So you’ve decided it’s time for a new color scheme. Now what? Begin by learning about color scheme basics and color and mood. Then, when it’s time to find inspiration for your color scheme, try starting with and building on one of the following:
- A favorite color
- A classic combination (think blue and yellow or even red, white, and blue)
- The hues of a great piece of fabric
- A fantastic piece of art (to see what I mean, check out this blog post about gleaning color scheme inspiration from the masters of painting)
- A favorite object (classic blue and white china often inspires kitchen or dining room color schemes; a colorful lamp from a garage sale might spark a whole room; even a favorite shirt or purse might stimulate your color imagination)
- Hues found in nature
- A magazine advertisement
Find more color inspiration from Benjamin Moore Paints and Home Decorating Made Easy. Also be sure to check out the ideas offered by Behr, which center on the practical, artistic, emotional, fashionable, and historical inspiration. And you can’t beat trying kuler.com, an online color scheme generator created by Adobe.
Where else do you find color inspiration?
Until tomorrow,
The Home Know-It-All
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