What is Basics of Color Design?

Before designing or decorating a room we should considering the most important thing, this is the color. What is the best color of the room, t’s important to learn the basics of color design before playing with colors while decorating. It’s easy to do to much or too little and many people shy away from bright or strong shades entirely. But, the most striking and beautiful rooms are often full of strategically placed color.

Colors can give us an emotional reaction, especially in decorating. It’s important when learning the basics of color design to know what emotions certain colors evoke. If you are aiming for a peaceful, calming space, like a bathroom or bedroom, decorating in blues and greens may be what you want. If you are aiming for a more energetic room, like a kitchen or living room, you may want to decorate with yellows and reds. But each of us has specific colors that we love and hate.
Some may see blue as a depressing color, while others think of the ocean. With green, some might see it as an envious, jealous color, while it reminds others of the natural world. In addition, you need to look at the room itself. You may want a bright, cheerful yellow kitchen, but if your kitchen is already strongly lit with sun and/or fluorescents, painting the walls yellow might be a little overwhelming.

Primary Primary colors are colors that cannot be created by mixing with other colors. These are often referred to as the true colors, because you need them to create all the other colors. They are:

• Red
• Blue
• Yellow

Secondary

Secondary colors are created by mixing primary colors. They are:

• Orange
• Yellow
• Green
• Violet

Tertiary

Tertiary colors are colors created by mixing a primary and secondary color. They are:

• Yellow-orange
• Red-orange
• Red-violet
• Blue-violet
• Blue-green
• Yellow-green

The place where the colors are on the wheel and where they are in relation to the other colors can tell us a great deal. It can tell us which colors will work well together.

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