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When you have to paint and choose paint colors, the first thing to consider is: what's my designing style. Maybe you know that already. But sometimes, it's not that sure. Paint colors play a different role in different kinds of designing styles. In a , they need to communicate a feeling of orderly authenticity. Stronger colors are OK, as long as they don't look chemical. In an ethnic style, authentic materials will be important too. And in a design, colors are much more abstract - they signal a statement. If they're present at all - lots of modern interiors consist of neutrals, with strong accents on matte and high-gloss sheens. And in the more classic styles, colors are more often used to create a mood and differentiate the light.

If you have a strong preference for certain colors, it's good to consider having them around. You can shade them, or make them stronger by adding contrary shades. If you like blue, side them with some warm browns and the blues will look even better. It's also good to good to check if your favorite colors fit to your furniture and styling. And, you can add them as an overall mood setting background (walls), trim, or just as accent colors (cushions, artwork).

Also the relation between color and material should be carefully looked at. You can style your home with , but you can also add colors by fabrics, for drapes, furniture, cushions and such - and choose a neutral or off white that makes a good background color for them. A room that's filled with paint colors has a different 'feel' than a room in which only fabrics and materials have colors. It shows something of the maker: indicate someone rich in mood and fantasy, while good material colors indicate solidity, and being down-to-earth.

For a vintage look, you can also do a lot by choosing the right paint colors. In the thirties, mustard colors and funny browns were used a lot (with beige instead of white). While in the fifties, you had that creamy off-white, and outspoken colors like turquoise, lime-green, light yellow, with red mica tables - outspoken but shaded in a very specific way. In the sixties there were saturated browns, oranges and purples. In the eighties, lots of new-age people had warm yellow-orange earth colors on their walls. In the really old times, people had strong colors too - that was a sign of richness. Bold colors were expensive those days. But the bold colors available were beautiful natural colors, while nowadays, they're chemical - and a lot cheaper.

Another factor is, the size of your room, its function, and the position of the windows. A small sized room is best kept in shaded tones of one color, and not too dark. Reds can be great for the , but strong reds in the bathroom make your skin look funny. If you like reds in the bedroom: take the burgundy and raspberry shades. Greens are calming, but not for sleeping - they give you a clear head. Greens are good for a kitchen, bathroom or patio - those places where you can ponder by yourself. And yellow is a real party-animal - good for your morning mood. Browns have this solid warmth, and neutrals have a special way to leave you be - they just moderate the light, and don't bother you with colors.

The look of the itself can be rather strongly influenced by the position of your windows. Light from the south has a different color than light from the north - even different from the west or east. Southern light is warm - it makes warm colors look even warmer, and it makes cool colors look very pleasant (like icecream in the summer). If you want to have an overall , you'll need to adjust the colors of your daylight, by adding small amounts of the opposite color - blue to neutralize southern light, and orange to neutralize northern light.

That's no longer a matter of choosing - the adjusting needs to be done manually. But it does make a color look significantly better, on the place where you plan them. It's not always necessary. Just in case you chose a great color, but somehow it doesn't look good on your wall: try the manual adjusting to the daylight.

Visualizing your interior design in different colors is maybe the most difficult part. Here you can call in the help of some . It does take some time and skill - but it does give you a great beforehand image of the results.[]

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