Paint Colour Selection Tips

Natural Light

Understanding the natural light in your space is an important starting point. Light has the biggest impact on how colour is perceived in your home. The amount of light your space gets, the direction of your light source, as well as the context of existing colours in the space—rugs and furniture—can actually alter how colours appear. This is especially true with whites and neutrals, which tend to reflect any other colours present in and around your space. Bright, clean natural light will show colour in its truest form, while southern light, for example, tends to take on a warmer tone.

Considering the Space

If you’re looking to make a small space feel larger, brighter colours will reflect more natural light and help open up the space. You also want to consider the other colours that are already prominent in the space so that your paint colour choice feels coordinated. Next you’ll want to think about the vibe you want to create. Do you want to make your space feel cozy? If so try a deeper, moodier option. Finally, from a designer’s point of view, architecture is also really important. A modern space will lend itself well to clean, cool colours whereas classic colours may feel more at home in a more traditional space.

Testing your Swatches

Test your swatches during different times of day to ensure you love the way the colour looks under daylight, in the evening when the sun is down, and when the artificial lights are on in your home. The beauty of our peel-and-stick paint swatches is that they’re reposition-able, so you can move them around really easily and they don’t require the mess and effort of dealing with old school paint sample pots.

Think about the flow of colours throughout your home

Choose colours that coordinate and flow seamlessly from one room to the next. Different shades within the same colour family always look beautiful together. So, for example, in one room you may have a more medium blue, and in the next room choose a similar colour that’s a few shades lighter. Complimentary colours that feel similar in their levels of colour saturation also work well. So if you have a medium blue in one room, you can choose a medium-hued grey or green in the next.

Bold Colours?

If you’re not confident with a bolder choice, definitely start with a more subtle dose of colour. Softer colours are a great stepping stone to adding colour to the home. One great option is Headspace, a pale, airy blue that is really easy on the eyes and has a very calming vibe. I also love Wing It: it’s a pale, barely there pink that we like to call a new neutral. It coordinates well with lots of other colours and feels very sophisticated.

Whites

The key to getting whites right is definitely understanding your lighting and how you want the space to feel. A clean or cooler white looks great for a more modern look, whereas warmer whites have a more classic feel. You also want to think about balancing out the natural light in your space. If your space faces north, for example, the light is going to be a lot cooler, so a warmer white might be a nice choice to liven it up. A south-facing room will have warm, sunny light, so a cooler white is a nice option to keep the warmth from feeling too saturated.

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