Choosing Neutral Wall Colours For Your New Home
Posted on: 20 August 2019
Neutral tones across a wall help to create a calm and relaxed space. So when selecting room colour schemes, you should add some neutrals to the design. They create a background and separate more bold colours, for an overall more harmonious composition. When picking out neutrals, though, you may wonder which hues classify. Here are several types to consider for your new home.
Simple Neutrals
Black, white and grey are thoroughly neutral when pure and the grey consists of black and white mixed together. But they don't always produce a pleasing effect when splashed across entire walls in a home. As accent pieces, however, to provide contrast, they are ideal. White wicker chairs, for example, can freshen up a room, but absolute white spread across walls can evoke a stark impression.
Neutrals Of Several Colours
When other hues mix with these neutrals, though, they become more palatable across large wall areas. A nuanced grey might then display hints of blue, violet or green, and a white could show yellow or blue undertones. Beige is another neutral consisting of several hues. While some beiges have red undertones, others can evoke touches of green or yellow depending on the pigments within their mix.
If you're having trouble working out the undercurrent of a neutral, place it against other colours. For instance, if you compare two beiges, the undertones should become more noticeable. When combining within your decor, consider the temperature of the undertones. If you're trying to evoke a cool feel, select a beige or white with cool undertones. Conversely, to heat a space, go with warmer undertones.
Colours That Act As Neutrals
A neutral colour functions as a background colour that you don't notice, often amidst others that grab attention. Some colours that can function like this are green and blue. It does depend on the particular shade, however, as some jewel-blues and emerald-greens, for instance, are eye-catching. These two colours in muted tones, though, are calming, and work well as backgrounds. Consider how a natural scene of green foliage and grasslands or a blue sky dotted with fluffy white clouds create the perfect backdrop.
Many other colours can act as neutrals within a room decor if they're muted enough. You need to ensure that they form a relaxing space for the eye and are not too overpowering and bold. Otherwise, you will find that the room will naturally go out of favour as family and friends tend towards more pleasant spaces. Your home builder can advise on neutral colour palettes for your new place.
Reach out to a home builder or other contractor to explore your options.
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