5 Paint Color Challenges And Solutions

You never think about how many shades of color there are until it is time to paint a room or several rooms in your home. Then, as you look through all of the possible selections you find more colors that you know what to do with. The more you examine the color choices, the less certain you are of what color to choose. Far too often people simply look at the paint chips in the store and select their color there. Since colors change in the light, it is a good idea to take a color sample home and paint a test patch on your wall. That way you can live with the color for a bit before selecting the right shade for you.

Error #1: Bold and Brash
Sometimes a little patch of a bright color can seem like a great idea, when in actuality it will overpower a room especially if it is juxtaposed against a crisp, white wall. If however, you find yourself faced with a bright colored wall, you can diminish its impact on the room by lessening the contrast with the surrounding walls. Try taking the surrounding walls from white to a neutral that works to subdue the too bright accent wall.

Error #2: Yikes!
When you look at paint in the hardware store or paint store, it is usually under fluorescent lighting, and this is probably not the same quality of light that you have in your home. Well, when you apply that same paint color to your wall, surprise, it looks different than it did in the store. If you are trying to match another element in your room, take it with you when you go to get your paint mixed, do not rely on your eye to match the color. And if you are choosing a color for your room, bring a sample home and try it out before committing to it.

Error #3: Washed Out and Dull
Sometimes the light in your room can make any color look wrong. So if you have a color that looks fine in the paint store, and it looks fine in your room during the daytime in natural light, you can safely assume that the dull look it takes on in the evening is probably due to your lighting. Try changing out your light bulbs to soft, white incandescent bulbs to get a more pleasing tone in your room.

Error #4: Out of Place
Sometimes when you think that you have selected the perfect color for your room, you do not realize that it is just a mismatch until you have finished painting. Sometimes you can still save your effort by blending the mismatch into your room. For example, if your paint seems to have a yellowish undertone in your room that you were not expecting, you can simply add some warm colored accessories to the room to help neutralize the color. By contrast, if you added purple or green accessories to the room you would make the yellow tones more prominent.

Error #5: Bright Enough for Sunglasses
Another thing that you can do with a wall that is too bright is to tone it down by color washing it. You can do this by applying a layer of glaze in the same color just a couple of shades lighter or darker. All it takes is a damp rag and some glaze, and you are ready to go.

Source : Readbud