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!
I don’t know how I missed this color wheel post! I love all the fabulous eye candy, but I also appreciate the explanations as to how colors work together. This is such a big help! Thanks!
THANK YOU! I’ve never understood that color wheel, even through art and scrapbooking years! I’ve bookmarked it to refer to over and over! Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
I just found your blog and this post was fantastic. I’m one of the very, very few colorblind women in the world (yep, your biology teacher was wrong!). I wonder if there’s an online source for the color wheel examples you ran with the post? I have such trouble picking colors, because I am not sure if what I see is what the rest of the world sees. These would be an incredible resource for me. Truly. Love the posts I’ve read so far. I’ll be back!
Desiree’, I just shared your color wheel info with my senior citizens painting class. I had trouble trying to express info on color and color wheels. They were not getting it. With this, I feel it will be much clearer to them. Thanks so much. GeorgiaAnn
This was really interesting and inspiring, loved it! I mentioned it in my last post, hope you don’t mind.
I’m a big fan of your blog, I always look for updates!! Great work 😀
Lima,
Thank you for sharing it… have a sweet Christmas my love.
I don’t know how I missed this color wheel post! I love all the fabulous eye candy, but I also appreciate the explanations as to how colors work together. This is such a big help! Thanks!
Kim…
Can I tell you something?
You make me happy girl… I love your comments!
Oh wow, that is so very helpful to me! I think I need a colorwheel for my pocket.:)
You rock so I featured you this week at my Hookin Up with HoH Link Party!
Feel free to stop by and grab a button if you’d like.
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Allison @ House of Hepworths
Allison… no way!
You ROCK!
Thank you so much love!
I LOVE this tutorial…so full of great and helpful tips!
I featured it on my blog today! 🙂
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Very informative post…and of course who wouldn’t love those beautiful pictures!!!
great blog, check mine out if you get a chance.
THANK YOU! I’ve never understood that color wheel, even through art and scrapbooking years! I’ve bookmarked it to refer to over and over! Thanks for linking to Wicked Awesome Wednesday!
I just found your blog and this post was fantastic. I’m one of the very, very few colorblind women in the world (yep, your biology teacher was wrong!). I wonder if there’s an online source for the color wheel examples you ran with the post? I have such trouble picking colors, because I am not sure if what I see is what the rest of the world sees. These would be an incredible resource for me. Truly. Love the posts I’ve read so far. I’ll be back!
Desiree’, I just shared your color wheel info with my senior citizens painting class. I had trouble trying to express info on color and color wheels. They were not getting it. With this, I feel it will be much clearer to them. Thanks so much. GeorgiaAnn
Aww!
This is so cool! Glad to help!
Have a great evening and thank you for letting me know!
Besos!