Home Decor Color - The Perfect Paint Palette

This course shares design professionals' secrets and shortcuts to making beautiful combinations of color

What you'll learn

Create a glorious palette of color for a room in your home, or for any creative project

Define your color comfort zone, know which colors catch your attention and work without limitations

Manipulate color balance to create a perfect solution for your home

Convert your color palette into real life paint references, ready to decorate your home

Enjoy a more confident and decisive relationship with color

Interior design considerations when choosing color for a home decoration project

How color can evoke an emotional response in your home

Requirements

This course is taught from first principles, no skills or experience are needed to join in

You can take this course digitally, OR, using art materials. There is a full list of the materials you might need at the bottom of the course description

Students should come ready to engage themslves fully in a fun-filled training on color

Description

FIND COLOR SCHEMES FOR ANY CREATIVE PROJECTIf you’d love to use beautiful, original color but can’t decide which colors, or if you lack the confidence to commit, then this course is for you!I have spent many years teaching color theory to professional designers, and in this class I’ll share the shortcuts and tricks of the trade that interior designers use to make sure that colors and clients are perfectly matched, and that each client gets a perfect palette of paint for their home.WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?You will begin by working conceptually to create color inspiration, and then use this to generate paint and pigment references that can be applied for real!By the end of the class you’ll have a recipe of color for a room in your home. Or, for any other creative project!WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?Like good food, good color is one of life's great joys! More than ever you need your home to feel personal, and to be your haven. With opportunities for color in the home being almost limitless, knowing where to start can be bewildering, and committing to color can be scary.The class handbook gives you a simple framework for building an original palette of color that is matched to your home and that makes your heart sing. Even better, it then guides you to track down your colors in the real world.WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS CLASS?This class is suited to all levels; you don’t need any prior knowledge and the class could help experienced professionals too. I will share how professionals generate color schemes on demand.THE RESOURCES YOU'LL NEED TO TAKE THIS CLASS?The project for this course is to create your own unique palette of color for a design project.  The course introduces  two alternative methods to do this, one digital, one using art materials.  You can choose which method to follow.  Here are the resources you'll need depending on which method you pick: Method One: The Digital MethodA computer, or tablet, or smartphone, using software you are already familiar with, such as PowerPoint, Keynote, Indesign or Photoshop, OR using simple and free online tools, as guided by video lessons.  Method Two: Using Art MaterialsPlain white paper, scissors, and your choice of medium: paint (with brushes, etc.), or pastels, or pencils, or similar art product.PAINTING YOUR HOMEIf you plan to convert your color palette into paint references and order paint for your home, you will need access to one of the following:- Local paint store- Paint company paint charts- Paint company websites - Digital reference color conversion websites (all information provided in the course)  Additionally, you must order paint samples and test these at home - to make sure you are entirely happy with the choice - before committing to a large paint purchase. 

Overview

Section 1: Introduction and Course Preliminaries

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The Class Project

Lecture 3 The Process

Lecture 4 Your Comfort Zone

Section 2: The Process Of Palette Creation

Lecture 5 The Keyword

Lecture 6 The Inspirational Image

Lecture 7 Finding Images

Lecture 8 Color Extraction

Lecture 9 Digital Color Extraction

Lecture 10 Color Extraction By Eye

Section 3: Using Color In Your Home

Lecture 11 Critiquing The Palette

Lecture 12 The Design Rule 70 20 10

Lecture 13 Allocating Colors Within The Interior

Lecture 14 A Strategy For Your Whole Home

Lecture 15 Be Bold…And Be Picky

Section 4: Your Palette of Paint Revealed

Lecture 16 Your Color Palette Expressed As Commercial Paint

A clear framework and a simple 3-step process make this course suitable for all levels, including beginners.,The course shares shortcuts used by professionals, so working designers may find useful design hacks to help their workflow