If Spring has you dreaming of changing things round in your home, why not consider creating a multi-colour paint scheme using three or four different colours in the same room.
The idea might be daunting for the novice, so the best way to start is by looking at the walls as large, empty canvasses that could have several components.
For example, if there are chair rails or wainscoting in the room, see them as two separate ‘canvasses’ (above and below the rail), doubling the room’s colour potential.
Likewise, are there half walls? An alcove? A picture rail? These and other architectural elements present opportunities to introduce additional colours into the space and every one of these surfaces should be taken into account when creating a colour plan.
Multi-colour paint schemes look best when a predominant colour is used to hold things together. To that end, start to develop a colour palette by selecting a hue that you really love as the room’s ‘anchor’ colour.
Next, determine the paint colours you’ll use to complement or contrast with the anchor colour, and then decide where the various colours will be used.
If this is your first foray into the world of multi-colour paint schemes, it’s wise to trust the judgment of professional colourists who create paint palettes for a living. Nearly every paint manufacturer offers free brochures showing professionally created, carefully coordinated colour palettes comprised of several hues that go together beautifully. Choose a palette of harmonious tints and shades that include your anchor colour and you won’t go wrong.
Here are a few different ways to decide which colour goes where:
– You could cut out colour cards and tape samples to the walls. In doing so, be sure to place the cards close together where one colour will abut another, and view everything both in daylight and under artificial light at night (different lighting conditions can alter colours dramatically). Experiment until you’re completely happy with your plan.
– Another way to map out a multi-colour paint scheme is to rely on a colour visualiser, which might be available either at the paint store or on the paint manufacturer’s website. Using this special software, you’ll be able to move colours here and there with just a couple of keystrokes until you get things exactly the way you want them.
– A third way is to purchase small samples of paint, and brush colour swatches right onto the walls. This takes a little more effort, but it will make your decision-making virtually foolproof.
Whichever method you use to create your colour plan, make sure that your anchor colour is the predominant hue, taking up perhaps 40% of the total wall space.
A secondary colour should take up roughly 25% of the wall space, and any other colours you use should be confined to smaller areas where they’ll serve as accents.
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