When it comes to selecting paint colors for your home does the thought of that create excitement or does it feel a little overwhelming? We understand if you struggle with picking paint colors for your home. Because if you end up being unhappy with the color of your walls or your home’s exterior it creates a negative feeling about the space or your home in general. Nobody wants that, right? Here we will cover some ways to help you select the perfect paint colors for your home and share some of the latest paint color trends with you.
Let’s Start With Color Psychology
Red: Is generally associated with energy, power, strength, determination, passion, and love. It enhances metabolism and attracts attention.
Green: Symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. It is the color of nature. Strongly associated with tranquility and calmness. It is known to slow the metabolism.
Blue: Is connected to being peaceful, flexible, and imaginative, and can help you concentrate. Also known to lower heart rates and slow metabolism.
Brown: Represents the traits of dependability, reliability, and resilience. Light brown can give off the feeling of honesty and stability, dark brown is considered mature and predictable.
Orange: Brings the energy of red and the happiness of yellow together. Sharing a connection with enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, success, and stimulation.
Yellow: Is often associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy. It produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy.
Pink: Pink stands for tenderness, vulnerability, and youth. It is known to be a calming, non-threatening color. The pink color also represents positive aspects of traditional femininity like nurture and kindness.
Purple: Brings together the stability of blue and the energy of red. Associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. Conveying wealth and extravagance.
White: Represents light, goodness, innocence, and purity. Also signifies safety and cleanliness.
Black: Associated with power, elegance, formality, and mystery. Often denotes strength and authority.
Color Trend Forecast For 2023
If you choose to go the DIY route, there are color tools to help you select paint and finishes for your home. Behr offers some on their website that you may enjoy experimenting with.
Some of the forecast color trends include:
Black – select a rich black color with eggplant undertones.
Warm Whites – bright whites have had their moment now we are turning to more warm whites.
Blushing Red Tones – packed with personality, a lively red-orange creates a warm, homey feel.
Pink Meets Beige – inspired by the terracotta trend, this pinky-beige is a great neutral for 2023.
Soft Violet – this shade of lavender will add a calming effect to any space of your choosing.
Magenta – an electrifying red tone that represents strength. Great for an accent wall and furniture too.
Green – a deep teal green more specifically will represent pure sophistication.
Brown – we will see more shades of brown in the near future. A toasty beige will add warmth and comfort to a space.
Tawny Red – playing tribute to a crimson red with a touch of brown, this color is great for small spaces and feels luxurious in larger spaces.
Color options for your home almost seem endless. Which can be a good thing or again it can be overwhelming. Take your time to select the colors that speak to you. If you are still not sure what to choose? Test some of your favorite colors or some of the latest paint color trends throughout your home. You are sure to get a feeling of what suits you and your home the best.
If DIY is not an option or if you want to build your own custom home, call Vertical | Design + Build to bring your dream home to life.
