Painting your home is a great way to give it a facelift because it doesn't cost a lot of money and the possibilities are endless when it comes to choosing a color palette. Adding a fresh coat of paint can also help you sell your home if it’s on the market. The following tips will assist you in selecting the best color for your property. 

About Color Theory

Choosing a color palette should include an understanding of basic color theory because it can help you cultivate the type of environment that you want in your home. However, it’s important to understand that neutral tones are usually best for the internal walls of your home because they tend to make spaces look larger and more lively. Nevertheless, you can create accent walls if you want to get a little creative. 

If you choose to incorporate pops of color when painting your home, you might consider different shades of blue because they represent peace, trust, stability, and honor. Green represents healing, wellness, relaxation, harmony, optimism, and safety. Purple is color that’s often used to signify royalty, but it also represents elegance, power, luxury, and sophistication. Colors that represent energy and creativity are red, orange and yellow.

While it’s great to consider color theory, you can also just choose a color that you think looks great for use as an accent. If you are selling your home and choose to stick with neutral colors so that it attracts more buyers, you can use decorations to incorporate color. You can also stick with décor in earth tone colors, especially if you prefer a natural look and feel. 

Choosing an Energizing Palette

If you want a space that feels energized when you walk into the room, there are a lot of different colors from which you can choose. While neutral tones are best if you’re selling your home, if your property is not on the market, you can get creative with a mix of vibrant tones like various shades of red, yellow and orange. You can choose one, two or all three of these colors for use in some small way. For instance, you might choose a shade of yellow as an accent wall in your kitchen and a shade of red as an accent wall in your office. 

Choosing a Sophisticated Palette

If you want to create a room that’s luxurious and sophisticated, you can incorporate colors like dark purple, deep red, almond, and white. A combination of these colors can take a room to a new level. It works best when there are splashes of color as opposed to adding all of the colors to one area.

Deciding which color to paint your home can be fun and exciting. It can be a project that gives you a chance to express your creativity. Don't worry too much about choosing a color that ends up looking bad because you can always cover it with a different shade.