Designed for a competition: 80 sqm bachelor flat
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My project 8.
Archives
Paint palette 8.
Refreshing colors of the sea
Beach style
Beach style captures the heart not only in summer, but it is popular all over the year. The reason is maybe the cheerful, airy yet elegant and sometimes contrasting color scheme and the memories of vacations.
Beach style can be created in the easiest way with two basic colors: white gives a refreshing clean and a sharp clear background for the decoration, beige/sand provides a much more calm and natural basic. The total effect is colder in the case of the first one and warmer in the case of the second. The additional colors are the same in both cases:
The brown of the natural wood (except for orange and reddish hues) appears commonly on the floor, on the beams and on furniture. It’s important that it is not a painted brown color but the wood’s own color which is protected only with a coat of lacquer, this way its pattern also remains visible.
The neutral colors (warm greys, beiges) of natural fabrics (linen, sisal, coir, hemp etc.) look good on carpet, curtains, covers of seats and on accessories like table lamp made of cord, for example.
Navy blue is a quite dark color, still it is frequently used as wall color also, not only on accessories. It anchors the space and makes the style much more „tangible”. The effect is high contrast, still calming if pairing it with white.
Brighter colors like turquoise, blue water, sunny yellow and red are commonly the colors of accessories. Of course, nothing forbids using them in larger amounts also, even on the walls, but attention should be paid to fit for the beach style. This is much easier to keep if they are paired with white.
Definitely striped is the favorite among patterns which fits perfectly for this style. The advantage of it that it can visualize more of the colors mentioned above in the same time. Patterns depicting ships and their parts, sea-animals and seaside buildings can be freely used also. Seashells and sea-glass can be collected, starfishes, corals and colored glass bubbles can be bought for decoration, but the wall can be decorated even with a steering wheel of a ship.
If you also would like to go home after work as going to holiday in all over the year, ask for help of an interior designer for creating the seaside mood.
Dark walls
Don’t afraid of using dark wall colors: elegant, cozy and make the room spectacular
Color pairs 15.
Color pairs: blue-yellow
Colors of 2016
The meeting of the colors of the year 2016 (Rose Quartz – Serenity) and classic interiors
Paint palette 3.
Nature created color palettes
Inspiration 7.
Ispirations for manfully elegant interiors
Special color hues
Hues of colors had several names over time. Some of them are slightly different from each other but fashion always dictates something new. It was the same case with historical styles. Classic and popular hues are used by several companies, but of course there are differences between the colors in spite of the same name. It matters on what kind of surface we use them: wall paint, fabrics, porcelain etc. Let’s see some examples:
Duck Egg Blue: it is a light, soft, mildly greenish blue color with a tint of grey. Its darker hues are pastel shades also. Originally it was used on Chinese porcelains, it came to Europe from there. The name was given after the color of Mallard duck’s egg. It fits for several styles and looks good in every room, creating a calming, friendly and inviting interior. Impossible to overdose.
British Racing Green: originally it is a deep, almost black color, the lighter and brighter hues of it are also widespread. As the name indicates, there is a connection with car racing, it was chosen for the color of Napier racing cars in 1903. Elegant, traditional, dark color deepening the space. Using on bigger surface requires appropriate lighting.
Wedgewood Blue: a light but quite bold blue color with a tint of grey and purple. It was named after the Wedgewood porcelain manufactory founded in 1759, which used this color hue on its matte surfaced products (jasperware). It creates an opulent mood but this can be heightened by combining with white. Airy but dominant hue.
Oxblood Red: a warm deep red color with dark brown and purplish tones. The name was firstly mentioned around 1700. It was a popular autumn-winter color, frequently used for traditional leather furniture. More elegant than most of the red hues, strong but not obtrusive. It has to be counterweighted when applied on a big surface (e.g. wall).
For choosing the proper color, if possible, take the object of which’s color we like. If this is impossible, ask for help of an interior designer-color adviser for the perfect choice.
Paint palette 2.
Mineral-blue hues
