Color decorating tips: interior design ideas for applying a color scheme correctly to your room design.

Now that you have decided on a color scheme, how do you apply it to the overall interior design? These home decorating tips will unravel the mystery of color application.

Apply the rule of 60-30-10 to rooms. A dominant or main color makes up 60 percent of the color scheme which is applied to the background or walls, 30 percent is the secondary color which is applied to furnishings and upholstery and 10 percent to the smaller pieces such as home decor acessories and accents which when repeated from room to room will make rooms 'pop'.

If you have chosen a monochromatic scheme for the room decor, look at the paint strip for color ideas. It will have many colors of varying intensities. Choose a light, medium and dark color. Apply the lightest of the 3 colors to the background walls. The second darkest for sofas and the darkest can be applied to accents such as throw pillows. An area carpet with the three colors will tie the scheme together. Choose a fourth even lighter color for painted baseboards and trim to link rooms together.

Some tips if you have chosen a complementary scheme for the decor where the colors are different would be to unify them by using the same value (lightness or darkness). Or use the same intensities (color brightness or dullness) so they look pleasing together. For example, burgundy rather than pink and forest green is a more pleasing combination.

Color application in home interiors is complex, these ideas and tips will help solve some mysteries and give you a better understanding of how to apply color to any room design.

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