of color choice and how they are used in different areas like bathroom design to develop a coherent vision for a particular space.
The most common and conservative color choice is to go for an achromatic scheme. This means that only neutral colors like gray and beige are used. Against this kind of background, a truly great furniture piece will stand out even more. Related to the achromatic scheme, many interior designers also choose to use a monochromatic palette, which basically means using a single base color and several variations of the base color. Some monochromatic plans also use a neutral color to help provide some contrast to the main color.
Analogous and triad color schemes are those that use exactly three shades in the design. For the former, a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow) is selected and two tertiary colors are added to the palette. These tertiary colors are created by combining a primary color with a secondary color, such as reddish orange or teal a combination of blue and green. The triad scheme uses three colors as well, but the colors chosen are at equidistant points on a color wheel. Therefore, the three secondary colors of green, purple, and orange would be considered a triad, even though few designers would choose this exact combination as it is extremely colorful and can be visually unappealing. A tetrad scheme is the same as a triad, but uses four colors instead of three.
The last group of color schemes are known as complementary and can be further broken down into double and split complementary palettes. A complementary scheme will have 2 colors that are exactly opposite from each other on the color wheel and have a strong visual appearance, such as the combination of red and green, a common complementary choice.
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