House Painting Color Trends
Basic House Paint Color Trends
Everyone chooses colors in their own way. Here we’ve assembled all the information you need to navigate your own path. Whether you already have firm color ideas, need inspiration from examples and house painting color trend palettes, want to work with a professional color consultant, or simply desire house painting color tips, CertaPro Painters® color resources make the color selection process simple and stress free.
Learn the Color Basics for House Painting Trends and Ideas
A. Find the existing dominant color that you like, or wish to keep, in the room or on the house. On an exterior, this could be the color of the brick or stone, pre-finished windows, or roof. For an interior, it could be the color of your sofa, your flooring, or your window coverings.
B. Determine what kind of feeling you wish to have in the room or on the home. Warm colors, such as red, orange, yellow or beige, can create an invigorating mood or add cozy intimacy to large spaces. They can help warm up a room that has northern or eastern exposure. Blues, greens, violets or grays, the cool colors, give a serene feeling and can add spaciousness to small places. The balance between light colors and deep colors should also be considered when choosing your house paint colors.
C. Consider how complex a color scheme you wish to undertake. There are three main color schemes to choose from.
The Color Basics of House Painting Ideas and Color Schemes
- Monochromatic schemes are based on one hue, which varies in value (lightness and darkness), and saturation (the amount of color). An example of this is a pale blue with a pure blue and dark blue.
- Analogous schemes combine no more than three similar colors. An example of this is red, yellow red (orange), and yellow.
- Complementary schemes are based on opposing colors. This scheme offers more contrast and can introduce both warm and cool colors into the area. An example would be the burgundy complementing the three shades of green in our front door. Notice application of monochrome, analogous and complementary schemes with the cream window and burgundy panels.
Color Tip
When trying to pair up different colors in the same area, remember that any two colors side-by-side on the color wheel will work together. Any three colors side-by-side can be used to create a color scheme call “analogous”.
Do you love the color but not the shade?
If you see a color you like but you do not like the shade of the color, find it on a color strip, and choose a lighter or darker color on that strip.
