Sunday, March 30, 2014

Color And Paint Ideas For Living Room

By Darren Hartley


Transforming a living room into a classy and comfortable space of dreams is a matter of choosing the right living room color ideas. Quickly changing a living room to a stuff nightmares are made of is a consequence of selecting the wrong colors.

The art of matching color and the selection of dominant, secondary and accent hues are the two things a homeowner must have a basic understanding of before he implements his living room color ideas. The basis for choosing a palette is of course the themes and colors that appeal to him. In addition to this, the colors he chooses must show the most out of the living room.

There is a basic 60-30-10 rule that can be followed with regards to living room color ideas. This rule states that 60% of the living room should be a dominant color, 30% should be a secondary color and 10% should be an accent color. It is a given that all three colors should coordinate well with each other.

The selection of dominant and secondary colors is a very subjective choice. It is the prerogative of the homeowner to choose colors that he can tolerate well in large doses. If a color strains his eyes as he looks at it in large doses or if a color creates a bad impression on him, the color is a wrong choice and must be deleted from his living room paint ideas.

Accent colors are part and parcel of living room paint ideas. Accent colors are usually bold colors. They are sure to spice up a living room when they are placed in a bright punch. A sense of life and vitality is brought to a living room by a bright color sprinkled in small doses.

A homeowner is sure to benefit from a familiarization with the color wheel when it comes to the implementation of his living room paint ideas. Having a general idea of where colors are in relation with one another on the wheel will allow a homeowner to balance the colors in his living room. Knowing colors found on polar opposite ends of the wheel are complementary colors that coordinate well with each other will guide a homeowner in his selection of the right colors.

The determination of how a prospective color scheme will look when laid out in a living room starts with the comparison of various colors with aid of paint cards, swatches of fabric or color samples laid down side by side. It is imperative that a homeowner engages in this before he invests any time and money on paint and furnishings to implement his living room paint ideas. He must also know that the color scheme for the entire living room is chosen from the largest piece in the room.




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