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Interior Design and Decoration Home Color Ideas and Advice

Color is the most important part of interior decorating.

Everything we see has color and we need to be able to select color to enhance the space we want to decorate.

That entails choosing multiple colors, and can become overwhelming.

That is why we have broken down the colors to show their meanings, we profile, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, gray and brown.

We also show how to combine these colors using the color wheel, this is a simple formula to enable you to make informed color scheme decisions, red schemes, orange schemes, yellow schemes, green schemes, blue schemes and purple schemes.

the color wheel

the color wheel

A simple way to learn about color is by video, we now have a small series of color videos, available to watch online, with more coming on stream soon.

If you are thinking of using a neutral color scheme then try white - why not? or a deep insight into the mythology of yellow. Once you have grasped the color concepts you can learn how to create a color scheme, a step by step process to lead you through color making decisions.
If you simply want some color tips and advice to help with your decorating or want to know how to choose a look or a style then we cover that too!
Color is everywhere, take a look at nature for your color inspiration, or see how color effects what we eat.

If you want to know the secrets about how interior designer's learn about color, then visit our specialised interior design color website. there you will find color theory information like the color spectrum, primary, secondary and tertiary colors, the munsell color system, and warm and cool colors to name a few.

The color website also has useful articles, like texture and pattern, blue the safe color, color effecting room size, balance, feature walls and many more.

Most of you want to know how about the color wheel and how to use it to create color schemes. There are also color resources to help you find additional information on color.

The kitchens website has an interesting article about choosing colors for kitchens.

Some people have a natural flair with color they can splash it everywhere and create wonderful original interiors, but if you ask them the theory behind their choices they can't explain it, it simply came to them.

If you want to learn and understand color in depth then you can purchase interiordezine.com's color ebook. This provides color theory, and allows you to have a solid understanding of how color works for interior design and decorating.


Looking for interior decorating color information, then you should be able to find it here at interiordezine.com and color.interiordezine.com

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