If you have read my “about me”… you’ll know I don’t have a favorite color.
I have just one color that I don’t care much about… I am not a big fan of purple.
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I believe most of us love color, I believe most of us are a little bit uneasy or perhaps don’t know how to use it. So today I am going to share with you some great color combinations that simply work!
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In order to use color we need to UNDERSTAND color.
First let’s take a minute and look at the color wheel…
If you don’t want your space to be SUPER HAPPY but you don’t want it to be SUPER PEACEFUL you can even mix the emotions that both colors bring… and have a perfect fresh and cheerful space.
I think somewhere around here is where most people get lost. Do you?
They know how they want the room to feel they just don’t know how to translate that to color.
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Well, now that you have the warm and the cool down lets talk about how to use it.
To do this let me give you four basic tricks from the color wheel…Thank goodness I don’t do Interior Design anymore since I’m sharing all of my secrets 😉
Basically this is when you put 2 to 6 { I like to keep it under 4} neighbor colors of the wheel together. . That many? Well yes! . Think about having a big family color reunion. These colors will look different from each other but at the same time they have common resemblance. At the end they will look GREAT together.
Personally I consider this scheme still part of the safe zone. It will give the space a clean feeling. Not too plain not too explosive, but gives you the opportunity to highlight some areas as accessories in a different color without being over powering. . Here is a Navy Blue, Teal and Green example. I love these colors together and I want the chair and the shoes.
.Now you are far from the safe ZONE you are not entering the bold ZONE either you are right in it!A triad scheme is bold but more importantly, it’s balanced…like sweet and sour.
It’s made up of any three colors that form a triangle in the center of the wheel.
Again if you follow this rule as bold as the look will be, it will work!
Wow! You couldn’t have posted this at a better time for me! I’m moving next week into a rental and I can’t paint (err) so I have really been stuggling with how to do colors since I’m totally changing the color palette in my house. Thanks so much : )
Awesome tutorial on the Color Wheel. Picking color and color combinations can be so scary for most ordinary folks like myself. Using too much can be overload, too few can leave us bored, and the wrong mix can be a total disaster. Loved the way you unlocked the mystery of color, particularly as it relates to home decor and design. It’s one thing to be knowledgeable, and quite another to take that information to merge fashion with passion. Thanks!
Ashley love,
Good luck with the move and I can’t wait to see what you come up with… I’m sure it will look great.
Have a sweet day hun 😉
Wow! You couldn’t have posted this at a better time for me! I’m moving next week into a rental and I can’t paint (err) so I have really been stuggling with how to do colors since I’m totally changing the color palette in my house. Thanks so much : )
love this tutorial and all the beautiful examples! thank u!
Great job and very thorough explanation of the color wheel. BTW, I mentioned your blog today on mine, as a thank you for featuring the ranch (100 years ago I know.) http://cedarhillranch.blogspot.com/2011/10/beary-good-friends.html
Have a blessed day.
I love this! Great advice and a one stop color course!
Thanks,
Debbie
Debbie,
You are awesome. Good morning sweetheart!
No you’re the awesome one! Thanks!!!
You are BRILLIANT! Pinned this!
Wonderful post! Thanks for taking the time to put all this great info together! And I am the same as you, not a fan of purple 🙂
Awesome tutorial on the Color Wheel. Picking color and color combinations can be so scary for most ordinary folks like myself. Using too much can be overload, too few can leave us bored, and the wrong mix can be a total disaster. Loved the way you unlocked the mystery of color, particularly as it relates to home decor and design. It’s one thing to be knowledgeable, and quite another to take that information to merge fashion with passion. Thanks!
WOW!
THANK YOU SO MUCH Bridget!
BEST POST EVER!
Thank You So VERY Much!
Fabulous post!! Everything is explained so well and such beautiful pictures. Pinning this for many future uses!! Thanks!
Jenn 🙂