Picking paint colours can be easy! Just follow these steps and you’ll be picking paint colours like a pro in no time.
- Start with colours you love
- Look at different shades of colours
- Get inspired
- Learn the basics of colour theory
- Make boards
Start with colours you love
Always start with the colours you love. Then you know already now that you’ll end up loving it. Have you already started to think about a special colour for one room? We’re sure you have, and that’s good. You should use this first intuition to influence your choice of colours later.
Look at different shades of colours
Finding the right shade of the colour can make the hole room. Try to change out your basic colour with a darker or lighter version. Then you’ll see if that fits better with the rest of the colours in the room.
Get inspired
Renovate to sell
If you’re renovating to sell the house later on, you should try to use as many of the trend colours as possible. And therefore, you need to get inspiration from magazines and internet. And learn which colours are the trendiest right now. There’s a big chance you found this post on Pinterest. Which can be a great tool for finding inspiration. Colours and interior have a strange effect on how many potential buyers that will show up to your open house. With the name of a colour you like, you can find pictures on the internet. You can see how people have used that exact colour in different rooms. Keep in mind that pictures can lie, and that the colour will look different in different lighting.
Renovate for yourself
If you’re renovating for yourself you don’t have to pay that much attention to what’s trendy right now. You can pick colours more freely. But make sure you pick colours that you’ll like for years to come. (But if you like it now and not in a year or two – you can always paint again! Painting is fun!). Use the internet to find inspiration, and paint with whatever colours you like.
Learn the basics of colour theory
By learning the basics of colour theory, you’ll be able to choose all colours in every room. And make sure they all fit nicely together. You don’t need a degree within colour theory- you just need to know the basics. That’ll help you to choose colours that fit nicely together.
Make boards
When you’re picking out paint colours you should make boards where you have all the colours you plan to use. That way you’ll see the whole picture and that it all fits together. Either it’s the colours for one room or the whole floor. See above how we do it. This is from the second floor in our house. It’s easy and it’s a great way to see all the colours you’ve chosen. Adjustments of the shades can be done until you’re 100% happy with the result.
Now you’re good to go and can start painting! We’re sure you’ll be happy with the result. Good luck!
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