Color blocking is an easy way to visualize all of the colors represented in a space in one simple image. It makes it easier to determine what accent colors you might want to introduce into the room, or it can even help you figure out where you went wrong if your palette feels a little wonky.
I never had a defined color palette for our living room from the start, I just knew that I had these two durable, well-loved and amazingly comfortable blue-green monster couches. So I chose the chocolate brown rug because I thought it looked nice with the couches. I chose the wallpaper because I thought, "Hey, that doesn't look half bad with the couches and the rug." Pretty fine logic if I do say so myself. No storyboards here—I'm just not that focused of a creature. The bottom stripe is my wood floor, the one above it is the rug, my two walls of blue and tan, my aqua couches and brown credenza are all represented.
Just making the shapes and sizes relative to the actual objects they represent makes it easier to see the color concept of the room. I can see incorporating gray toned lavender, deep magenta, burnt orange, or navy into the space easily via accessories now that I can see all
No comments