How to Choose the Right Color Palette for your Home

By Jessica in Freshome's Very Best
Every details count into making a house, home. Colour plays a huge role in shaping the energy of a room, which is why it’s one of the first things we often consider when decorating a home. Here are a few major things to consider before painting your homes and choosing furnitures:

Find your Color scheme

Use your color wheel to help you create your own colour scheme that best fit your your personality. There are 4 kinds of possible color schemes:

• Monochromatic. The monochromatic colour scheme uses tone on tone of the same colour with the addition of white or black to lighten or darken the colour. 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 colorus that appear next to each other on the colour wheel. For example yellow will be used with green or orange, or blue will be used with green or purple. This creates a colourful and often soothing palette.

• Contrast. The contrast scheme is more dramatic. Here a triad of contrasting colours are used, such as yellow-orange, green-blue and red-purple. This introduces more colour and energy into your home’s palette.
• Complementary. Lastly we have the complementary scheme where two opposing colours, such as blue and orange, are used together to create a dramatic, bold and high energy colour scheme.

We will caution against selecting your wall colour first. Wall paints are inexpensive and can be created in any colour and in any hue you desire. It’s best to start with harder to find items such as furniture and rugs or carpets. Once you’ve selected your furnishings you can then move on to wall colour.
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You may decide that you’d prefer your color not to be on your walls, but in your accessories or furnishings instead. Many people prefer this. Others, conversely, prefer more neutral furnishings contrasted by bold and powerful walls.

Consider Lighting

Lighting is an important aspect of all decor and function within the home and should never be overlooked. Light reflects and deflects colour, changing it constantly, throughout the day. A room’s truest colours are those found in the daylight hours and the hues will alter throughout the day and the seasons as the lighting changes. Different lightings can change the appearance of colour as well. Indigo, for example can appear bluer in one room and have much more red in another.

Are you ready to commit?

​You love the idea of infusing your space with colour, but you’re not really quite ready to add it to your walls. There are plenty of ways to add splashes of colour to your home. If you keep your walls neutral – pale beiges, sands, ivories, greys and whites – you can bring colour in with rugs, furniture, lamps, pillows, throws and artwork, flowers, and fresh fruit. You may also consider painting your ceiling or an accent wall.

Before using colours and imaginations to decorate your home, are you thinking of doing some renovations first? Marcraft Homes have years of experience creating a beautiful space for different areas of your homes. Whether you're thinking of renovating one part of your house, or the whole house, we are here for you. Call now to chat with us about your ideas!

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