Top 5 Tips How to Match Interiors with Paint (FEATURINGBlinds2go)
Matching your Interior Décor with your painted walls
can’t be that hard can it? With this article, it really isn’t!
So, you’ve seen the perfect pair of blinds for your new
space! They’re bold, brilliant and everything you’ve been searching hours and
hours for.
Now all you must do is match them with your sofa, your
throws, pillows, cushions, carpet, walls and so much more!
It can seem like quite a daunting task, can’t it?
Well, never fear, I can help you perfectly balance the
interior décor of your room with my Top 5 ways to easily match your interiors
with your paint!
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QUICK SUMMARY:
Use the 60:30:10 method:
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60% Main Colour
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30% Secondary Colour
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10% Accent Colour
If you can’t choose your main colour:
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Have a look at everything together
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Take a fabric sample with you
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Ask for Advice
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Look at Social Media Influencers
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Buy a Colour Chart
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The simple answer to this question is no, the longer answer
is yes and no.
Confusing right?
Well, it can be easy to get confused when there are so many
ways that people match their interiors in a balanced way. However, most of them
use the simple 6:3:1 method.
So, this method will ensure that your room is perfectly
balanced no matter what colours you choose to put together!
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What is the 6:3:1 Colour Scheme Method?
The easiest way to understand this method is to follow the
simple step-by-step method below:
Use 60% Main Colour
No matter which colour scheme you have chosen to go with:
Greige, Grey, Blue, Pink, Green or any other colour, you will definitely need
to choose a main colour for your space.
The best colour to choose for this is a less bold and bright
colour in order for the majority of the room to have this colour in it.
This part of your colour scheme usually encompasses the wall
paint colour- excluding the feature wall colour which is usually part of the
secondary colour section- as well as the floor colour (carpet, wooden flooring
or otherwise) and a piece of furniture or two.
Although you can match your Blinds to your primary colour,
it is always good for your blinds pattern to incorporate some of your secondary
colour into it in order to balance out the colour scheme of your room. More
information about this is below!
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Then use a 30% Secondary Colour
The best way to choose your secondary colour is by choosing
a colour which is of a similar tone to your primary colour- for instance, if
you have chosen a colour with a warm tone, choose a secondary colour with a
warm tone too.
This secondary colour should also only have half the
saturation of your main colour for it to act as a support colour to your main
colour.
Having only half of the saturation of the as the main colour, it can
act as a contrast to the main colour, rather than competing for attention with
the main colour.
By doing this, your secondary colour will add some depth and
variety to your colour scheme, making your room look balanced and equal, rather
than looking flat and uninteresting.
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Finally flourish with a 10% Accent Colour
Your final accent colour should constitute only 10% of your
overall colour scheme.
This colour should be a contrasting, but complimentary
colour to your main and secondary colour in your room. The purpose of your
final accent colour is to give a point of interest in your colour scheme.
So, how would I balance a Grey colour scheme with the
60:30:10 rule?
One example of this colour scheme is picking a grey colour
which can work with this colour scheme.
If you are wanting grey to be your main colour, I would
recommend using a lighter grey for your walls, your
carpet and one piece of room accessory such as a side table.
This will help
bring the whole room together as well as bring light and balance into the space
too.
For your secondary colour, you can use a darker grey, but
one with a similar tone, for instance a colder blue tone.
This darker grey
colour can be used on your Blinds, such as Blinds2Go ‘Ahisma Luxe Faux Silk
Silver Roman Blind’.
As for your accent colour, you should also pick a similar
colour tone to your grey colours- in this case a colder colour scheme- with a
colour such as a deep blue or even a darker purple colour.
This grey scheme would work like this:
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60% Light Grey
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30% Dark Grey
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10% Dark blue/ purple
But what happens if I can’t choose my main colour?
This is such a common problem amongst so many people! Main
colours are very difficult to choose as they can change the whole look of your
room!
With so many different colours and so many different colour
scheme to choose from, it can be so difficult to decide on an individual colour
scheme for your space!
No wonder you’re finding it difficult!
However, one of the best ways to choose a colour scheme that
will work for you is to break it down into a colour scheme!
For example, you can choose your primary, secondary and
tertiary colours from a colour wheel in order to break down the individual
colours which you are more inclined to choose!
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Are there any other ways which I can match my Interiors
with my Wall Paint?
There are so many different ways which you can choose your
colour scheme for your room!
Below are 5 different ways which you can choose a colour
scheme for your home in a balanced and easy way!
Tip 1: Look at your colour scheme
One of the easiest ways to find your own colour scheme is to
look at options.
You can buy samples of wallpaper, fabric and paint and put
them all together in order to decide whether that colour scheme will work
together or not.
Obviously, if you are after an exact match for your walls
and your blinds, you will have to match them in a different way- by finding the
colour number or asking us!- however you can match your blinds and your paint
fairly accurately by eye too!
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Tip 2: Take a sample of your fabric with you
A good way of matching your room with your paint is to take
a sample of the fabric or the paint with you as you choose the other individual
pieces in your home.
This way, you will be able to match your pieces whilst you
are looking, helping you narrow down the amount of choices which you have to
pick your colours from.
For example, you can narrow out any warm grey colours form
your paints, wallpapers or blinds if you have chosen a warm grey colour scheme.
Tip 3: Ask for Advice!
One of the easiest ways to choose your colour scheme is to
easily ask for advice! You can ask your friends, family and anyone else you
want for their opinion and go with it!
You can even DM, email, call or send a carrier pigeon to us
and we will help you match your interiors up so that you get the perfect
looking space which is balances and beautiful!
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Tip 4: Look at Influencers!
With so many people posting pics of their gorgeous homes on
social media, you should take advantage of all of their influence and have a
look through their pages for inspiration!
One of the best ways to find out what you like is to have a
look at pre-made spaces and see whether you like it and decide what you would
change about it in your own home!
Remember, you can always bookmark any of the spaces which
you love in order to get a folder of room influences for you to keep going back
to!
You can even take a picture of your own home and use the
ColourBox software in order to see how the paint would look in your own home!
Just follow the link above to see what it would look like!
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Tip 5: Buy yourself a Colour Chart!
If you’re still having difficulty choosing the best colour
that will suit the rest of your interior décor, you can very easily purchase a
colour chart- although a lot of them are free too.
If you buy yourself a colour chart, you can have a quick
look through the colours and choose a few which you think will work together
and then purchase a few different samples and put them together!
You can even paint your sample pots on the wall next to each
other to see if they will work together too!
Remember, you can always buy a designer colour chart and
then colour match it with us for a fraction of the price!
With so many ways to choose your colour scheme for your
home, you will definitely find one which you will not get bored of for years
and years!
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