Warm and cold colors in the interior: 50 photo examples

Color is able to directly affect the person. Researches in this field proved the possibility of exposure of surrounding colors on the central nervous and endocrine systems. Colors can soothe or initiate, accelerate or retard the metabolic processes. Paints surrounded have an influence on the formation of the character of children and can change the mood of any person. In psychology, there are diagnostic tests of color perception to recognize deviations and receive a picture of the person. In addition, the extensive use of psychology and color therapy develops a method of art therapy in the treatment of certain diseases. So what what colors surround yourself in the house where you sleep, eat, relax and socialize with the family is extremely important.

When choosing a color palette you need to rely on their own preferences, especially the color, purpose room. For example, a palette of shades for the bedroom should contribute to the relaxation and proper rest, kitchen well suited colors accelerate metabolism.

Determination of warm and cool colors

In nature, there are three colors called primary or pure colors of the spectrum (yellow, blue, red). Of these, the mixing goes multitude of chromatic shades.

Characteristic properties of chromatic colors:

• temperature (warm, cool);
• Activity (dim, bright);
• intensity (diluted or saturated).

If we talk about color temperature, yellow and red - the color of fire and sun, warm. The tone of the oceans and seas - blue is cold. One color may have different temperatures, depending on the temperature range to which belongs the basic color (or halftone podton) composed hue. With the predominance of red or yellow undertones, a color - a warm, if dominated by blue undertone - cold. Figure color circle graphically showing the temperature in different colors.

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Natural harmony and balance gives a combination of tones from one temperature range. In the design by the same method can achieve harmony, warm (or cold) colors harmoniously combined with each other in the interior. But the design is not an axiom, an arrangement of contrasting shades of temperature, can solve many design problems.

Table of warm colors

The interior warm colors bring the comfort of home, warmth, creates a good mood. Warm shades will add light and warmth to the rooms facing north or east orientation, "will warm" room.

Colors and shades	The dominant undertones
Orange (pumpkin, tangerine, fiery orange, bronze) - always warm	Yellow Red
Red (Scarlet, pomegranate, carrot, Marsala, claret)	Red
Yellow (gold, bright yellow, honey)	Yellow
Green (olive-green, yellow-green, herbal, bright green)	Yellow
Violet (purple, eggplant)	Red
Brown (ocher, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, caramel)	Red Yellow
Gray (quartz, protective)	Warm brown, green
Blue (heaven)	warm green
Blue (dark azure, sapphire)	warm purple

Table cold colors

The use of cool colors is particularly relevant in the bedroom, as these colors are serene, energetically active, helping to prepare for bed, tune into a calm mood, relax. Tone solution in cold rooms range will help dampen overly bright sunshine indoors with windows facing south west.

Colors and shades	The dominant undertones
Turquoise (bright turquoise, cyan) - is always cool	Blue, blue
Blue (cobalt, dark blue, sky-blue)	Blue
Gray (anthracite, Marengo)	Blue
Blue (navy blue, azure)	Blue
Purple (dark purple, indigo)	Blue
Green (emerald, jade, dark green, mint)	Blue
Yellow (lemon)	cool green
Red (crimson, carmine-red)	cool purple
Brown (bistre, sepia, terracotta)	cool purple

Color and Temperature

Table well illustrates a schematic concept of color temperature. The mixture midtone and features of the perception of an individual, give different visual perception of color (a cold / warm).

Determine the color temperature can be decomposed it into its components. To change the temperature - to add a uniquely warm or cool undertones.

Recognition of colors the human eye depends on the wavelength of the spectrum, as follows:

• wavelength of the amplified heartbeat, blood rushes to the extremities, felt the warmth - the color is regarded as warm;
• short wave makes you feel relaxation processes in the body slows down, there is a sensation of coolness - the color is perceived cold.

Relativity in the temperature difference between the colors associated with little experience of observation is absolutely pure spectral colors by the majority of people (in the nature of pure color - a rarity).

Colors neighbors mutually influence temperature. Thus, burgundy in tandem with sepia gives the feeling of warm, with caramel - a cold color. Understanding this phenomenon should be used in interior solutions, it will bring harmony to any space.

Create a color balance

Merging with the achromatic colors (black, gray, white), gives the final temperature gradation color change shades, tones, and adds the shade. So in the pictures there is the concept of "white balance", which affects the light and the resulting image quality.

The neutral white can be diluted with warm or cold color. If the orange add white to get a little colder orange. Thus, white has no magic capable of making a warm cold color, only closer to neutral. The same principle occurs color gradation, are depriving the temperature of saturation by adding black.

The interior is almost impossible to see the pure spectral colors, their "mute" gray shade in black or white is clarified. And of course, using multicomponent mixtures of chromatic colors.

combination

The interior design is a combination of warm and cool colors are extremely important. To achieve harmony in a room, you need to select the dominant range (warm or cold), and add accents opposite.

Combine intelligently shades of different temperatures may be using other methods:

1. Balancing. The principle of balancing the same color at the expense of another, showed the world the popular combination of cold turquoise, warm brown and beige;
2. Gain. An interesting variant of the combination of colors at different temperatures - a deliberate mutual reinforcement. So cold with a warm emerald Marsala do both tones deeper and nobler.
3. Mute, desaturation. The effect is achieved by using neutral colors for tinting of large areas, as background bright colors.

Warm colors visually reduce the space, as perceived closer, cold - are able to add depth, visually expand the room.

