Color Is Powerful!
Color heightens our senses and shapes how we relate to the world. If you are a room designer, it is important to help your client become familiar with some basic color terminology terms.
- Hue: what color something is, like blue or red
- Chroma: how pure a color is; the lack of white, black or gray added to it
- Saturation: the strength or weakness of a color
- Value: how light or dark a color is
- Tone: created by adding gray to a pure hue
- Shade: created by adding black to a pure hue
- Tint: created by adding white to a hue
Below is a diagram demonstrating common mixing terms. This diagram demonstrates common color mixing terms. A tint is any mixture of a bright “pure” color with white. A shade is any mixture of “pure” color with black. A tone is any mixture of all three: white, black, and the “pure” color.
Color has meaning. People often associate human qualities to colors as noted below:
- Red: energy, power, passion
- Orange: joy, enthusiasm, creativity
- Yellow: happiness, intellect, energy
- Green: ambition, growth, freshness, safety
- Blue: tranquility, confidence, intelligence
- Purple: luxury, ambition, creativity
- Black: power, elegance, mystery
- White: cleanliness, purity, perfection
In every home, color grabs our attention first. A lack of color can make a home feel lifeless, while the right color palette can breathe life into your space and create excitement.
In this blog post published by Kitchen & Bath Creation is some advice on how to select a color palette so that it works well with your home decor.
Kitchen & Bath Creations are experts in kitchen design and can help you design and install your kitchen and provide help with your color palette.
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You can also see a wonderful post on tips for Creating Your Color Palette at Kitchen & Bath Creations.
Life is too short to live in black and white.
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