Designer tips to pick the right color palette

While it’s the furniture and other accessories that add beauty to the room, it’s really the color palette that holds it together. The style of the room and the architecture decide the personality of the room – almost nothing decides the feel of the room as much as the colors we choose. Picking the right color is crucial to give the room the look and the feel you desire.

Here are a few tips that will help you select the right color palette for each room of your house:
Select the color palette from the largest design item in the room
If there is a large piece of artwork or a patterned upholstery, use colors that are inspired from these items. Pick certain colors from the pattern or some prominent color from the artwork. Well, sometimes it’s best to use neutral wall colors so that you have the freedom to select accessories later.

Start with the formal areas
Start with formal spaces – like the living room or the entry way. Choose the color scheme for these areas first and then pull one color from the scheme.

From dark to light and vertical
The trick to decorate a space vertically from dark to light is as follows – use the darker color values for the floor, medium color for the walls and light values for the ceilings. This is derived from our natural environment – generally darker is below the feet, medium shades of colors are seen as you look straight and lighter values are seen skyward.

The color you choose for your clothes
This trick works like magic! We generally wear cloths of the colors that we like. The same applies to interior design. Select the colors that you feel that you will look good in. If that’s confusing, think about the colors in your wardrobe. If you don’t usually wear yellow, do not select a yellow sofa!

The color wheel is very handy
Analogous colors (those that are next to each other on the color wheel) are more casual and relaxing. For example blue and green are more casual and relaxing. These colors work best in formal spaces. They work well in private spaces such as bedrooms too. Another trick is to use something black in every room. It simply clarifies all the other colors in the room. A simple black lamp shade or black picture frame could easily do the trick.

Use the rule of 60-30-10
The rule is, when you decorate a space, divide the colors in the space into components of 60 percent of a dominant color, 30 percent of a secondary color and 10 percent of an accent color. The walls will be included in the dominant color, the upholstery could represent the secondary color and the accessories such as flower arrangements and throw pillows could be included in the remaining 10 percent.

Finally, it is important to follow your personal style and decorate honestly – the results will show. You can make any color look charming – as long as you like it!

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