The color wheel is a essential tool for every designer of interiors. So if you are going to become the designer of your own home, you are interested in knowing what the chromatic circle is and how you can use it to decorate each room in such a way that they are pleasant.
Thanks to the chromatic circle you will be able to quickly identify which colors are analogous or complementary to choose the most appropriate combination to help you achieve the desired effect in each room. And it is that this circle represents in a correlative way the primary and secondary colors starting from red and continuing through orange, yellow, green, blue and violet.
What is the color wheel
The chromatic circle or color wheel is an ordered and circular representation of colors according to their hue or tone. The primary colors red, yellow, and blue make up the vertices of a triangle. imaginary contained in this wheel. These intangible colors with a specific wavelength therefore occupy equidistant positions on the wheel, as you can see in the following image.
Next to these are reflected in the circle the secondary colors, which are created by mixing two primary colors and which are, in turn, a complementary color to a third primary color, the one that does not intervene in its production.
In a chromatic circle of twelve colors, you will also find represented the tertiary colors, arising from the mixture of a primary color and its adjacent secondary color. Have you identified them all? Only then can you understand how you can use the color wheel to decorate your home.
How to use it to decorate
How can this color wheel help me decorate my home? By now you will be asking yourself this question. A question to which we answer below, sharing with you how to combine these colors so that the result is harmonious and more or less daring.
monochrome proposals
Take one of the colors as a base and apply it with different shades on walls, textiles, furniture and accessories is one of the many ways you can use color to design a room. Simple, right? The most difficult thing here will be to opt for a single color.
Warm colors like red or yellow, will make the room stand out due to its dynamic and welcoming character. Too daring? If the mix seems risky to you, you can always use white and other neutral tones to soften the result.
Cold colors like blue for their part, they will transmit greater serenity to the room. In addition, they will become a great alternative to refresh those rooms with large windows and that receive a lot of sunlight.
Complementary Color Combinations
Red and green, blue and orange, yellow and violet are opposite or complementary colors. Colors that are in an opposable position within the chromatic circle and whose combination is successful when you want to bring dynamism to a space.
Due to this characteristic, they are color combinations that benefit especially spaces dedicated to creativity, children's bedrooms and family living rooms. Does this mean that you should not use them in other rooms? Not at all. If you particularly like any of the combinations, you will only have to flee from the most vibrant versions and bet on softer and muted tones so that they work.
And in what proportion should I use the chosen colors? Our advice is to choose one of the colors as the main color and use the other sparingly, in textiles and small accessories. Also, if you want to soften the result, you will only have to incorporate white and other neutrals into the equation.
Triads
Does it still seem too daring to bet on complementary colors? Bet on the triads. Or what is the same, choose a main color and instead of its complementary the two colors that are located on both sides of this.
Triads usually result in softer and kinder combinations. Yellow, blue and fuchsia, along with orange, violet and green, are some of the most popular examples of this proposal. Apply the lightest shade on large surfaces such as walls and furniture, and reserve the most vibrant ones for complements and accessories.
In a row
What if instead of going to the opposite side of the chromatic circle we choose this time three consecutive colors? One will be the dominant color, while the rest will act as complementary colors. The result will convey a certain serenity and harmony, desirable characteristics in rooms intended for rest, such as living rooms and bedrooms.
Purple, blue and green is one of the most original combinations to dress our home, compared to other more classic ones such as green and blue. Do you like the idea of decorating your home with consecutive colors? It is one more proposal of the chromatic circle and how you can use it to decorate.
Which alternative convinces you more? What color combination would you like to try in your home?