Choosing Paint Colors for Interior Walls and Ceilings

 Interior designer Natalie Riechelmann employed a triadic color scheme of grey, white, and pink on the walls of the house seen on this and the following pages. There is the buttery yellow one, the reddish brown one, and the blue-gray one. You've given your house a makeover befitting a plastic surgeon, right? You've fixed any structural issues while preserving the distinct character of each room, right? On the other hand, something is still missing. The renovator probably has a secret weapon, and it has to do with colour.

Did you know that crown molding may make a room seem either taller or shorter than it is by manipulating the eye's perception of the ceiling's relationship to the walls? That one space may be turned into a lively gathering place while another is transformed into a calm refuge ideal for curling up with a book is another example of the power of colour.

As many contemporary homes have open floor plans merging the kitchen, living room, and dining room into one massive space, colour is used to help define interiors and offer focus points in these otherwise featureless areas. The difficulty is in figuring out what colours to use and where to put them in the room. For that the Paint Stripper is the important element here.

Tips for Choosing Interior Paint Colors

Think of a colour scheme for your home that will work with the furnishings.

If you're paralysed by uncertainty and can't choose from the plethora of paint colour swatches at the store, here's some advice, look at the Paint Stripper deepest shade to see which one it is. If you can accept the one at the bottom, you'll also accept the centre and the top, but if you choose based on the brightest colours at the top, all the options will appear the same.

The first step is to choose three colours from something existing in your home. Bring something comforting or meaningful with you to the paint store, whether it's a photograph, a favourite tie or scarf, a cushion from the family room sofa, or anything else. Those 15–18 more colours are yours to use right now if you can only track down three sample strips that have them. This is due to the fact that most paint sample strips have six distinct hues.

Next, decide which of the three colours you want to use for the walls, and put the others to one side to apply to other elements of the room, such the accessories or the furniture. Pick a fourth hue from the original palette of the 2K Paint NZ swatches to utilise in adjacent spaces.

 

Choose a coating that complements your design and creates the appearance you want.

After deciding on a palette, you should consider the kind of coating you want to use. Conventional wisdom has maintained for a long time that a satin (sometimes called eggshell) finish is preferable for walls since it can be cleaned and it doesn't attract attention to defects, even if modern flat paints have enhanced resistance to stains. Despite the fact that modern flat paints are far less likely to show stains, this remains a problem. Semi-gloss and high-gloss finish of 2K Paint NZ were thought to be saved for the trim, where they may show the arcs of a molding profile or the depth of a door's panels. But that's not how it works at all.