Painting woes? Here's how to make the perfect color choice

What’s more stressful and nerve wrecking when it comes to painting, is choosing the right color for your walls. Everything has to be considered: What effect will it have on the room, whether we will like it or not etc. Everything boils down to making a good selection. Here we have ten guidelines recommended by paint dealers, that one must follow, for choosing just the right color for their home.

Starting small

If you aren’t quite sure of what color will look nice in what surroundings, it's better to start off by experimenting in a small hallway or a bathroom. Pick an easy hassle free open area if you are doing the painting yourself. Also you will get faster results. Painting your house is a fun activity, keep painting while enjoying the adventure. Select a piece of clothing or art that you find visually appealing and take cues for selecting colors from there.

You can also paint large poster boards and keep it against the wall to see what it looks like. You not only have a life size sample, but also something you can test your furniture against. It also leaves room for you to experiment with dramatic colors outside your comfort zone.

Creating an amazing mood

What sets the mood of your room, regardless of the furniture or wall decorations, is the color you choose for your walls. We all have a desired ambience set in mind as to what our room would look like and paint the room accordingly. But one must be mentally (and otherwise) be prepared to an entirely different color if the result doesn't come out to be good the first time or the initial vision for the room changes.

Learning from the lights

A paint shop usually has light boxes. With them, one can see potential colors under different types of natural and artificial light. Do keep in mind that natural daylight shows the truest colors of your paint. Incandescent lights add to the warmth of the colors and fluorescent ones bring out the blue in any shade.

Consider a color as an accent wall if you fear a strong color overpowering the room.

Knowing the terms

Saturation, hue, intensity and value are just some of the basic terms used to describe paint colors. It’s very helpful if you have little knowledge on these, you can ask paint dealers in the store and they will help you with it.

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