Easy Steps To Create A Color Palette At Home 🏡

Picking Colors For Your Home Can Either Bring It All Together or It Can Clash, Making An Important Choice As We All Hunker Down For The Second Time Now Amongst Covid. Here Are Some Tips To Help You Find Your Palette...

Color 1:  Pick a white.

This white will be your go to color for trim, doors, the insides of closets, and maybe cabinetry, and painted furniture.

Be warned, not every white is the same. They may all look white in the paint aisle, but just like every other color, whites have undertones that you will want to pay attention to.

You’ll want to choose a white based on the undertones in the items like cabinets, flooring, and furniture that you are stuck with.

For example if you have oak cabinets …

• and are going for a harmonious color scheme you’ll want to choose a white with a touch of yellow in it, or a barely off white.

• and are going for a complementary color scheme you’ll want to choose a white with a touch of grey or blue in it. A cool white.

Color 2: Pick a neutral.

This will be your go to color for walls that connect rooms like halls, and open living spaces.

Neutral does not mean tan or beige.

A neutral can be a color but it is a very subtle shade or hue of a color. My neutral is gray, it’s darker than the whites, but gives a softened tone to the home.

Color 3: Pick one saturated color.

This will be the starting point for the rest of the colors so like we talked about before, go with a color you love. Keep in mind that this doesn’t mean that this will be a color that is necessarily on your walls. We’re talking about a whole home color palette, so this is just going to be a main color.

If you love color this probably won’t be hard for you to do. If you’re a bit fearful of color don’t worry. When I say choose a saturated or bold color that can be a lighter shade of the color.

Color 4: Pick another color.

• If you’re going for a monochromatic color scheme this color will be a lighter shade of color 3.

• If you’re going for a harmonious color scheme this will be a color that is next to color 3 on the color wheel. It doesn’t have to be the same intensity.

• If you’re going for a complementary color scheme, go to the color wheel and find color 3. Then move directly across the wheel and choose that color or one up or down from it.

Color 5: Pick an accent color.

This will be the accent color in some spaces but may be the main color in other spaces. Since you’ll be using this color palette in your whole home, the colors you choose will be used in different ways in each room to keep it interesting.

Here is the Color Wheel to help you pick your colors, remember to pick something that brings a smile to your face immediately or soothes:

Here are some visual ideas on put it all together:

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