How do you choose your wall colors? Is there any color that you have been eyeing in celeb magazines, and now that you’ve got the chance to re-paint your home, are planning to put it on your walls. You might be forgetting something. Are you sure that matte black color would look good on your walls too? When painting small spaces, dark colors can make the room even smaller and thus, will not be the perfect choice for your room. So think twice before you put that on.
The paint on walls can impact your life more than you’d think. From being warm & cozy to bright & lively, or creative and productive to intense, different colors can evoke different emotions and can impact how we think, behave and feel. Thus, it is important to choose your wall colors wisely. In this blog post, we are going to discuss how paint elevates the entire look and feel of a home while deep-diving into some most popular colors and patterns in home painting and their implications on a normal human mind.
How Can Paint Impact the Look & Feel of Your Home?
The color of your paint can change your perception of things around you and impact your entire mood. For instance, the psychology of color suggests that blue shade instigates a feeling of calm and coziness, whereas yellow signifies optimism and warmth.
Dark & warm colors like black or navy blue make things appear closer and thus, the space appears small, whereas light colors make things recede and draw them away. This theory will help you make choices which tone of color to go with for your space. If you want to create a cozy and intimate space then dark colors would be perfect for you and lighter colors would be perfect if you want the room to appear bigger and spacious.
Paint Color Tips
Here is a compilation of some common trends and tips for you to help you understand how different colors and patterns will impact your room. You will see how dramatically some simple alterations can change the room.
#1 Changing The Size of Your Room
What, how can paint change the size of the room? You’d be surprised to see the change. If a room is extremely large, you can make it intimate and cost by painting the ceiling with a darker color—this will make the walls appear lower. On the other hand, if you feel claustrophobic in a room, you can paint the ceiling with a lighter color so that the ceiling will appear at a higher level making the room feel more spacious than it actually is. You can also use this trick to paint ceilings or exterior areas as well like the porch. Using soft blue can give the illusion of the sky.
#2 Adding sTRIPES to the Room
Most interior designers use stripes to increase the height of a room. Vertical lines make the height of walls appear bigger than they are and are a perfect solution if you feel that your ceiling is lower. Conversely, using horizontal stripes can make the room look longer. Here’s how stripes can make a difference to your walls:
- You can use stripes to make the room longer or taller
- They also help in disguising unattractive elements you can’t get rid of like the AV vent
Do note that if you already have a lot of elements sitting around in your room then strips will not be the right choice as they will make the room look cluttered.
#3 Enlarging Your Room
This is a common problem that most homeowners face when they struggle with small rooms. Scraping down walls, combining two rooms into one, or undergoing massive architectural change is the instant solution that comes to your mind. Why go to such an extent when a simple paint revamps can do the work. Lighter colors allow you to continuously travel throughout the room without breaking the flow, making the room look bigger. However, the trick is to use that light color throughout. A different colored wall or any break in the continuity can disrupt the flow and your eye stops where the color changes. Mere painting of the edges can break the visual, and when the same color is painted throughout, the space seems to continue.
#4 Using Dark Colors
Less common with homeowners as usually, you’d find homes painted in bright and light colors that are generic and safe. But that does not make dark colors redundant. In fact, dark colors add a personality to the room and make it feel cozier. This does not mean that painting a couple of walls will make your room a cave. A slight break in the continuity, like painting the trims white can disrupt the illusion. If the room is small, dark colors are going to accentuate the enclosure and can make someone feel claustrophobic—Thus, dark color is something to avoid in small spaces.
#5 Changing The Shape
Hate that weird narrow space in your home? It’s time to change the shape of it with colors. If you’ve got a long narrow corridor at home, painting the end walls a few shades dar can make them look closer and as a result, you’ll feel that the room is square and not a rectangular never-ending corridor.
Also, if you have very large and bare walls, you can use them well by breaking the space with the magic of colors. By creating moldings and painting a different color above, you will give a dramatic and elegant look to the room, accentuating its appearance.
Hope this guide was helpful. You can bookmark this page if you are planning to revamp your space as well. This will serve as your go-to guide in designing your space to achieve the desired results. You can also connect with our experts who will help you make the right decision for your space and provide end-to-end painting services. Click here to reach out.