Last updated on December 5th, 2023
Probably the first thing you think of when designing a home is color. And at the end of the day, your choice can make or mar your home design. With a beautiful palette of delicious shades, making your choice can be a tough proposition. However, when you look at the big picture, it boils down to warm and cool tones.
Colors are mood enhancers and the right choice can make a lot of difference in how you feel. Experts believe the direction of your room plays a role too. If you get west-facing sun, you may want to rethink your warm color scheme. Let’s explore this a bit further with these insights.
The color wheel
If you examine the color wheel, you will get a fair idea about colors and how they interact with each other. This will also allow you to decide how dark or intense you want your colors to be. For a relaxing and soothing vibe, cool colors are ideal. This means shades of blue and green, jade, indigo, and eggplant. Warm shades are the reds, yellows, and oranges.
Points to note:
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To give a proper balance to your cool tones, add warm elements such as linen, brass, or wood to your decor. This can be in your flooring, furniture or upholstery, and accessories.
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Pairing white metal hardware and light fixtures with a cool color scheme can give your decor a cold vibe, something you want to avoid.
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A north-facing room can look depressing when you use cool colors.
What are warm colors?
Warm colors are energizing and exuberant. This can be vibrant reds, yellows, and oranges, or muted rusts, pinks, and corals. You can use shades such as rust or muted pinks to achieve a soothing environment too. But getting the balance right may take a bit of expertise.
Spaces that can use a dose of warm shades
The foyer, the living area, and the dining room are suitable for these exciting shades. As these colors are energizing you can use them in the study room or home office too.
The cool colors
Cool colors are relaxing and soothing, making them ideal for spaces that require a restful vibe. Cool colors are popular in coastal design themes. However, you must make sure the cool shades don’t lack warmth. To achieve a balancing act follow the below tips.
Spaces that are best for cool shades
Cool shades such as olive, jade, navy blue, turquoise blue, and sea green are perfect picks for your bedroom and bathroom. However, there are no hard and fast rules. You can easily use warm colors in your bedroom and blue shades in your living area. That said, cool colors help you unwind and are a good choice for your sleeping area.
A play of warm and cool shades
Rather than restricting yourself to the use of warm or cool colors, try a mixture of both to take it up a notch. To get this balancing act right, anchor your decor with your warm or cool colors first. Now introduce cool tones or warm hues depending on your basic shade, in your accessories. This means adding cushions of muted greens or blues to your warm color scheme. For your cool scheme, a pop of red or orange can work wonders. Let’s find out how to create the proper balance:
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For a cool color scheme, try adding warm hues to the decor with the upholstery and the rugs. Wood tones are the ideal way to bring a warm color element to your palette. Your cool tones can be light wood or white, green, and blue. You will see this color scheme in many coastal decor ideas.
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For a warm color scheme, add cool elements such as gray, indigo, green, or blue accents to your decor. This layered look will add a touch of class and sophistication to your decor.
Summing up
Colors have intrinsic beauty, no matter what shade you use. And with a bit of creativity and style, you can add oomph to your decor, no matter what color you use. However, this may take a knack. And if you feel it is too much for you to handle, visit us on homebliss.in for your decor-related queries.