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How do I choose a Colour Scheme for my Home?

Are you looking for a homely colour scheme which will not only work for everyone in your household, but also a scheme which you will love for years and years to come?

Sometimes, colour schemes can adapt over time, and although that can sometimes make the colour scheme seem haphazard if you do not have a very specific colour scheme in mind.

Whichever colour scheme you choose, it can be quite difficult to visualise what everything will look like altogether, especially when you are wanting to combine accessories and other secondary colours into your space.

A little hint of colour, or even just a neutral colour scheme, can help reflect your personality in your home as well as even make you feel a certain way when pottering about the house!

One of the best ways to do this is to make a little mood board of the colours which you like and pair them that way!

Or you can even take a quick look through our article below to have a look at some of the most popular colour schemes to work with in your home!

How would I choose a colour scheme for my home?

There are many ways in which you can initially choose a colour for your home, including looking at interior decorating inspiration on Pinterest, or even on Instagram, however you can also follow the step-by-step guide below for some more inspiration!

1.       Know your colour wheel

One of the best ways to start choosing a colour scheme for your home is to initially know which colours work with which!

For example, navy blue works with yellow, so popping small amounts of tonal yellow into a navy blue colour scheme would bring your bold space to life!

2.        Decide on a Colour and Stick with it

Once you have decided on a colour you want to paint your space with, it is best to stick with that colour in order to decide on the little elements that go with it.

Or you’ll find yourself going round and round in circles!

3.       Choose a scheme for all seasons

I know its difficult but picking a colour scheme depending on the season you’re currently experiencing can be a bad decision. After all, seasons change, décor doesn’t!

You can always add little accessories to your spaces in order to make them seasonal!

4.       Consider the mood of the space

The colour scheme which you choose for your spaces can have an impact on your mood!

For example, if you choose a calming neutral colour scheme, your space will have a calming and relaxed atmosphere!

Depending on what you’re deciding to use your room for, you can choose different colour schemes to evoke different emotions! Always consider this before decorating your spaces!

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How can I choose the best complimentary colours for my colour scheme?

Complimentary colours can sometimes be a tricky business! After all, too many complimentary colours can become a primary colour scheme for your spaces!

However, if you follow the quick guide below, you will be able to find the best complimentary colours for the most popular schemes trending now!

How to Match a Grey Colour Scheme:

Whether you are wanting your primary colour in your colour scheme to be grey, or whether you’re just wanting to accessorise with it, the colour can be a perfect colour to match with a wide variety of colour schemes.

If you’re wanting grey to be the primary colour in your home, you can either use a brighter and lighter grey colour for all four walls in your home, or you can use it for three paint walls and use a charcoal grey feature wall for a bold addition to your space.

However, if you are wanting your room to look larger and brighter, you can always accessorise with paler yellow tones and even blue tones to create a calming and relaxing atmosphere.

However, grey can also be used as a secondary colour for a wide variety of different colour schemes too, such as Navy Blue, Pink, Green and even darker Charcoal colours too!

How to Match a Navy Blue Colour Scheme:

Navy Blue is such a great colour to work with right now as it can be used in such a wide variety of ways in such a wide variety of spaces too!

Although you may think that having a Navy Blue colour scheme will zap the brightness and light from your spaces, it can actually make your spaces seem bigger depending on what you decide to pair it with.

If you are wanting a navy colour scheme with lightness too, pair your Navy Blue feature wall with a white colour too, such as white on the trim, doors and maybe even a few walls too.

If you are wanting to add a dash of colour into your Navy Blue colour scheme, taking a look at the contrasting colour on the colour wheel would be a great way to decide on which colour to add a pop of vibrancy into your space.

This can be a yellow or orange of a similar tonal colour to the navy blue colour which you have chosen.

How to Match a Green Colour Scheme:

If you are wanting a botanical feeling space, without having to add florals into your home, adding a pinch of green into your spaces is a great way to add that extra bit of life into your room.

You don’t have to choose a bright and vibrant green either, you can always choose a pastel green colour in order to add that extra sense of calm and quiet into your spaces.

Depending on the colour green you choose, either a warm or a cold complimentary colour would work very well to break up the green and make sure that the space is both lively, as well as balanced at the same time.

A great way to do this would be simply adding the complimentary colour to the trim and woodwork areas of the space, bringing light and brightness into the space with a contrasting colour.

How to Match a Pink Colour Scheme:

Pink can be quite a difficult colour to use in larger spaces such as your living room, dining room, or any other communal spaces in your home.

However, it really is dependent on which pink colour you have chosen to paint with. If you choose a bright, but also a dusky pink colour, it can elevate pink from being a ‘kids’ colour to being more elegant and adult too.

It really is all about choosing the pinks you want to incorporate into your space to give a different feel and a different atmosphere!

This colour can then be matched with a wide variety of colours! You can add Navy Blue as featured above, creams, other pinks and even reds into your space to create a lively, or even a calming atmosphere!

Pink really is a colour to experiment with this season!

How to Match a Neutral Colour Scheme:

Neutral Colour schemes are one of the most popular colours schemes around right now! 

It totally makes sense why as they are such a great and easy way of bringing a calming and easy to accessorise space into your home!

You can add a wide variety of different secondary colours into you home when you have a neutral colour scheme!

If you have chosen a warmer colour scheme with a warmer neutral colour as your primary colour, it would be wise to accessorise with a warmer secondary colour such as a yellow or a warm burned orange.

However, if you have chosen a colder neutral colour such as a greige for your colour scheme, using a lighter, but still cold colour can work very well to break up your scheme and balance it out.

Neutral colour schemes can be such a great way to bring your own unique stamp onto your neutral colour scheme by adding your own accessories and your own feel into the space.

You can even spruce up your neutral colour scheme by adding any of the colours featured above as a bold feature wall, bearing in mind to use a similar warm or cold tone in order to make the space seem like it is well-balanced and works together as a whole colour scheme too.

How can I create a colour scheme for my whole house?

Depending on what you are after for your home, you can either choose a colour scheme that will work throughout your entire home- a neutral or a grey would work best.

This is because it will enable you to accessorise with different colours in different spaces- or whether you want to have different colours in different spaces, creating a colour scheme for your whole house can be quite a daunting task!

However, before you start, there are some brilliant ways in which you can prepare for such a large task.

You must firstly check out the article above and choose your colour scheme, depending on the lighting in your rooms as well as what you want to accessorise with, for either each individual room, or the whole house.

Before you start decorating your home, you must consider following the next few steps:

1.       Make a mood board

Whether you are making a mood board online or making a mood board out of fabric and paint swatches, they are great ways in which to find out whether your colour scheme will work for you!

2.       Keep the mood board around you for a while and keep coming back to it

You will know whether you want to decorate your entire home with your colour scheme if you keep it with you and keep coming back to it when you can.

Pin it in an area you see every day, such as on your mirror or even in your kitchen so that you can get a feel of what it will look like on a day-to-day basis.

3.       Buy some tester pots of your chosen colours

One of the best ways to check your colours, is to buy a tester pot of it- you can even incorporate it into your colour scheme mood board too!

4.       Live with your colour!

One of the best ways to check if your colour scheme would be best for either your entire home or your room is to live with the colour for a while!

Paint a large A4 (or larger) tester patch on your wall in various areas of the room- to gauge lighting differences- and live with it for a few days.

If you get sick of your colour or if you don’t like it anymore, go and buy a tester pot of your backup colour and do the same thing!

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