Choosing Home Interior Paint Colors

Selecting colors for your home may seem complicated, but when you break it down, it's easier than it looks. By learning to use some tools. It's much less problematic than one would think. There are also more options than ever before. Here are some ways homeowners find the colors that they want to paint their home interiors:

Start at home

Once you choose your colors, we will come work our magic.

The easiest way to begin is to start with the central area of the home, look at the furniture and decorative pieces assembled there. If you haven't decorated with castoffs from family members, you'll notice a definite color theme emerge, because we buy furniture and decor in colors we love.

If you have the 'Early American Yard Sale' decorating motif because you wanted to paint before you shop for furniture, don't worry! People do it all the time. Your second stop can be your clothes closet. If nine out of ten articles of clothing are blue, teal, or green, your clothing is talking to you. Likewise, if your attire tends toward reds, golds, and yellows, it's sending you a different way. Even if you've decided you want neutral paint colors, these differing values will point you toward greys or beiges and tans, respectively.

But, maybe the colors you wear aren't colors you'd choose for your home. Here are some other options:

Inspiring photos

People used to scour interior design and home decorating magazines to find color inspiration. But now, Pinterest, Instagram, and decorating websites have created a much more extensive selection. If you don't create a folder on one of these websites that gather a group of your favorite, you can always create a folder on your laptop or electronic device to save your preferences in one place.

Using online apps

Using an online app is appealing to some because a photo or photos of the room can be uploaded, and a paint program such as the one offered by Benjamin Moore's color viewer or Sherwin Williams Color Snap visualizer can be useful. While you may never use the colors provided by these tools, having a variety of choices can offer the opportunity to 'test' colors together. 

Learn your color wheel

Learning the color wheel and basic combinations will serve you well in the paint selection process. Moreover, it will continue to help you when choosing any color scheme for other projects in the future. The color wheel can be used to learn the basics of color theory, which can then be applied to the paint color selection process. But, if learning about color, tints, and shades doesn't appeal to you, your painting professional can steer you in the right direction. 

Testing paint colors

Once you've selected the paint color, it's essential to test the color by painting a section of the wall or taping a square of the paint to the wall it will be applied to and watching it for a few days. Early morning, afternoon, and artificial lighting will all make it look different, and that warm golden color that looked so gorgeous in the paint store or on Pinterest may look like sickly cheese when the afternoon sun hits it in your bedroom. 

Once you've made the choices, the painting pros will make sure that each color is mixed correctly and applied with the utmost care to your walls. It's an exciting process that never fails to thrill a homeowner, and frankly, we like it, too. Choosing the right colors can create a whole new vibe in a room, one that a family will enjoy for years.

M & B Painting, a Father-Son family-run business, has a proven record of Service Excellence in residential and commercial interior and exterior paint projects. Call us at 623-289-3366 for all of your painting needs!