The color scheme you choose when interior painting can have a significant impact on your mood and the look and feel of your home. The choice of hues sets the tone for each room and can produce feelings of relaxation, productivity, and mental clarity. It can be confusing to choose the right palette of hues for your home, not to mention overwhelming and intimidating, when so many color choices and paint finishes are available. Here are three tips to simplify color selections to  create an aesthetically pleasing look for your home.

How to Pick Colors for Interior Painting

1. Create a Color Palette

Too many intensely saturated colors can tire the eyes. Instead of choosing paint colors at random, create a palette—or a specified range of colors—and stick to it. Reviewing the basics of color theory can help you decide which colors will give you the effect you’re trying to achieve in each room or hallway. Every color evokes a particular emotional response, so consider color psychology when establishing a palette.

2. Use a Print as Inspiration

A work of art or an ornamental piece of fabric that you’re planning to incorporate into a room can inspire a color scheme. The colors in a painting hung as a centerpiece, for example, might serve as the basis for wall and woodwork hues and tones. A room with a thematically cohesive color scheme is both pleasing to the senses and sophisticated in appearance. 

3. Take Lighting Into Consideration

The lighting source in every room is a significant factor to consider when choosing interior painting colors. Warm colors—reds, oranges, and yellows—in rooms that get a lot of natural light can be too bright and overpowering. Incandescent lights complement warm tones while fluorescent lights, which cast a blue tinge, call for cooler colors—blues, greens, and lilacs.

If you need interior painting services, Art Evans & Sons Painting Contractors is a skilled and reliable provider. With over 70 years of experience in serving clients around Oxford, OH, their painters are master technicians, whether you need interior, exterior, residential, or commercial painting. Call (513) 523-6425 to speak with the staff, or visit their website for more information about their services.