Whose color to paint the walls

The biggest argument during the repair of the house, as a rule, occurs when it comes turns to paint the walls. What to choose the color of the walls to and look harmonious, and please all family members? In order not to spend a lot of extra time to choose from paint color, the master should know some nuances.

Room location

The location of the room relative to the parties affects the color of painting the walls. If the room comes to the south, when choosing the shades of paint, you can navigate on saturated and cold tones, relevant will be blue, purple and green colors. If north, then on bright colors, they will better reflect the light falling on them. The color is better to choose warm: yellow, pink, golden. They give the feeling of sunshine in the room even on a cloudy day.

Also on the solution of the color to paint the walls, the illumination of the room is more affected:

• light tones for the room, which is located on the south side, should be chosen if the room is small windows or a tree grows in front of them. Otherwise it will be dark;
• consider that the light that is reflected from the outside of the house will affect the color of the walls and the ceiling;
• if a tree grows in front of the window, then any color of the walls will have a greenish shade;
• if in front of the window there is a red brick house, then the color of the walls purchased a red shade. Therefore, the tonality of paint on the wall should coincide with the tonality of light from the window.

Wall color in different rooms

In what color painted walls solves only the owner of the house, based on the personal tastes. But still there are general recommendations that should be adhere to when choosing a colors. In painting of each room there are nuances:

1. The hallway is a room that gives the impression of the whole house with almost the threshold. As a rule, it is a narrow little room, which does not fall into a natural sunny color and therefore paint it into bright colors. To visually increase the length of the room, you can make horizontal stripes, if you need to visually increase the height, it is worth making vertical stripes of paint.
2. The living room is a room in which guests receive and the family is going to relax. She must raise the mood. The color of the walls is better made clear, calm and not saturated. Golden, yellow, blue, gray-green color are suitable, if the room is large, there will be blue, purple, purple and their shades in a small living room.
3. Cuisine - as a rule, light tones are dominated in this room, they carry a feeling of coolness. Garmoniously look light green, blue, green and blue colors. If the kitchen has small sizes, then you can choose colors saturated, for example, red, blue, yellow. In this case, all kitchenware and accessories must have blond shades, then they will fit well in the interior and will slightly stand out.
4. Children's room - the room should create a joyful and creative atmosphere to stimulate the child to receive new knowledge. Preschoolers usually attract bright colors: red and orange. For a schoolchildiary, it is better to paint the walls in blue and green. But you should be very careful, without rebuilding with the brightness so that the child is not tired. Therefore, it is impossible to make a room in any way, it is better to dilute it and calm tones. Near the bed you need to paint the wall into a calm blue, green, gray-blue, and in the zone of games you can make elements of joy: painting in bright colors, wardrobe, rug, pillows. In adolescence, the child will be comfortable calm tones, gray, white, gray-green colors will suit. They are well affected by mental activity, and also harmonize that the child hangs on the wall: posters, medals, diplomas.
5. Bedroom - room is designed for rest and sleep, so the color of the walls should create a relaxing atmosphere. Bright colors are not appropriate here, as they will annoy the psyche. Warm tones will look good in combination with white, yellow and green.
6. The office is a room in which a person involves his mental abilities, therefore the atmosphere in the room should contribute to this. The best human brain perceives green, gray, beige and brown. The furniture is better to select from a natural tree, and it should not stand out on a general background.
7. The bathroom is usually a small room, and to visually expand it, choose bright colors for painting. Sometimes designers specifically paint the walls with dark color to play in contrast with snow-white plumbing.

Before picking up the color of the walls of a particular room, you need to see how it will be combined with the color decision of the whole house or apartment. Only in this case can be achieved unity and harmony of color.

Combined painting of walls

Painting the walls in two colors requires the skills of working with paint, it will be necessary to carry out accurate calculations and markups, and also stock patience, because the work will take several days. In order not to spoil the walls of painting in several colors, you need to know some nuances:

1. The combination of colors - you can choose two neutral colors, such as black and white, beige and gray or two pastel, for example, mint and blue. Two shades of one color look good, but different saturation. In some cases, it is appropriate for a combination of different colors, for example, blue with red, but the shades should be chosen similar to saturation.
2. The border between the colors should turn out to be smooth and neat. It is not always possible from the first time, but it is not necessary to despair, an unsuccessful junction can be hidden under a border of stone or mosaic, a wooden slaughter. They are attached with the help of a glue gun.
3. The stock of a tinting - if you yourself create a shade you need, mixing paints, then leave a tint with a margin that an additional portion may not coincide with the initial one.

Options for painting walls in 2 colors:

1. Horizontally - part of the wall is painted in one color, and above it - in another. The border can be carried out as low on the floor, and in the middle, and above the ceiling. The border can be issued with molding or border.
2. Color inserts - the walls are completely stained with one color, and the paint is applied to the top, imitating panels. After drying, the paint is decorated with straps and borders.
3. The accent wall - 3 walls in the room are painted in one color, and one wall - to another.
4. "Gradient" - all the walls are painted in one color, but different shades.
5. The continuous band - the walls are painted in one color and make a continuous wide horizontal strip on all walls.
6. Strips on the walls - paint from different tones are applied to the wall with stripes.
7. Rhombus - the monophonic wall is applied by a romance of another shade or color.
8. Operactions - with the help of combined painting, you can emphasize the geometry of such structures as niches, protrusions and openings.
9. Complex forms - the border between the colors does not have to be smooth, it can be made with a wave-like or zigzag. One color can overlap on the second, creating patterns.

Several options, how and how painting the walls can be viewed in the photo.

Useful advice

1. Before choosing the paint, you need to look, whether its color coincides in the lighting of the trading room and the room. On the walls of the house, she can look very different.
2. While how to determine what color the walls should be, think over the overall gamut of the interior. What will be furniture in the room, lighting, curtains and so on. Everything should look harmonious together.
3. If you choose a bright color for the walls, then accessories are better picking neutral, and vice versa.
4. Light tones expand the room space, and the dark - narrow.
5. Natural shades are easily combined with each other, the colors that you meet in nature can be easily transferred to the walls.
6. In order for the interior of the whole house to look intelligently, it is necessary that the color flowed from one room to another. You can paint the floor of the same paint or along the ceiling from the room in the room to launch the same Cant.
7. The furniture is better to pick up neutral tones, then you can more often change the color of the walls without changing, for example, a server and a sofa.
8. For the ceiling, you need to pick up the same paint as for the walls, but for several tones lighter. If the ceiling is high, you can paint it into a dark tone.

If you have a dilemma, which color to paint the walls, first listen to your feelings. You do not need to buy paint, the color of which you annoys you, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable in this room.