Living room colors

Before you choose your living room paint colors, it is necessary that you understand the science of colors and color psychology, because colors directly affect our moods and feelings. Colors on living room walls can make a room look large or small. The size and shape of the living room should be kept in mind before deciding the paint colors for living room.

There are basically three groups of colors that are used for painting walls, warm, cool and muted colors. Warm colors include, red, yellow and orange, while cool colors include, blue, green and violet. Muted colors are nothing but colors with a tint of gray. Cool colors like blue make the room look larger and wider and they develop the sense of calmness. Avoid using too bright colors, since they can be irritating to the eyes. Choose the wall colors for living room so as to complement the other colors in the living room like the color of furniture or the drapery. Usually colors of living room are chosen according to the color of the biggest furniture. Read more on room colors and what they mean.

Living Room Color Schemes

The next step is to decide the living room color scheme that you will be implementing. Monochromatic, complimentary and triadic are basic color schemes. Monochromatic color scheme uses shades of a single color, while complimentary color scheme uses two different colors placed opposite to each other in the color wheel. Triadic color scheme, as the name suggests uses three different colors (or their shades) that are placed consecutively or at equal distance in the color wheel.