If only choosing a color palette for your interiors was that easy. Well …. actually, it is! Create an effortless and versatile color scheme, the trick is to keep the values of each color consistent, like the dark-brown furniture that ties into the brown of the rug. This frees you up to surprise with accents in similar saturation, but different colors. Start with the formal areas of the house. Specifically, the living room, dining room and entry way. Choose a color scheme for those areas first, then pull one color from the scheme.
Use your color wheel to help you create your own color scheme that best fit your your personality. There are 4 kinds of possible color schemes.
- Monochromatic. The monochromatic color scheme uses tone on tone of the same color with the addition of white or black to lighten or darken the color. For example, in this scheme blue can become a pale sky blue or a dark midnight blue and all three hues of the same shade are used to create this effect.
- Analogous. The analogous scheme uses colors that appear next to each other on the color wheel. For example yellow will be used with green or orange, or blue will be used with green or purple. This creates a colorful and often soothing palette.
- Contrast. The contrast scheme is more dramatic. Here a triad of contrasting colors are used, such as yellow-orange, green-blue and red-purple. This introduces more color and energy into your home’s palette.
- Complementary. Lastly we have the complementary scheme where two opposing colors, such as blue and orange, are used together to create a dramatic, bold and high energy color scheme.
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