Edenvale-based Paint Pros state that the paint colours you choose will have an effect on your mental state and even your physical well-being. The colours that we use are personal to our tastes.
Is red your favourite colour? Do you feel that blue makes your room a bit too cold? Perhaps you are turned off by the different shades of green? There are many things to think about when you are choosing those hues that are going to adorn your walls. You need to choose the shade that will suit your room while also suiting your mood.
Use a colour wheel
They are available in almost any shop that sells paint and they can be provided by most painters in Johannesburg. The colour wheel gives you a better idea about which colours are going to be best complemented by each other. When you see how colours can complement one another, you might just find yourself falling in love with a colour you never expected to like.
Test before applying
This tip falls under the try before you buy idea, and you are going to be better off testing your colours on a large poster or on a section of your wall before you apply it all over the wall. When you are testing the colours, this is your perfect opportunity to try those you might never have thought of using before. Try greens, browns and blues, and see how you feel about them. You never know, your eye might like what it sees.
Start small
Start off small and experiment when you are choosing colour. Start off your colour experimentation in the smallest room of your home – this gives you the chance to see an almost immediate result.
Read the room
The kitchen might have a warm family feeling while your bedroom might have a calm vibe. Each mood in each room is easily reflected by a colour and it is important that you capture that colour. Cool colours that are soft and toned down are ideal for those calmer areas where you want to unwind, while brighter and bolder colours are better suited for areas where you are going to be social and energetic.
Social rooms such as your lounge and your kitchen are better suited having warmer colours, such as oranges and reds, rather than the cooler or neutral colours you might use in your bedroom. In your child’s room, a warmer, energetic colour is suitable but it should still be peaceful.
Match your lighting to your paint
The different types of light in a room can make the paint colour look a little lighter or darker. Your paint is going to be closest to its truest colour when it is viewed in the daylight.
If you are looking to bring out the warmth of the colours, then you should view the colour under an incandescent light. The best ways to see the cooler tones in the colour is to view it under a fluorescent light. This changes the colour completely as a bold colour might be toned down when it is not in direct light.
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