by Debra That Painter Lady Conrad
If you want to give your master bedroom an exotic makeover, paint and color are important tools to achieve your aim. Unfortunately, just painting it red will not turn it into a sensual love nest. Though color is key to creating mood, the ambiance of a room also depends on furnishings, lighting and architecture, not color alone.
For example, the minimalist look characteristically brings together modernist architecture, clean lines, pure forms, natural materials and neutral tones, resulting in an airy, uncluttered feel. In contrast, the mood of the Tuscan look depends on warm, earthy colors. Other decorative styles are also associated with particular color palettes. A color style mismatch will prevent you achieving your overall goal.
You may decide that your room and furnishings go better with some color schemes than others. Using a color wheel, you can then choose a scheme of complementary and contrasting colors that will promote the atmosphere you want to pervade your master bedroom.
Which Mood?
If you are intent on creating a certain mood, first ask yourself if the room and the furnishings will support it. If not, you may need to refurbish. If your furniture is stylistically reasonably neutral, you will be able to utilize most color schemes to create the mood you want.
Colors and Atmosphere
Pastels and Neutral Colors:
If you want your master bedroom to be a calm retreat, neutral colors contribute to a feeling of peace and spaciousness. Most styles of furniture will go with these undemanding colors.
Primary Colors:
Clear, bright colors can add cheerful or sophisticated notes to a plain master bedroom furnished in a contemporary or rustic style.
Rich and Deep Colors:
Rich colors, such as greens, reds and even purples can create an atmosphere of sensual opulence in a master bedroom, especially with dark wood, antique furniture.
Earthy Colors:
Versatile earthy colors can be warm and sunny or deep and moody. Both can usefully contribute to establishing the ambiance in a master bedroom.
Blue and White:
Blue is commonly chosen for bedrooms because it is a cool, calm color that fosters a sense of serenity and tranquility.
Black and White:
High contrast black and white color schemes suit rooms with unfussy furnishings, producing a cool, sophisticated look.
Browns and Burgundies:
Few colors can be both neutral and warm, but these fit the bill. They are especially useful for master bedrooms whose occupants want to avoid frilly femininity.
Lighting, Color and Mood
Lighting is one of the most important ways in which you can create mood in a master bedroom. It needs to be considered jointly with matters of color, since the type of lighting you choose can not only set mood but can also change the appearance of your color scheme. Sunlight, or lack of it, can also affect the colors in your decor scheme.
You can make dramatic changes to the atmosphere of a room with soft and hard lighting, and colored lights can completely transform the ambiance. With soft lighting you can even have a master bedroom that is neutral by day but warm and glowing at night.
Colors are important. Learn more at ThatPainterLady.com and get practical advice that shows you how to choose paint colors for your home.
