Tips on how to use colors to create effects in environments

Find out how colors can be used to create optical illusion effects and even change the feel of the environment

Colors are able to convey different sensations, especially when they are an element of your home. They give life to environments, express your personality and are a fundamental part of the decoration. And, as if that weren’t enough, they can also cause optical illusions, you know?

Right! With the correct choice of colors for wall painting, you can make your rooms more welcoming, give a feeling of spaciousness, among other effects. Here are some of these effects that colors can have on the environment and how to achieve them:

Shorten

If you have a very long room in your home and want to shorten it and give it a feeling of closeness, invest in dark tones on the back wall to contrast with the lighter colors.

Strengthen

If you think a room is too large, the most appropriate technique is another: invest in dark colors for opposite walls and a light ceiling and background, as this gives the feeling of a long, narrow room.

compress

Even for very large rooms, if you want to convey the feeling of closeness and intimacy and make the place “smaller”, invest in dark colors on all the walls, as they give the illusion of a compact environment.

Zoom in

Unlike large rooms, if your house, apartment or office is small, avoid dark colors, see? After all, it is the light colors on all the walls that give the feeling of spaciousness.

enlarge

If your goal is to increase the space only in width, invest in light tones on the side walls and leave dark colors for the ceiling and background. This is also a great option for narrow corridors.

It stretches

To lengthen the rooms, combine dark walls with a light-colored ceiling. This reinforces the horizontal lines, giving the feeling of a long room.

lower the ceiling

Painting the ceiling in dark tones, contrasting with the light walls, gives the feeling of sag. So, if you find that a room’s ceiling is too high, bet on this technique.

Highlight

To make one wall stand out, keep a specific color and paint the rest in another color. So if you want to emphasize a lighter color, for example, paint opposite walls and ceiling with dark colors.

shorten the walls

Finally, if you want to shorten the walls, the best technique is to divide the height of the wall in two and paint the top in darker tones.

Source: painting specialists at Anjo Tintas.

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