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Monday, 4 April 2016

Color Capers around your Home


Ever wonder why some homes feel so cheerful, warm and vibrant while others may seem cool, casual and relaxed. It is all color-play I say!
Color is a powerful design tool that can make the rooms in your home feel more calm, cheerful, comfortable or dramatic.
Color makes a tiny room feel larger or a spacious one feel more intimate; without the time and expense of actually moving walls.
You can make a den feel cozy by painting the walls with a warm color, or make a narrow space feel wider by using different colors on opposing walls. 
The paint colors you choose, as well as the color of the furniture and accessories, all create a mood.

The colors of the room must be selected considering the lighting of the room, both during the day and the night.


There are colors that work for certain home styles, but don't be afraid to be creative.


Here are a few ideas to get the creative wheels turning:


1) Each color is unique and evokes a different feeling in us. Hence understanding the science of colors is an art in itself. Always remember, first plan your room, furniture, furnishings and then pick the color for the walls to go with all of the rest!
Explore Color on a Deeper Level: Click on each color to see what it represents!
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2) When trying out new color ideas you are wary of, the best way to do it would be to try it out in small spaces like the powder room, closet, passage area etc. It would be easy on the time and money too! 


3) Don’t go overboard trying to match all the furniture, drapes, accessories etc. in room. In fact subtle differences in hues create a more sophisticated palette.



4) A room with all neutral hues makes for a pretty boring look. Adding contrasting colors adds personality and interest. However if you are picking dark hues for the walls, keep the furniture/furnishings of a neutral shade.
Stay away from stereotyping colors for rooms:
Like living rooms in beiges/browns, kitchens in whites, kids rooms in baby blues and pinks and bedrooms in greys or blues! Ohh...so boring!
Paint companies offer virtual tools and easy DIY ideas for virtually selecting shades and seeing it in your space. There are endless combinations and solutions in the world of colors!
 

Check out these unusual color combinations that work brilliantly:





If you are interested in understanding the basics of color schemes and combinations, you MUST VISIT THIS FABULOUS SITE: brandigirlblog

5) Overdoing the color theme is something you should avoid. You cannot have a living room in vibrant modern colors, a rustic look kitchen and a doll-house bedroom. 
The colors must come together in a continuous flow, the whole house has to make sense as one - harmonious transition from room to room.


These were but a few tips on how to make colors work for your home.  
The topic of colors being so vast, I have just skimmed the tip of the iceberg with colors pertaining to your walls here! I'll be discussing the impact of colors in future posts too, so stay tuned for more on colors!
Like I always say, how can people have favorites when it comes to colors, when there are endless hues to choose from.

Go on, play with colors and see your haven come alive!
Do share with me some of your color capers around your home! 



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Lata Sunil · 457 weeks ago

Thanks for these wonderful tips.. Very detailed.
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Very nice tips, I am waiting to get my walls colored, but having an infant at home is making me postpone it till he crosses the age of painting the walls himself!

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You've put together some brilliant ideas, very Comprehensive! Love the teal especially, one of my fav colours.
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Roshan Radhakrishnan · 457 weeks ago

I think I am gonna end up pinning all your posts in my Pinterest page for "blogposts I love" :)
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Wow! This is brilliant.. I must try some of your suggestions now that I am looking for new curtains.
Thanks Kala!

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That is beautiful! I loved the Indigo and orange bedroom theme. very handy tips!

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Lovely Colours Kala
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Wow beautifully.. am gonna use this for home decorations.
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Great tips Kala, and some lovely images too!
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Love the images you choose to illustrate your point. Colours and subtle differences within the same colour palette appealed to me too.
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Beautiful and I love yellow. I am already planning to redecorate my next quarters in hues of yellow. Such a bright and cheerful color!
Thanks for the tips, Kala! :)
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Colors and what combination!! Wonderful post!!
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Colors are joy ❤.
Well written.
Loved the colourful presentation,pics and the way you brought up ideas that how color can relX us .
Will be creative when I design my home next time .
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amazing. I've bit of a design itch myself. I love playing with colors and I'm more of the cool blues person. My brother called my room the "sawariya room" cuz I went overboard with the blue.
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We've lived in our house 15 years and when we first decorated we had each room a separate colour of paint. Now we are moving more for a pale paint and color accents, but still lots of colour. What would life be of there was no colour? #atozchallenge
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that's very colourful way of sharing very colourful information about adding colours to our life :)
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Thoughtful theme n beautiful advice in each point Kala :)
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I love that moroccan looking kitchen and I think colour can make a huge difference when you get it right. I've also noticed that there are a million shades of every colour so you need to experiment a bit to find the right one for the occasion - loving your posts x
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What a great observation and write-up on colors. I would have asked people to not over-color pics from nature: Sky is not dark-red and water is not dark-blue 😊
The effect-options have been doing more harm than good.
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I loved the indigo and orange combination a lot!
Honestly, I just realised that I don't even notice the paint on the walls in rooms half the time! I've got to start paying attention to that now :)
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Rajlakshmi · 457 weeks ago

awesome tips again... I love colourful decor in atleast one room which can be a craft room or a mini lounge. I love the pictures you have shared.

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Nice, detailed information put together, with beautiful pics. I enjoyed browsing and reading :)

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There was a time when I used to be crazy about the combination of pink, cream and white. Then it started feeling like too much of candy floss! :P
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I loved your post on the colour theme. Especially, the whole trying new colour ideas and Trying something new for the children's room. I agree, colours do play a crucial part in setting up a cheerful tone at home.
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Do you do this professionally Kala? I mean design interiors. Lovely colour themes but my fave is the coral yellow and grey :)
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