Shades of different temperatures can visually give the room the right shape. In a narrow room long walls Kohler cold tones, short - warm, so visually long walls apart, and the short - coming. Having painted ceiling cool shades, you can create the illusion of higher ceilings.

In the living room

Living room - a central room in the house where the family gather, relax and have fun. The large rooms of houses can be chosen as the predominant range of warm colors and cool - paint accessories or choose cold gamut of textiles. In the model homes, usually a small living room area, it would be desirable to expand the space, then you can make a dominant palette of cool colors. Often when you make a living doing basic color neutral color to the room was not boring, come to the aid of saturated colors (cold or warm, depending on the preferences of the owners).

Options for non-trivial color combinations for the decoration of living rooms:

1. Gray, emerald green, yellow. Generally, Gray - a good base for living in this palette can also be a base color. A few accent walls painted a warm yellow, filling the room with an atmosphere of joy, warmth and comfort. Sofa with emerald upholstery balance the yellow walls. Emerald and gray decorative elements help to build the harmonious interior.
2. White, brown, red. Combining shades only warm or cold, it is difficult to make mistakes. Application white help dampen active red, which then can be used for tandem textile elements. Brown will be an additional tone wooden furniture in the room.
3. Gray, blue, beige. Blue will promote relaxation, a deep and noble color, its characteristics will enhance gray. Warm beige hue will add a home of comfort in the room.

It is only a few design options halls, should be guided by their own preferences, temperament, size and location of the room, waiting by spending time in the living room.

In the bedroom

Bedroom - a place of rest, a reboot of the whole body, which will contribute to the muted, pastel inactive, neutral tones.

If there are problems with sleep, the base color of the bedroom can make a pastel blue, it is good to calm and give the hosts a relaxing, restorative sleep. When combined with the cold blue shades of beige, you can get a harmonious and stylish accommodation.

In order to relax, you can arrange the bedroom colors ecru. This is a natural color, which included yellow, beige, cream, but this shade is not intended to create a romantic situation, so it is necessary to dilute the decor elements in active colors (burgundy, red in a daring combination with blue).

Choosing shades of brown to furnish bedroom hard miscalculate, use of warm brown and colder palette. If the design does not add other colors, bright accents, should diversify the room textures and different materials to the room was not too conservative.

In the kitchen

If located in the kitchen diner tone for it should incite appetite (the task perfectly cope warm honey, tangerine, carrot, green tone).

Thanks to technology, kitchen facades are no longer made only of wood. Painted MDF, the use of colored films have removed all restrictions in the colors of the furniture. Choosing bright facades, walls painted in a better neutral shades. In the kitchen are important parts, to impart comfort, you can be assembled contrast textiles, dishes made in colors other than the set temperature.

If you abandon the classical wooden kitchen no desire. Classic wooden kitchen set the tone wenge in tandem with the bright accent - skinali (aprons made of glass), blue, red. Blue ornament on Portuguese tiles selected for the kitchen apron, create a good tandem with warm colors bleached oak kitchen. Available are many combinations of textures of wood and colorful aprons.

In the children's

From the child's temperament depends on the choice of children's range. For the restless, very active and easily excitable, well arrange the room with cool using marine decoration theme. For the child sluggish and passive, to "stir up" the kid's room can be diluted with vivid scarlet, carrot accents (using decorations, decorative, colorful textiles).

Regardless of the sex of the child, the child is appropriate to use shades of yellow, which carry a vitality, energy from the sun. Applying yellow, must comply with the measure using the muted tones or to limit the area of ​​yellow surfaces. For a boy color yellow companion in a child's room can be a cold emerald or turquoise shades. The girl's room will be yellow tandem with the "cool" raspberry.

Picking up the range for decorating the nursery, when the child is already aware, you need to be interested in the views of the child, preference. Appropriate for children to choose bright, pure colors, but they definitely need to use a basic neutral, pastel colors.

In country houses in the attic are often equipped for children. Sloping ceiling itself can "push" should pick up bright and simple tone for the design of children's space in the attic.

In bathroom

The very purpose of the bathroom - be clean, is made all the hygienic procedures, so choosing a palette for design premises on the first place there is the practicality.
Black matte tile in the bathroom looks very impressive and stylish, but gives problems during harvesting, it is necessary to consider making repairs. Risking can beautifully complement the black color pink warm and cold gray (combining tiles using accessories, textiles)

The latrine can be combined with a colored wall tiles, tile laying in places where water ingress expected droplets foam. Painting the walls, you can experiment, for example, choose a warm olive and link with the cold graphite.

Since plumbing is most often done in white, in the bathroom already has a neutral color to soften the brightness of almost pure colors. Option, which will combine the red tile, white sanitary ware and blue textile and decorative elements can get unusual and attractive.

conclusion

Cold and warm colors perfectly show itself in interior design. By combining them in the same room, it is possible to achieve various interesting effects to create an unusual space. You should not be held hostage to outdated stereotypes, speaking that the neighborhood of red and blue - moveton and bad taste, all a matter of choosing a semitone and preliminary layout palette on paper or in electronic form (this will help you understand whether the successful idea of ​​combining tones or should change concept).

When choosing colors for different rooms, you can be inspired by nature and the works of famous artists design sphere, remembering that a sense of proportion and style is sometimes better to over-extravagance (an overabundance of red can cause aggression). The decoration of the home, country house or apartment is not created for the pursuit of the trend, there is preferred comfort, convenience.