How to pick up color of walls in kitchen

How to pick up color of walls in kitchen

Several decades ago walls in kitchen painted dark oil paint, but modern designers against such decision. Color plays huge role in human life, it affects health, mood, working capacity, the relations. Hostesses spend in kitchen much time therefore it is important to pick up suitable shade for walls.

Instruction

1. Walls serve as background for interior, and when choosing shade for them it is necessary to consider several major factors: general style of interior, illumination, size of the room and height of ceilings. Estimate these characteristics of kitchen. For example, for small kitchen rooms it is desirable to choose light colors as they optically expand space. Psychologists do not recommend to paint walls in kitchen in the bright and shouting shades, especially if it small, and you spend in it much time. Dark tone reduce the room therefore will be suitable only for wide kitchens. Also in big rooms it is undesirable to use cool colors because they do kitchen desert and faceless.

2. At the insufficient illumination and especially lack of sunlight choose warm, quiet shades for walls – yellow, orange, light brown and beige. If many sunbeams get into the room, it is better not to paint walls in saturated colors as they when lighting will become even brighter and can change shade.

3. Think of influence of color on mentality of the person. So, kitchens of red color at first sight seem original, extravagant and cheerful, but they quickly bother and begin to irritate. Though it has been proved that red shades stimulate appetite therefore it is possible to choose nonaggressive tone – cherry, tomato, coral. Blue works soothingly, but to the room does not add cosiness and heat. If in kitchen always hot, then shades dark blue perfectly approach. But walls in kitchen are more often do in pale blue tones.

4. It is considered that green color well influences digestion. For kitchen it is desirable to choose pistachio or salad shades. Yellow gloss, red copper are also popular pastel tone. Universal color is white, it can be used in any styles, from classical to hi-tech.

5. Consider color and design of kitchen furniture. For example, white furniture with glass and metal elements is combined with red walls. The classical wooden furniture well looks against the background of peach, beige or white walls. The opal glass can be emphasized with fashionable flowers of wenge or mahogany.

6. There are several "forbidden" flowers for kitchen: it is black and all dark shades brown. They oppress appetite, do the room close and cause associations with dirt.

7. To understand, how comfortably to you will live with the chosen color of walls, hang out sheets of white paper, old wall-paper or cardboard on walls. Apply on them spots of paint and leave for several days during which it is necessary to listen to the feelings.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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