Interior Design: How To Choose Color For Any Space

Discover how to build a quick color scheme with complementary colors from the color wheel. Use pairs like red and green, yellow and purple, blue and orange, plus pink accents.

Discover how neutrals work in interior design by identifying the four neutrals and their warm or cool undertones, spotting undertones, and applying them to any room.

Understand black as the absence of light, and choose whites with blue or yellow undertones, or true whites like Chantilly Lace, for cabinets, trim, walls, and ceilings.

Explore how to identify cool and warm colors, light to dark values, and clean versus dirty neutrals, and learn a practical method for balancing undertones in interior color schemes.

Learn to balance clean and dirty colors in any space by pairing toned-down tones with neutrals, avoiding clashes, and using cream accents to brighten rooms.

Learn to pair light and dark colors with complementary contrasts, use light neutrals in ill-lit rooms, and balance color by placement and matching to fixed and movable elements.

Paint chips don't reflect true wall color; they can appear twice as bright and shift with lighting, neighboring colors, and undertones. Learn how to correctly test colors to avoid confusion.

Explore which neutral undertones work well together and how to pair grays, blues, and beiges with clean and bright colors to create balanced spaces.

Identify undertones in fixed elements and furnishings to choose the perfect neutral, harmonizing yellow and pink undertones with greens, grays, beiges, and whites for the living room walls and trim.

Learn how to choose color for a new build or starting over by identifying undertones, selecting fixed elements first, then major furnishings, and painting neutrals to create a cohesive space.

Learn a step-by-step system to mix colors and neutrals for balanced rooms, dispersing color from top to bottom using the 60/30/10 rule and accent walls to fit any space.

Learn to build a balanced color scheme from scratch by fixing neutrals first and inserting color through furnishings, throw pillows, and small wall, ceiling, or accent details to create flow.

Balance a room by placing neutral major furnishings and painting walls with color, using a rug, green accent chair, pink lamp, and white accents to create a top-to-bottom color scheme.

Use a throw pillow to relate to existing elements and pivot your color scheme with a coordinating color, swapping navy blue for the pink-and-green tile and applying the 60/30/10 rule.

Analyze fixed elements, movable pieces, and artwork to choose a paint color based on what is in the room while keeping furnishings in place.

Build a cohesive whole-home color scheme by starting in the living area, extending colors to the kitchen, hallways, and rooms, using the throw pillow test and avoiding mixed colors.

Choose ceiling colors that relate to wall colors, using white or cream where appropriate. Use half-strength when matching the ceiling to walls, and avoid dark ceilings unless spaces are high.

Join this color design course and learn to choose paint colors using simple formulas. Explore resources, success stories, and the interior decorating a through z system via website or Instagram.