How we choose the chromatic tones of our home
We could wear a work jacket and trousers and ask ourselves how a painter or a painter paints starting from the palette. In fact, we are in the same universe of lights and shades as the artist, but instead of the canvas, we color our home. How to do it
There are color palettes for furniture to satisfy our desire for harmony and pleasantness of the environment. In the article, we discover together how to combine the shades to obtain pleasant atmospheres. Let’s try to explain what color palettes are and what they are for. We also satisfy the fashionable soul by revealing the 2021 home trends .What are color palettes and why to use them for furniture
Knowing what color palettes are is the first step in understanding how to use them. Indeed, a color palette is like an essay that demonstrates a thesis with coherent arguments. It is like a piece of music in a tonality, in which the notes have very precise relationships with each other. The same happens with the shades of a palette. The word “palette” is French and in Italian it translates as “palette”. Therefore, identifying a color palette means deciding that certain colors will be used that are related to each other in a certain way. In a palette, therefore, the colors are not chosen at random, but are connected to each other on the basis of an established criterion. The color wheel
How the colors of a palette are chosen
How to create a palette at our disposal
The answer is in the color wheel. Let’s clarify immediately what it is. The color wheel is obtained from the primary colors , which are yellow, blue and red. To this are added the secondary colors , which are obtained from the combination of the primaries, that is, green, orange and purple. Then the tertiary colors must also be insertedwhich are obtained by mixing a primary color with an adjacent secondary color in the representation. Thus, for example, from yellow with orange an intermediate shade of yellow and orange is obtained which constitutes a tertiary color. Finally, there are the gradations, tints and shades, which are obtained by adding black, white and gray respectively. Why chromatic harmony makes the house more beautiful
To understand what a color palette is for, it is necessary to deepen the relationships between the shades that constitute it. Because a certain set of shades gives life to a palette
To create the palette of colors to be used for the furnishing of your home, you can proceed by monochrome, analogy, complementarity. Monochromatic colors
A home color palette is based on monochrome ratios when you choose a single color that is modified in saturation and brightness. Therefore, only the color intensity and the black and white balance within it change. Analogous
colors Analogous colors are those that are found close together in the color wheel. They are similar color shades. In a palette with similar colors, a dominant one must be identified, to be used for the largest surfaces of the house. The other colors in the palette are, however, secondary and reserved for details. Complementary colors
A painter’s or painter’s palette can be dedicated to complementarity. The complementary shades are opposite in the color wheel and create bold contrasts, chromatic hazards that must be measured with care. Palette of colors: the house of 2021
But what is the most beautiful palette of colors for the house of 2021
Question that leads to the pot of gold at the bottom of the rainbow, a treasure that is there and is not there. Tastes are the masters in terms of choice of shades, hues and gradations. However, we can list the fashion trends in terms of furniture. And we do it willingly. Color palette suitable for the walls
The surface of the walls is the largest and most homogeneous in any type of home. The chromatic nuance that characterizes them personalizes the atmosphere. The most usual choice is white, which allows you to play with the shades of the furniture and does not place any constraints on the associations of the various elements. But the 2021 house color palettes for the walls are based on shades of beige , gray , cream , grass green , deep blue and sage . For the furniture the light woods are timeless, while the favorites of the moment are the golden furnishing accessories and the increasingly blue blue furniture. All the beauty of green
Green and hope, alliance and abundance. Green is the color of nature, of the lawn, of the leaves and of the many foods that we put on the table. The green grass and the sage color brighten the glance of the house, in two different ways. The first lights up, livens up, the second infuses harmony and shows calmness. The first is perfect combined with wooden or white furniture, with furnishing accessories made of wicker or rattan. The second goes perfectly well combined with furniture in which white predominates. The elegance of blue
Blue is one of those colors that could be defined as elegant par excellence. The different shades, tints and shades of blue are also suitable for the surfaces of the walls. They are a good choice for large rooms and in combination with light wood, white or gray furniture. In a room with blue walls, gold details stand out in a delightful way . A palette of neutral natural colors
Beige, gray and cream are a trendy triad in 2021, but capable of giving satisfaction over time. Indeed, from their shades, neutral natural color palettes are obtainedwhich give a feeling of balance and tranquility to the environment. They are relaxing chromatic tones that can be easily matched to the color of the floors, furniture and fixtures. They are also great used together, on walls, for textiles or for furniture. How to choose a color palette for furniture A neutral color palette is
better for furniture or the impetuousness of originality
What this year’s fashion proposes for furniture
And the color palette of the living room must be sober or there is a rule that there are no rules
The color combinations can be successfully done through the color wheel, according to the relationships identified by monochrome, analogy and complementarity. In this way, there is no risk in choosing the color palette for the living room, bedrooms, kitchen and bathroom. The 60:30:10 Rule
Once you have chosen and created your favorite neutral, natural or vivid color palette, you need to use it. Therefore, you have to decide which objects and which surfaces in the house will be of one color or another. This is where the battle to create a harmonious whole that gives the right atmosphere to the house begins. The palette helps us in itself, because it indicates the shades to match. But how to understand what are the right proportions to keep between the different colors
There is the 60:30:10 rule. How it works
It’s very simple: the color chosen as primary covers 60% of the surfaces of the room, the secondary color 30%, while the third color of the palette covers 10%. The primary shade is usually used for walls, the secondary shade for furniture and textiles, while the latter is suitable for small objects such as vases, frames and lamps.
