When anyone sees your home for the first time, human nature being what it is, they make a quick assessment. In less than a few moments, they can get an image of you and your personality and a vision of your home’s style and décor tastes.
Probably one of the biggest factors that creates good first impressions, is your home’s paint colours, or it’s make up.
If your home’s exterior paint is flaking and fading and showing signs of tiredness due to the harsh weather conditions we face here in W.A. then it might be time for that all important makeover, a facelift of the ‘bricks and mortar’ kind. But how do you choose the right paint colours? Here are several questions to ask yourself before you decide.
1. Mood and Ambience…..What Do I Want to Create?
Choosing the right colour can have an impact in the mood people feel in different rooms of your home. This same rule applies to your home’s exterior.
Family members and visitors alike can feel in certain moods every time they arrive at your home.
Here are some common paint colours and their moods:
- Light blues and Greys – These colours can create a calm feeling. A touch of naturalness plus elegance surrounds these types of colours which you will appreciate every time.
- Red – Reds are Powerful and energetic statement colours. If you want your house to make a statement, perhaps a nice Shiny High Gloss Enamel front door for instance, this will be the eye drawer. Choose red if you are ready to be bold.
- Pink – Pink is such a versatile colour and the depth can be extremely varied. Often associated with being a feminine colour in life, pink for a girl, blue for a boy scenario. The array of subtle shades can be very stimulating and relaxing.
- Blues – and Purples – These colours can bring people inward, as they arouse feelings of calmness and well being, even associated with meditation.
- Green – Greens are closely connected with health, like the light blues and grey colours, they can make people feel nice and calm. But if trees and foliage surround or are evident around your property, selecting the complimenting shade of green is of paramount importance.
- Yellow – Yellow is an energetic colour but can be uneasy on one’s eyes if the shade is not right. In the right surroundings, yellows can play a major part in uplifting dull and dreary areas.
Mood is just a consideration of one’s persona and should only be a guide, there are other aspects for consideration.
2. Which Colour Reflects My Personality?
Your star signs can say a lot about you and your personality and moods . Due to the time of the year you were born, each season can represent different moods purely on that month. Birthstones for example, if you were born in February, Amethyst would be your birth colour, violets and purples, symbolizing peace, protection and tranquillity.
- January:- Garnet – Deep reds, in ancient times used to warn off danger.
- March:- Aquamarine – Reminiscent of the clear blue ocean, providing inner calm and inspiration.
- April:- Crystal/Diamond – Renown for their clarity and clearness, with little or neutral colour, believed to offer protection and strength.
- May:- Emerald – linked to fertility and creativity and are admired for their bold varying green hues.
- June:- Rhodolite – The array of natural red and violet hues make for both a beautiful and desirable selection and in ancient times, warded off evil.
- July:- Ruby – Derived from the mineral corundum, rubies have believed to promote, passion, lasting love and marriage contentment.
- August:- Peridot – Associated with the sun, Peridots vibrant green colour has been renown for attracting romance and a symbol of love.
- September:- Sapphire – Considered as a cousin to the ruby, Sapphire’s intoxicating blue purity associates vision and spiritual enlightenment.
- October:- Tourmaline – It’s natural pink hue promotes inner peace and harmony associated with love and harmony.
- November:- Topaz – A glowing sense of balance and well being, the yellow colour in ancient times symbolic to unite and give one strength.
- December:- Blue Topaz – Happiness and good fortunate are associated with the bright blue topaz. Friendship, love, courage, healing, money and protection are associated with the various shades of blue.
Why not let the paint colour choose you? Let your personality shine from the colour choice that best suits you as an individual. If you are a reserved private type of person who prefers to keep themselves to themselves, then perhaps bright reds and oranges may not be exactly for you. However, if you are the outbound statement maker, boldness can be a way to display this when it comes to colour choice…..just be prepared for some possibly interesting neighbourly chats.
1. Mood and Ambience…..What Do I Want to Create?
Now that you know to choose a colour that portrays your accurate personality and mood, you’ve probably narrowed down your colour to a few options. Before you decide on the ideal shade, make sure it’s something you’ll enjoy looking at every day. Bright green may look interesting now, but is it really something you want to see every time you approach your home?
You also need to keep future re-sales in mind. Calm colours like beige and blue appeal to many different people. If you choose a more vibrant colour, you may find it difficult to sell your home.
For these reasons, most people favour towards neutral type colours. But that doesn’t mean your house has to look plain. For example, you could choose a light blue for your house and a deep purple for the trim. That way, you get a pop of colour that doesn’t overwhelm buyers and neighbours.
Ask a painting contractor for more advice about choosing the right paint colours.
As an experienced painting company, Portway Painting can help you choose a colour that fits your personality as well as your home’s style.
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