How to Pick a Paint Color You Won’t Get Tired of Seeing

How to Pick a Paint Color You Won’t Get Tired of Seeing

While painting your manufactured home may seem like a daunting task, it can drastically refresh the look of your home. It’s also a great way to make your home unique to your personal style without having to put much effort into decor. A good coat of paint can be a game-changer!

Follow these eight tips and tricks to help you pick out the perfect color for your home!

Don’t buy paint on the spot.

It’s important when you begin the process of selecting a paint color to start with a wide palette of options.

When you go to the store, don’t worry about selecting the best possible color while you’re in the shop. Your goal should be to arm yourself with a variety of options so you can make the best possible choice later. This usually means pulling more swatches than you think you need — and even colors you don’t think you will want.

Bring your own swatch.

Don’t go shopping empty-handed. Bringing a piece of art or fabric as color inspiration can be useful, but something even simpler can help you see colors correctly: a white sheet of paper.

In the store, a pale color may look virtually white, but in your home it will likely be contrasted by some bright white elements, such as the ceiling, trim, or even something as simple as a switch plate or lampshade, rendering the color much more noticeable.

Try some space experiments.

Once you’ve taken many paint swatches home, that’s when you can truly decide which colors will work. As you may know, colors can look quite different in your real-life lighting than in the bright fluorescent lighting of a store.

It’s also important to consider that colors will look different relative to other hues in the room, different positions (on a wall versus on the ceiling, for example), and at different times of the day.

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.

This is an effective technique for helping to compare a shortlist of colors once you’ve narrowed down your selection. It can also help you see how a single shade looks in different finishes if you’re debating between, say, eggshell or matte.

Take your time.

To some, painting a room, and then painting it again later to change the shade, isn’t a big deal. After all, paint is one of the relatively easier elements of a space to fix if you make a mistake.

For others, the effort and expense of repainting is a major pain. If this is you, it’s worth taking the time beforehand to really sit with a color option before taking the plunge. The more time you take to sit with the choice, the less likely you are to get swept up in a passing fad or sudden impulse.

Make a commitment.

Once you’ve selected and purchased a paint color, it’s time to commit. Paint will look quite different during the painting process, and it is very important not to judge the color until it has been properly applied in the necessary number of coats — at least two, but often three or more, depending on the product and shade.

It’s truly wisest not to judge the color at all until at least the next day, and to give yourself some time to adjust to the change in your space before jumping to any conclusions.

Don’t think about it.

Any artist can tell you that the more you stare at something, the harder it becomes to truly see it. Sometimes the best thing you can do while trying to choose a color is to take a break for several days and come back to your options with a fresh perspective.

When you come back, look at your selections and go with your gut. Ultimately, if you really love a color — light, dark, soft, or bright — it will feel livable, so there’s no reason to choose any hue but the one that feels right to you.

*Once you’ve chosen a color and are ready to paint, make sure to check out our Instagram post on how to paint Vinyl-On-Gypsum Wall Panels

(article derived from https://www.houzz.com/magazine/how-to-choose-a-paint-color-you-can-live-with-stsetivw-vs~95503956)

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