Picking the right paint color for your interior walls is important. There is no rule stating, all the walls should be of a same color. We will talk about different ways and various colors that can be used to paint the walls, some other time.
The shade we pick to spruce up the walls is the fundamental part of an interior design. On the rate of 10, how hard is it for you to pick a color? There are too many shades available in the market, each slightly different from the other. Therefore, making it difficult to choose the right one that suits your personality. Okay! No matter what the score is, here are few steps that will help you pick the right color for your space.
START WITH AN INSPIRATION:
1. One of the easiest ways to choose the interior paint color is to start with the colors you love. When you start with the colors you love, you are not bound by any color scheme or design style. Your favourite colors can be the perfect inspiration for your new color palette for the whole room. Your favourite color can become the base color of your room and the other colors matching your favourite color can form a color theme.
Not sure of your favourite color?
Hakuna matata!! Let’s find your favourite color.
Have you heard of the color wheel? Well yes, you might have, in your school days probably. A good rule of thumb is to remember the color wheel.
As you know that Red, Yellow and Blue are the primary colors and when you mix any 2 primary colors, you get a secondary color. And when you mix a primary and a secondary color you get a tertiary color. So, keep a color wheel in front of you and look for your favourite color.
The fun part here is, you need not fix for the main color as such. Look for the shades of all the main colors and let yourself know your favourite color.
2. The second way to choose a color from an inspiration is INTERNET. Social media sites such as Instagram and Pinterest offer various color inspiration that is refreshed in real-time. Where instagram and pinterest are the most used platforms on the internet, you also have access to thousands of pages like different company portals, paint company sites etc.
3. The next way to find an inspiration is very fun for people who like to visit new places every time they move out of their house. The colors of the nature, colors used in public spaces like restaurants, coffee shops, malls, or even the colors on the dresses can also be your inspiration for your interior walls. So why sit at home? Go and grab your inspiration….!
4. Do you have a habit of reading magazines, story books, and catalogues? Then this step can help you find your inspiration. Pick out few magazines or catalogues and check for your color inspiration. It can also help you select not only your color inspiration but also a color theme or a color palette for your complete room.
TIME TO PICK YOUR FURNITURE AND DECOR PIECES:
We often find it difficult to find the furniture that match the paint of our interior walls, especially if we have a specific theme or design style in our mind. So an easy way here is, DO NOT pick your paint first. Once you have your color inspiration with you, select the furniture and other decor pieces for your space and then come back to select the shade of your inspired paint color.
YOU’RE GOOD TO GO…
Now that you found your inspiration, create a mood board of the colors and the furniture & decor pieces you’ve selected and see if the color is going well with the furniture and there you go…you’ve got your paint color for your space. And if the color is not matching your expectations or if you did not like the color, you can always select another from your inspiration.
Hope you find the right one to beautify your space that reflects your personality.
