Choosing Paint Colors That Flow From Room to Room

Whether the color is beige, gray, greige, white, brown, or black, keeping it the same in each room does two things. Why would you want to pick a different neutral for every room anyways, that involves a lot of selections and touch up paint buckets you have to save? Having the same neutral “flow through paint” color is especially useful for open concept layouts. Some people paint the ceilings the same color as the room and that is totally fine, but if they are going to be white, keep it the same throughout the building.

Use the same color card – Most paint companies make this process super easy for you. It’s helpful to use the light to medium paint colors for the kitchen, living room and bedroom and darker shades for areas such as dining rooms, hallways and areas you don’t use as much to keep them from feeling too intense.

Make sure that you select colors for these adjoining rooms that are cohesive with their neighbors for the most harmonious and pleasing design. Try restricting designs with more assertive or bold colors to enclosed rooms only.

This works well when choosing paint colors for bedrooms, bathrooms, closets or other rooms behind closed doors.

Paint stores can also create a tint of a base color that is lighter than the primary by adding white.

You can also see how different paint shades look before you buy through a variety of interior design programs that let you create your own plans.