Color

Play Of Colors In Home Decor

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Play of colors Will you use tone on tone, harmony or contrast as a color scheme. There is behind these notions a play of colors that you have probably already used intuitively when decorating your home. However the play of colors have rules that might help you make the most [...]

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Color Schemes In Home Decor

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In order to have a perfect union of colors, or just the right play of colors in home decor, it is important to respect some harmony techniques. When we talk about color in decoration, there are two methods of harmonizing colors, tone on tone color schemes and harmony of color [...]

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Home Decor Color Trends For 2010

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As we turn the corner of the year and embark into 2010, let’s look at the colors that will lead this year. Since 1963 designers for fashion and home, print and advertising, have been using the pantone color selector in their work, and have turned to Pantone for news and [...]

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Gray A Sophisticated Color

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Gray is a classic color, elegant and well suited for traditional settings. It is great to accentuate natural wood tones, greens, browns and taupe, and it give a sophisticated look when used with yellow. Contrarily to popular belief gray is not a morose color. Warm grays, are always perfect for [...]

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Why Choose Blue To Paint Walls?

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Blue offers so many shades and tints that is acceptable for any interior decorating project. It is a simple color that gives us the feeling of flight and far away places. It comes in varied shades like indigo, ocean blue cyan, marine, sapphire… Light blue, just like a bluish gray, is [...]

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When To Use Red – Pink Or Orange Paint

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To continue the series on paint colors let’s look why and where you should use red, pink or orange. These are strong colors that people do not always dare to use to paint walls, however, they can give you some very interesting and diverse decorating possibilities.

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Decorating With Green Paint

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Green is a natural color, whether you are considering a mint-green, or a forest-green, or even an aqua you can hear, see, and feel nature come into your surroundings. It represents inspiration, youth, and hope, it promotes attention and understanding of others; it strengthens the space we live in. It [...]

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Decorating With Yellow Paint

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Yellow is known for aiding concentration, memory, thought and expression, it is the color that best represents decision. Believe it or not, a yellow decor can actually generate a good attitude. It is a warm and bright color that can be used in many tints depending on the mood you [...]

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