| hose who are not professional designers or artists, | | | | wall a darker green and the rest a lighter shade. It |
| choosing the right colors can be somewhat scary. | | | | would draw the eye to where you want it to go. It |
| Many people will stick with white walls or neutral colors. | | | | could be the wall with the head board from your bed |
| That's too bad because color is so much a part of our | | | | and some well placed pictures, sconces or lamps and |
| everyday life. | | | | that becomes the focal point of the room. |
| I'm sure that you have on various occasions walked | | | | When you are unable to make up your mind about |
| into a room and immediately felt comfortable. Color (as | | | | what colors to use as accents, the color wheel comes |
| well as design) has everything to do with that. We all | | | | in very handy there. Look at the colors you chose for |
| have our favorite colors and I’m willing to bet | | | | the wall. Now look on the opposite side of the color |
| that your closet is full of clothes with the colors you | | | | chart. We chose green so on the wheel, the color that |
| like. Why not put color to work for you in your living or | | | | shows up on the opposite side is purple. If that pleases |
| office space. If you don’t know how to go | | | | you then you have an accent color. |
| about this then there is help in the form of a color | | | | Getting an idea of what colors to choose can come |
| wheel. | | | | from any number of items you may have in the home |
| The color Wheel originally came about in 1666 when | | | | like a colorful art print. We usually know from a very |
| Sir Issac Newton did an experiment using a prism and | | | | young age what colors attract us so capitalize on that. |
| shining light through it. His discovery of white light | | | | Any arts and craft store should be able to supply you |
| containing all the spectrums of color, has been used by | | | | with a color chart for very little money. You can also |
| artist around the globe ever since. | | | | browse on the internet for charts that you can print |
| It is very simple using the chart if you understand the | | | | off for reference. |
| some of the basics. | | | | One more thing about the color wheel, color can be |
| The color wheel is broken down into 3 main parts. | | | | used to show off your personality! If you are an out |
| Primary colors which are, red, yellow, and blue. The | | | | going type of person then you may be very |
| secondary colors, green, orange and purple and the | | | | comfortable with colors like reds and oranges. If you |
| intermediate colors which are made by combining | | | | are the calm type, then soft blues and greens may be |
| primary and secondary colors together. | | | | your cup of tea. So take that into account when you |
| To see what colors work well together, the wheel | | | | are designing. Whatever colors makes you |
| become invaluable. If you decided to make for | | | | comfortable and happy is the goal here. |
| example, the walls of a room green, you may not | | | | So go for it! |
| want to paint all the walls the same color. Instead you | | | | Using color correctly can make your day! |
| may want to entertain the idea of painting one smaller | | | | |