Importance Of Paint Colours

It is no secret that colour can make or even break design. Colour has a lot of effect on mood emotions and behaviour of a person. While perceptions of colour are somewhat subjective, there are some colour effects that have universal meaning. Colours play an important role in enhancing the feeling of health & well being. When the colour's right, it can:

• Enhance feelings of health and well-being.
• Modify perceived temperature — make your space feel warmer or cooler.
• Transform perceived space — make your space feel larger, or more cozy and intimate.
• Illuminate dark areas.
• Create mystery and romance in dull areas.
• Energize static areas.

Colours have very strong effect on the personality of a person staying in that room. Given below are the effects of few colours which are primarily used while colouring.

Colour: Green

The colour green represents balance and harmony. It is the colour of nature and positive energy. It promotes a love of nature, family, friends, pets and the home. This colour is strongly related to balance and harmony

Emerald green colour suggests abundance, material wellbeing, emotional wellbeing and creative ideas.

Colour: Yellow

The yellow colour is associated with the left or logic side of the brain stimulating decision making. Yellow colour helps us focus, study and recall information, so it is usually recommended for kids’ room.

Colour: Blue

The colour blue denotes responsibility and is strongly masculine and represents knowledge, power, and integrity, and is used quite often in the corporate world. It is recommended for bachelor’s room.

Colour: Pink

Pink colour is feminine and represents compassion, nurturing and love. This colour also depicts affection, intimacy, romance, thoughtfulness and caring. Fuchsia is a blend of deep pink and blue, and this colour inspires confidence, assurance, maturity, a controlled and responsible nurturing and love.

Colour: Cream

Cream, tinted with a hint of yellow, encourages new ideas. It is neutral in tone and has a soothing effect on mind and reinforces clarity of thought.

Colour: Red

Red is a colour that radiates optimism and strikes a note of joy. A little mix of red furnishings to wood finish in the bedroom injects a note of passion and peps up the whole dull décor to an alive, joyous one.

Red also oozes positive energy if used in a limited quantity. Red is a powerful color, associated with activity and strength. The accessories like rugs, furnishings and show pieces are the best way to use red as these can be changed anytime desired.

How To Choose A Colour?

The choice of your colour will depend on the theme, style and aesthetics besides your personal traits. The perfect pallet of colour for your room will depend on how dramatic or balanced, relaxed or creative you want your room to be. A lot of companies have started with small 250 ml packs for you to try the colour hatch on the wall & then decide.

The Tech-Savvy Paint Colours

So, if you thought paints only offer colour to your walls. Think again. With innovation and technology advancement, the paints today offer properties like flame spread resistant, water resistant, anti-microbial properties and scratch resistant. The performance, protection and array of finishes available determine the quality of paint. This also helps transform four walls into creative canvas.

The flame spread resistance is an added distinction of any paint or polish. The flame retardant coatings are also available for a lot of combustible materials. These retard flame spread and penetration of heat, thereby buying much precious time for safe escape. These coatings chemically react when exposed to fire, puff up to form a thick, dense, spongy layer that checks fire spread and heat penetration.

The water repellant paints besides making the paint performance long term also solve the issue of mold and mildew. This paint therefore prevent peeling problems attributed to moisture. It also decreases colour fading and water spotting. The surface becomes easy to clean, smooth and highly durable.

The anti-microbial properties create a more hygienic – healthier living environment. The moisture resistance property goes hand in hand with the anti-fungal – anti-bacterial properties of paint. Metal like silver or chemical based anti-microbial are impregnated to paints to repel pathogens. These paints are ideal for environments with heavy traffic areas like classrooms, hospitals, industry, offices, and commercial entities. It is essentially important to study the composition of these paints before applying so as to choose the one that is safe for humans. The paints have to be no-odour, low VOC and green in qualities.

Thin hair line cracks appear in the building due to environmental temperature changes leading to expansion & contraction. The strength and elasticity of paint determine the ability of a painted wall to remain smooth for a longer duration. These paints have a flexibility to accommodate minor movements, strength to prevent the appearance of cracks, adhesion to absorbent surfaces, low shrinkage and water resistance. With all these qualities stain resistance comes as a bonus. This paint by default becomes non-porous and dense thereby preventing the penetration of stains and making it stain resistant.

Ultimately it comes to weighing the characteristics of a good paint, I would recommend that you must judge paint by the following points:

• Wear-ability
• Coverable Ability
• Ease of cleaning 
• Protection of the Substrate
• Environment friendly
• Aesthetics
• Practical & cost effectiveness.

Cost effectiveness plays an important role while you choose paint. The paint must be cheap, ready to use, have fast colour, long lasting and easy to apply.

A different colour in a niche is something very regular. Instead you can create interesting patterns by making stripes inside the niche by using dark & light stripes inside the niche. You can also create a painting in the niche & put an accessory which complements the painting. A digital print in black and white on all four walls will add a strong character.

Well, spring is known to be the season of colours; inter on the contrast to be one without colours. It is a normal practice to use cool colours in summers and warm colours in winters. It is sometimes stimulating to add on intense colour on one highlighting wall.

Featured walls can be highlighted with either complimentary or contrasting colour. Contrast colour are more intense and overly stimulating when used together. Colour options are so wide with their variation in hues, tint and sheen, that a slight change can change the ambiance.  

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