With over 1500 Wattyl colours on offer, choosing a colour palette for your new home can be overwhelming! Ornamental Pearl, Husk Gold and Movie Star – they all sound more like Hollywood names than a wall colour!
Investing time into getting the palette right is well worth the effort as colour can completely transform the look and feel of a home.
Here are some tips to help guide you:
Decorate vertically
A tried and tested way to choose the colour pallete for a room is to use your darkest tones for the floor, a lighter tint for the walls and then the lightest tint for the ceiling.
Look at the lighting
The way in which a room receives light (natural or artificial) will affect how the colour appears on the walls.
For example:
Cool warm colours interact well with the natural light in south facing rooms whilst darker colours will appear more vibrant and softer colours can have a soft glowing affect. Lighting in your home can play a key role in the overall feel of the colour palette you choose.
Start with the largest area of the house
Most likely the largest rooms will be either a living or kitchen area and these are a great place to start when choosing the colour pallete. Once you have a colour in mind for these rooms, picking a shade or tint from the same hue for adjoining rooms will ensure there is a cohesive flow throughout the home whilst still giving an element of depth to the colours.
Think about the ambience you wish to create in each room
Using colours is a powerful tool to help evoke moods in a room. Warm colours can be joyful, promote intimacy, and be comforting and vibrant. Cooler tones will promote relaxation, and bring calmness to a room.
Familarise yourself with the colour theory
Using these basic colour schemes can really help your colour vision come to life:
Analogous colours – calming colours which appear next to each other on the colour wheel. Think greens, teals, blues etc. Pairing these colours will create a cohesive, soothing flow to your home.
Monochromatic colours – A single base hue paired with different shades, tints and hues of the same colour. Choosing a monochromatic palette will create a minimalist design and allow you to provide pops of colour and really bring in your own unique style with your own furnishings and décor.
Complementary colours – Are 2 opposing colours on the wheel such as red and purple which will provide striking, bold looks. Whilst not on the colour wheel black and white are a timeless example of complementary colours often paired together which create a versatile look.
Choose inspiration from outside your window!
Bringing elements of the outside in is a perfect way to achieve a peaceful environment within your home whilst it is also known to improve overall mental health and promote happiness! Think coastal tones and native greenery.
Still unsure? Don’t be! Here at Ultra Living Homes, we are here to help every step of the way. As part of our commitment to service excellence, we offer all of our clients a complimentary colour consultation with an experienced interior designer. Enjoy a colour selection process with a professional to help you fine-tune the preferred style for your beautiful new home.
