Here are some of the colour basics you can have for your rooms…
1. warm and cool colours
warm colours
These colours are found abundantly in nature, and their warmth gives a cosy feel to a room. Dominant warm colours don’t work well in bedrooms but are best suited for rooms where people socialise, for instance:
lighting for warm colours
It’s essential that the correct lights are used to enhance the warmness of the colour.
- Yellow lights go best with darker shades of warm colours
- White lights go best with lighter shades of warm colours
cool colours
Cool colours are inspired by the sea, grass and sky, and lend serenity to any room. They are best suited for:
- Bedrooms
- Living rooms
- Hospitals and clinics
lighting for cool colours
The right lighting can enhance the soothing effect that cool colours have. Keep these tips in mind when choosing your lights.
- Abundant natural light retains the freshness of cool colours
- White lights, especially in the evening, bring out the different shades of cool colours
2. adding white, grey and black
Hues are pure colours to which no white, grey or black are added. This means that all primary, secondary and tertiary colours are hues. You get a tint of the colour by adding white to it, adding grey to a colour gives you its tone, and you get a shade of the colour when black is added to it.
When white is added to hues, the resulting tints are soft, youthful, and soothing. They make a small and compact room look spacious. They give a relaxing feel to a room, and can make it look brighter even when there’s little natural light.
If you plan to combine a light shade with another colour, make sure you:
- Combine it with a lighter shade of another colour
- Combine it with a darker shade of the same family
- Don’t combine light shades with colours that have grey and black in them
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