Posts Tagged ‘Colors’
Determining the appropriate paint color personality
Color is a reflection of the reflected light entering the brain through the eye. But in the science of interior design, color is also part of the art, because the harmony of its alloys will affect the home owner who lived in it.
From a variety of colors available, can be grouped by harmonious. For example soothing colors, like green grass and blue sea. Meanwhile, warm colors imply, such as red and yellow flames sunflower.
That must be remembered, every color has an element of other colors, red for example, also has elements of blue and orange.
In choosing paint colors that match your personality, start from the colors you like. Then think about the colors what else can ‘go’ with your favorite color is.
Choose at least three colors, one of whom has the most contrasting color used on the space at the highest value activities.
Once you develop the selected base color, add the value of these colors. For example, if you want the color lighter or darker. For dim room, add the black element in those colors. The room was bright, white color is added live.
If you feel the colors you choose are not ‘comfortable’ for the dining room, for example, you can simply add or subtract ingredients. For example the color green, you can reduce some yellow elements in it.
You can be sure what the composition of the right according to you, by using the color guide that will be described in a separate section. Or you can consult the color combination on the interior or consultant of books about color guide.
But simplicity in paint colors that ’safe’, should consider the following:
- Paint color will look much stronger after the wall than on the color samples. What looks fine in Kerta, may be harder to look at the wall. So choose colors that really match their size.
- If each of the rooms use different colors, use color harmony between the room with one another, so that your home remains impressed as a whole.
- The same color will appear darker on the ceiling, than on the wall. So use a lighter color on the color paint your ceiling, or a mixture of white give more.
- Clean the walls first, before painting. Your wall color is like a giant canvas that you view from different angles. Therefore, make sure painting as neat and clean as possible.
- The effect will be more impressive light wall color, so choose light room with natural light (both in the morning and night). So, too, if you want to use artificial light.
- Make sure the colors you choose to have nearly the same intensity, for example, the theme you choose is a pure color or light. Then use the same theme in each room. Strong colors such as colors and fresh spirit impressed, while a softer colors are usually more dim.
CHOOSE COLOR GUIDE
Looking for color matching with other colors, would actually be much easier if you use the color circle (wheel colors) which consists of 12 colors from a color alternatives that have the same spectrum (see illustration).
A color is generally divided into primary colors (primary), secondary (secondary), and tertiary (tertiary). Primary color is the color of the most affecting other colors in the spectrum, namely red, yellow and blue.
Secondary colors are colors that are a combination of two primary colors, like purple (red and blue), green (blue and yellow), and orange (yellow and red).
Tertiary colors are colors that are mixing primary colors with secondary balanced portions, such as red-orange, yellow-orange, yellow-green, blue-green, blue-purple, and red-purple.
Based on color theory, a good combination is the use of two different colors in the color circle, three consecutive colors in the color circle, or two pairs of colors (total four) different.
Note:
- primary color (red, yellow and blue) will appear dominant in your home decor.
- Secondary color (green, orange and purple) can be bound to one another, but there must be parts that are softened in order to be seen together.
- Tertiary color (blue-green, yellow-green, red-orange) can be combined and provide a spectacular view.
- Or a monochromatic color comprised only one type of color, will be very interesting if a color is used as a pattern. For example, in one room and the color dipergelap other diruangan softened.
- The colors adjacent on the color wheel, will be very harmonious used together in one house. For example, red-orange with orange.
- The combination of primary colors (red) with a secondary color (purple) will create a space that seemed fun.
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Walls with Wallpaper
Currently, to beautify the walls do not always use the wall paint. Various alternatives are available. In one house, the walls are the most dominant part that always surrounds us. Thus, this section also the most often we see as being at home. Wall in the house is not only seen as a separator between the space, but also as a medium for residents to express themselves. One favorite wall coverings today is wallpaper. Why choose to use wallpaper?
Wallpaper has a lot of very varied shades. Color and design more interesting. With colors ranging from plain, simple patterns such as lines and curves. Or other patterns such as flower color, polka-dot, and even some wallpaper that can be lit during the dark or glow in the dark. In terms of price, the difference was not significant compared to the price of wall paint. However, the displayed image is better than paint the walls that tend to monotony.
Complex motifs offered wallpaper can not produce if you use wall paint. That is one reason for choosing wallpaper for the walls. Diversity of style and color choices also makes it easier for the wall, adapted to the concept of home as a whole, so the house can feel a theme that feels more alive. Another impression offered by the wallpaper is a modern impression, creative, and elegant.
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Popular colors and their meaning
Color is generally associated with a particular meaning or symbol, whether it is viewed from the side of culture, as well as from the psychological side. We can use the meaning of a color for designing the atmosphere, the nature or character of a particular space to support the themes that we host.
Well, in this edition we will discuss four common colors to choose when we are designing the interior of our house.
Orange
This color is certainly reminiscent of a citrus fruit or orange in the English language. Yes, orange is often associated as a fresh color, the color of health. From the psychological aspect of this orange color can assist us and good digestion to increase appetite. Orange family often associated with eating are orange or red color of papaya fruit, so that the colors in the orange family is good enough as we show in the dining room and kitchen.
This orange color is also often associated with joy and warmth. When the mental condition was not good, this color can help mental and mind to be better, feel lighter and healthier, happier. If you want a warm family room, den or study a more fun, more daring, more agile, we are approached by incorporating elements of orange colors in these rooms.
Yellow
In certain cultures, yellow color is interpreted as grief. Even so, basically yellow more often associated as the color of the sun which gives positive energy to the earth. With this association, the yellow color often interpreted as a good energy, as part of the vitality, some energy is also linked them with a strong morning to encourage people more willing and able to reduce the pressure or negative energy. Yellow color is also often interpreted as a sharp color, focus, which makes people wary remain upright and not sleepy.
In certain cultures it gives a yellow symbol of wealth, elegance, luxury, like gold color scheme. Work spaces and a productive learning can take advantage of family-yellow color to enhance the focus, the spirit of the residents in it.
Green
Maybe this is the most common colors we encounter in our daily lives in addition to blue sky. Yes, the color green color is very close to our lives everyday. Harmonious atmosphere of calm, affectionate nature that soothe, very precise if the green color associated with it. Green aging, more so calm, cool and soothing. The younger the green, the more leads to the yellow colors, these colors provide an atmosphere of positive energy, something that grows, like the colors of the tops of the young leaves, or too often associated as the color that gives vitality, refreshing like the yellow color group .
The green color is often associated as a sacred color, color close to a spiritual balance, especially for the Muslims. But green is also often associated with wealth, prosperity, abundance of money and wealth.
Blue
As calm as a sea of blue, that’s the phrase we often hear. Yes, blue is very close to the meaning of calm, peace, so that we may be very unusual to see bed spaces in a magazine somewhere, or saw myself sleeping rooms of hotels, places to rest wrapped in blue are dominant.
Psychologically blue gives a sense of vast relief, as if we feel when we look to the sky clear blue, see the white clouds drifting in a calm and peaceful. When the body was tired, was in the mental pressure is negative, then the blue will help to suppress negative emotions, calming effect, so that this color is often used as the background color of the spaces of contemplation, meditation. Our bedroom as a place that is very private resort is very appropriate if we enter into it elements of blue, this color will encourage us to be quiet and sleep a rest soon.
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