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 Interior Design Colours Part 3interior design colour split

The split complementary scheme is a variation of the standard complementary scheme. It uses a colour and the two colour adjacent to its complementary. This provides high contrast without the strong tension of the complementary scheme.

Pros: The split complementary scheme offers more nuances than the complementary scheme while retaining strong visual contrast.

Cons: The split complementary scheme is harder to balance than monochromatic and analogous schemes.

Tips: 1. Use a single warm against a range of cools to put an emphasis on the warm colour (red versus blues and bluegreens, or orange versus blues and blue-violets).

2. Avoid using de-saturated warm colours (e.g. browns or dull yellows), because this may ruin the scheme.interior design colours triadic

The triadic colour scheme uses three colours equally spaced around the colour wheel. This scheme is popular among artists because it offers strong visual contrast while retaining balance, and colour richness. The triadic scheme is not as contrasting as the complementary scheme, but it looks more balanced and harmonious.

Pros: The triadic colour scheme offers high contrast while retaining harmony.

Cons: The triadic colour scheme is not as contrasting as the complementary scheme.

Tips: 1. Choose one colour to be used in larger amounts than others.

2. If the colours look gaudy, try to subdue them.interior design colours tetradic

The tetradic (double complementary) scheme is the richest of all the schemes because it uses four colours arranged into two complementary colour pairs. This scheme is hard to harmonize; if all four colours are used in equal amounts, the scheme may look unbalanced, so you should choose a colour to be dominant or subdue the colours.

Pros: The tetradic scheme offers more colour variety than any other scheme.

Cons: This scheme is the hardest scheme to balance.

Tips: 1. If the scheme looks unbalanced, try to subdue one or more colours.

2. Avoid using pure colours in equal amounts.

So what does all this Interior design colours mean. Check out tomorrows post.

Get Started With Interior Designs you will need to look at Interior Design Colours Part 2

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