1. Get inspired

Don’t step into a paint store and grab the first color that matches your rug. That comes later. In the beginning, you may not even know where to start. Let’s fix that.

• Check out blogs and boards: Your first step is to find some inspiration. Pinterest and other online idea boards are great places to see what others have done. This is a great way to see design concepts in practice and identify what you like and what you don’t. You never know what you’ll find.

• Follow trends…to a point: Online pinboards and magazines can help you along, but don’t follow trends too strictly. The bolder, more drastic the trend, the less likely it is to stick around. Sure, a black and purple home may be in vogue now, but that could change in a matter of months. Remember, you want to enjoy your interior for a long time; trends don’t last forever.

• Consider your focal points: Where do you want people to look when they step into a room? This is a key question you should ask yourself when choosing an interior color. If you have some wall art you are particularly proud of, choose a color that will emphasize that art. Choose wall colors that won’t wash out your fun furniture or pull focus from your fancy television.

2. Test Each Paint Color

It’s amazing how different colors look on swatches at the paint store compared to on the walls of your home. Light, ceiling height, furnishings, and flooring—all of these dramatically affect how color works in a room. Paint large swatches of paint on your walls and see how they look during different times of the day

3. Go Big and Go Home

Another huge factor that can change how you perceive a paint color is the size of the swatch. No matter how carefully you look at it, a tiny paint store swatch will never fully show you what a color will look like on a full wall. For this reason, designers will often apply a “paint strike,” a large stroke of paint, directly to the wall to see how it will look in real life.

Having that in mind, let’s move to the next step.

• How to choose a proper color for each room at home?
You have probably heard that paint colors can affect our psychology and emotions in different ways! For instance, colors can contribute to lifting our spirits, helping us feel calm, and even lower our blood pressure, that is why is so important to know which one could match perfectly in your room.

Blues + Greens.
Good for rooms where you spend a lot of time. Serene, peaceful, and lowers respiration and blood pressure.
Rooms: Screened in porch, bathroom, laundry room, or kitchen.

Reds.
This color can increase energy levels, but also increase blood pressure and heart rate. It can be a little overstimulating for bedrooms, but if it is used in a room you are in after dark with low light it can be an elegant tone!
Rooms: Library or side rooms.

Pinks.
Inspires creativity, imagination, and balance. The bold shades of pink could be a bit overwhelming for some in a room setting, but it does tend to encourage more positive emotions.
Rooms: Bedroom or workspace.

Whites – Promotes feelings of cleanliness, order, safety, and light. When applied to spaces, it visually enlarges.
Rooms: Works for any room in the home or office space.