A Hotel that Offers Rooms to Match Your Mood is a Color Tutorial for Your Own Decor.
Have you ever had a moment of near-panic about whether you're choosing the right color for a room?
You sweat over color swatches, paint a test spot on the wall, watch it in different light throughout the day to make sure that neutral is really the perfect tone. Yes. I have spent that much effort choosing the perfect color even for neutrals coordinating and unifying the right undertones. Yes. I have looked at the color around the clock in the morning light, the noon light, the afternoon light, the evening light and the starlight for days factoring in how it looks on a sunny day verses a cloudy day. I've done this because each room and each home or building absorbs light in different ways depending upon how the light enters the room and the building, which is why your off-white looks different in someone else's home. And yes. I have found the perfect color by going through this process. (And, yes, I enjoy watching paint dry to a its true color and seeing how the light plays off it. It's the artist in me.)
What if you start thinking about venturing into bold colors? Even more scarier? It doesn't have to be. Just go through the same process
And here's some more help: Take a look at this article and website about a hotel that is doing some of your color work for you. You can choose the color of your room at the Angad Arts Hotel according to your mood. Aside from accommodating you on a happy day when you crave yellow or on a blue day when you need serenity, what their different color schemes also do for you is to let you see the same rooms with completely different looks based upon color only.
Click on the links for a great color tutorial.
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Click on the links for a great color tutorial.
Here's another tip:
Instead of painting a test color on the wall itself, you can paint the color you're considering on poster board or another type of thick paper and tape it to the wall. You get a big area of color to look at that doesn't have to be painted over when you reach your final decision. Be sure to leave it up for several days to see how the color looks in different light from morning 'til midnight. It's amazing how much different a color can look and change from soft morning to harsh noon light, sunset and darkness.
Instead of painting a test color on the wall itself, you can paint the color you're considering on poster board or another type of thick paper and tape it to the wall. You get a big area of color to look at that doesn't have to be painted over when you reach your final decision. Be sure to leave it up for several days to see how the color looks in different light from morning 'til midnight. It's amazing how much different a color can look and change from soft morning to harsh noon light, sunset and darkness.
Important if you're considering bright colors that would require a heavy primer like Kilz to cover the color you decide you don't want.
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