Samantha Bacon's Colour Palettes for Interiors
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Decorating your home or even just one room might seem like a daunting task. However, with some basic knowledge you can develop colour schemes, which result in beautiful rooms. I hope this book assists you to make your home the place you want it to be.
There are several elements and principles of design, which are very important in achieving success in decorating schemes. Colour is one of these elements and I believe is one of the most important. Colour has the ability, more than any other element, to immediately change the mood of a space. When I am helping clients to decorate their homes, often all that is required is a freshen up of the paint scheme which is relatively quick, inexpensive and easy to achieve. A weekend spent updating the paint colour in a room can bring about an immediate positive result. A room that appears flat and uninteresting may just need an injection of an accent colour to make it work.
Colour choices however can be overwhelming but by learning just a few of the principles relating to colour you will feel more confident about your colour selections and less daunted by what should be a fun and interesting project.
This book is designed to take you through the educational process of colour in a practical and visual way. Starting at the beginning with the basics of the colour wheel, you will learn about how to create the mood you want, how to manipulate a space with colour and varying tonal levels and the basics of the different colour schemes. You will learn about how to deal with trim and ceiling colours and a background to the different colours in the spectrum. Finally, you will see how to put together successful decorating schemes. With lots of beautiful pictures along the way to help explain the process, you should be equipped to confidently develop your own schemes.
Samantha Bacon
Samantha Bacon is a graduate of the International School of Colour and Design in Sydney, Australia. Samantha is a professional member of the Design Institute of Australia and has extensive knowledge of colour theory and its application in both commercial and residential settings. She has designed many colour schemes and interiors for projects in Sydney, the Central Coast of NSW, Newcastle and the Hunter Valley. Samantha is the colour expert for Australian lifestyle magazines, Modern Home and Country Home Ideas.
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Samantha Bacon's Colour Palettes for Interiors - Samantha Bacon
Samantha Bacon’s
COLOUR
PALETTES
FOR
INTERIORS
What you need to know about colour
to create successful interior decorating projects
By Samantha Bacon MDIA
Samantha Bacon’s
Colour Palettes For Interiors
By Samantha Bacon MDIA
ISBN: 978-0-646-59264-0
Published December 2012
Copyright © 2012 by Samantha Bacon
Smashwords Edition
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Acknowledgement Cover Pictures
Warwick Fabrics
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Chapter 1: The Colour Wheel
Chapter 2: Creating the Mood
Tonal Variation
Dark and Mysterious Mood
Dramatic Mood
Interesting Mood
Light and Airy Mood
Chapter 3: Manipulating a Space with Colour
Chapter 4: Rules of Colour Schemes
Monochromatic Schemes
Related Colour Schemes
Extended Related Colour Schemes
Complementary Schemes
Split Complementary Schemes
Triadic Schemes
Tertiary Colour Schemes
Chapter 5: The Colours
Passionate Red
Pretty in Pink
Convivial Orange
Happy Yellow
Beautiful Green
Calming Blue
Mystical Purple
Neutral Palettes
Sophisticated Black
Fresh White
Chapter 6: Common Thread
Chapter 7: Schemes
Quintessential Beach Retreat
Funky Beach Retreat
Moroccan Style
Swedish Style
English Country Style
French Provincial
Contemporary Urban Oasis
About the Author
VIEWING THE COLOURS
The colour palettes and pictures in this eBook have been selected from a range of sources. We have carefully managed the colours to ensure they are as close as possible to true paint colours. Colour reproduction can vary when viewing colours on your screen. For full accuracy and complete satisfaction we recommend that you test your colour selections at home using sample pots.
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FOREWORD
DECORATING YOUR HOME or even just one room might seem like a daunting task. However, with some basic knowledge you can develop colour schemes, which result in beautiful rooms. I hope this book assists you to make your home the place you want it to be.
There are several elements and principles of design, which are very important in achieving success in decorating schemes. Colour is one of these elements and I believe is one of the most important. Colour has the ability, more than any other element, to immediately change the mood of a space. When I am helping clients to decorate their homes, often all that is required is a freshen up of the paint scheme which is relatively quick, inexpensive and easy to achieve. A weekend spent updating the paint colour in a room can bring about an immediate positive result. A room that appears flat and uninteresting may just need an injection of an accent colour to make it work.
Colour choices however can be overwhelming but by learning just a few of the principles relating to colour you will feel more confident about your colour selections and less daunted by what should be a fun and interesting project.
This book is designed to take you through the educational process of colour in a practical and visual way. Starting at the beginning with the basics of the colour wheel, you will learn about how to create the mood you want, how to manipulate a space with colour and