How To Design With Warm, Rich Color Tones ~ KG Style Designs

In interior design, you hear a lot about temperatures, hues, and undertones of any color patterns. But how does it relate to your design style?

Do you like color tones in your home in the yellows, oranges and browns? Then you'd likely like the warm color family. But how do you design with them? Do you just throw them in the room and pray they look good together?

Interior design is not as easy as HGTV makes it look like. We have to know the scale of a room, how to design using a floor plan, if we are designing a commercial space - we have to know what the building codes are, placement of furniture in awkward spaces and how to mix colors using the most essential tool to interior designers - the color wheel.

Warm and cool colors(cool colors in the next blog post) are also known as temperatures in a color pattern. Taking a look at the color wheel above, if you draw an imaginary line from red-violet to yellow-green - the colors to the "right" - yellows, reds and oranges - seem warm. Warm colors are considered to be "advancing" because they seem as though they are coming closer to the viewer. On walls, warm colors can make a room feel cozy and enveloping - thus, we use warm colors more often in a large-scaled room.

WARM ON WARM

Using the color wheel, you can stay within the right color tones and use a mixture of these warm colors to create a cohesive color scheme. Find fabrics that work for in the space like a blend of orange, yellow and reds. Accessorize with pillows in the same color tone using different textures and patterns to bring interest into the space.

MIXED WITH COOL TONES

Cool tones are on the direct opposite of warm tones are so they are known to be complimentary colors. This is a great tool to know when choosing accessories for your home. Mixing in either cool toned pillows like the lavender pillow in the above picture can add interest and create a pop of color as the dark blue pillows above. You can also add a few cool toned lamps for a dramatic experience.

Question: Do you use warm tones in your living space?

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