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I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?

 
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I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
That was one thing my ex wife was good at lol.

I don't understand colors and how they match up...and I don't know what color would be good for sleeping spaces.

The floor I'm putting down is a wood floor that is maple color and I repainted the ceiling tiles off white...light gray. There are two west facing windows and one north if that matters.

I picked out hunter green. But a sample made the room really dark. The walls were bright yellow before.

I don't really care for brown...probably reminds me too much of changing 4 kids diapers back in the day. Sad to s rape off all the little stickers they put there and the drawings wl be painted over.

I saw some pics where three walls were dark colors and one white but that just adds another color to consider. I tried to hire someone on Craigslist to help but they consider themselves color consultants and want 500 lol. I was thinking 50 for advice.

I tried to be a good dad but in the end not sure it matters anymore
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
do you have a special thing i your room that you like? a comfy chair or a picture? harmonize with that.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
light grey works with everything
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
do you have a special thing i your room that you like? a comfy chair or a picture? harmonize with that.
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Nope all the furniture is gone. Starting from scratch
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Well, you're kind of dumb.

So I don't know what to do for you.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
light grey works with everything
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Yeah...the ceiling tiles looked pretty good in a light gray which I chose to cover up the poor condition of the tiles. But all gray seems a little depressing
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Well, you're kind of dumb.

So I don't know what to do for you.
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Anne, is that you? Lol
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Don't do super dark colors, use the lighter version the color wheel. I'm going to do my entire house with blue hues in contemporary pastels, no dark colors it just makes winter bleary and is very hard to paint over. I love the look they are doing most homes in now, grey blueish walls, dark or ash floors and cabinets, nickel finishings (no gold any more, ever, unless going for that Luis V look is your thing.) THis time I'm lettinga young couple do the wordk, but it's noon and they haven't called yet! Hilarious. Perfect pick up job for heat waves BTW., interior painting.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
do you have a special thing i your room that you like? a comfy chair or a picture? harmonize with that.
 Quoting: queenbee 72138947


Nope all the furniture is gone. Starting from scratch
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Then go neutral in color
White trim
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Paint them clear
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
do you have a special thing i your room that you like? a comfy chair or a picture? harmonize with that.
 Quoting: queenbee 72138947


Nope all the furniture is gone. Starting from scratch
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Then go neutral in color
White trim
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hesright
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
If I may jump in, I have an oak floor (golden) and white ceiling tiles. I thought of using different shades of white on different walls (it's a small condo with lowish ceilings) just to alleviate the boredom.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Very light blue is easy to the eye
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
light grey works with everything
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Yeah...the ceiling tiles looked pretty good in a light gray which I chose to cover up the poor condition of the tiles. But all gray seems a little depressing
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Ice blue (periwinkle tone)..or a light cream will work.

Good luck!!

hf
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
If I may jump in, I have an oak floor (golden) and white ceiling tiles. I thought of using different shades of white on different walls (it's a small condo with lowish ceilings) just to alleviate the boredom.

Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Golden tones are hard. Can go with a light beige, keep ceiling white. Or a mid to light tone leaf green.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Don't do super dark colors, use the lighter version the color wheel. I'm going to do my entire house with blue hues in contemporary pastels, no dark colors it just makes winter bleary and is very hard to paint over. I love the look they are doing most homes in now, grey blueish walls, dark or ash floors and cabinets, nickel finishings (no gold any more, ever, unless going for that Luis V look is your thing.) THis time I'm lettinga young couple do the wordk, but it's noon and they haven't called yet! Hilarious. Perfect pick up job for heat waves BTW., interior painting.
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Two comments on pastels...i will look towards that.

I don't care for blue...too close to Gray and kind of depressing
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
At one house I worked at we did cherry finish on molding and crown molding and a deep barn red paint..

It actually came out looking nice.. That's what the home owners asked.. At first I thought it was going to look odd but looked great for the entrance way, main room, hall and living room.


I know that prob doesn't help..

Was green a choice you were hoping to use? Maybe a lighter green/blue hue..
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Look for the in-between colors...
i.e. not quite blue, not quite grey
or a blue-grey-green depending on the light

These will give you come cheer without screaming "color".

Cool toned hues will feel more modern and fresh than warm-toned ones.
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What a fucking loser...
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
IIRC blue interferes with melatonin production, so avoid.

Think about it from an evolutionairy perspective, when it's day time, you see the blue sky. You're not suppose to be sleeping at this time, hence why blue inteferes with melatonin, so you don't sleep during the day.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Black. All black. Every wall including the ceiling.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Magnolia, simples!
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Hunter green could actually be a decent choice to go with unstained maple if you pick the right one. Try to find a green which has a lot of grey or black in it. Make it medium- dark but not too saturated in color. Remember to look for the in-between colors. In this case you would be looking for something that is in-between dark and pastel grey/green.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
do you have a special thing i your room that you like? a comfy chair or a picture? harmonize with that.
 Quoting: queenbee 72138947


Nope all the furniture is gone. Starting from scratch
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its really easy man. just look at pictures one youtube. til you find a combination of colors you like.

and dont worry. they probably wont ever look super bad unless you mix like purple and green and red walls (like my indian neighbors used to have)

look for 'living room colors' on google then go to pictures
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
light grey works with everything
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Yeah...the ceiling tiles looked pretty good in a light gray which I chose to cover up the poor condition of the tiles. But all gray seems a little depressing
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Look at some colours. See how they make you feel. Pick the ones that have a positive effect on you.

Fuck it if it doesn't match. It doesn't have to match. Its your space.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
IIRC blue interferes with melatonin production, so avoid.

Think about it from an evolutionairy perspective, when it's day time, you see the blue sky. You're not suppose to be sleeping at this time, hence why blue inteferes with melatonin, so you don't sleep during the day.
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wait is this also why my phone is able to block blue colors?

i read somewhere its harder to sleep for some people if they use monitors before they sleep, because of the blue light it emits. and im guessing that is why i have the option to block blue on my phones screen??

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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Since you will be using your bedroom to primarily sleep in, I would pick a soothing solid color such as a light blue, light mauve or light mint green or pale pink. I would stay away from loud bright colors like red or orange or patterns or depressing colors like grey and black. They have done studies and people sleep better in cool toned rooms such as blues, purples and greens. Don't have wallpaper in your bedroom. You don't want busy looking wall to look at as you are trying to fall asleep.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Or just be like me. have everything (walls and ceilings) in off-white. and a nice wooden floor.
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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Second picture. Wood floors. Blueish.

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Second picture. Wood floors. Blueish.

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ohhh my god. i would be so stressed in some those rooms.

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Re: I'm painting my bedroom and don't know how to pick colors...advice please?
Since you will be using your bedroom to primarily sleep in, I would pick a soothing solid color such as a light blue, light mauve or light mint green or pale pink. I would stay away from loud bright colors like red or orange or patterns or depressing colors like grey and black. They have done studies and people sleep better in cool toned rooms such as blues, purples and greens. Don't have wallpaper in your bedroom. You don't want busy looking wall to look at as you are trying to fall asleep.
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I forgot to add stay away from dark colors such a dark green or dark blue or dark purple because dark saturated colors give the room a claustrophobic feel to it. You want a light cool airy feel to your bedroom. Always go for the lighter color version of what it is your going to pick.





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