Rather than settling for one paint color step outside of your comfort zone and choose two hues to boost your home s style factor.
Painting living room walls two colors.
Painting the walls at each end of a long narrow room a darker color for instance makes the room seem to have more normal dimensions.
A two tone paint job can be as subtle as shades of gray or as vibrant as complements such as teal paint on the patio access wall of a pale apricot kitchen.
If you take the same can of yellow paint and apply it to two rooms one that receives little natural light and another that s flooded with sunshine it will look like two different colors.
For inspiration we ve rounded up some of our favorite two tone wall ideas below.
As you select colors for each room of your house keep in mind that light changes the appearance of any given color.
The proper use of two paint colors in one room can add subtle elegance or impactful visual contrasts to a room s overall feel.
The colors do not have to come from the same family.
Two colors are lively in a room that threatens to come off as staid.
It s neutral which makes for a sound wall color choice because it works with many other colors that you might incorporate such as blue orange yellow white black etc.
Painting a small living room.
Color is a vital element in any design scheme and the creative use of two paint colors can add subtle elegance or striking visual contrasts to a room s.
Best modern living room designs and decorations ideas living room colors combinations and wall painting colors ideas photos collections shown in this video.
You can t go wrong with two tone walls.
Rules of painting a room with two colors.
There s no need to choose between two paint colors use both to add dimension and interest to your walls shawn gauthier june 29 2012 i m a freelance writer and design enthusiast who believes the best design is collected not decorated and that homes should always be as comfortable and functional as they are chic.
Start with a fun pair of throw pillows and then pull out your two favorite colors to highlight on the walls and ceiling.
In a room that lacks definition a contrasting accent wall supplies focus.
Pale blue walls give this living room.