Using Colour Wheel in Interior Decoration

What is a color wheel? If you love colors and you want to decorate your room, or the whole house you need to know about this color basic wheel. I will give you some examples for using this color guidance in decorating, from different sources.

The color wheel is a color circle, based on red, yellow and blue, is traditional in the field of art. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colors in 1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept.

Differences of opinion about the validity of one format over another continue to provoke debate. In reality, any color circle or color wheel which presents a logically arranged sequence of pure hues has merit.

There are also definitions (or categories) of colors based on the color wheel. 

colour wheel

Monochromatic: a one colour scheme can incorporate several values of the colour to keep it from looking monotonous. Various textures help ehance the single colour scheme.

A monochromatic color scheme for the porch (via The Paramus Post)

Related/Analogous: This scheme uses three to five colours and includes one of three primary colours (red. yellow and blue). the related/analogous colours are the colour segments showing on either side of the primary colour. Varying the value and intensity of the colours is beneficial. 

Yellow, yellow-green and green bedroom via homedeco2u

Complementary: these schemes use colours that are opposite each other on the wheel, such as red and green or blue and orange. The result is usually vibrant and lively. It works best if one colour dominates and the other severs as a contrast. 

Blue and orange living room via alkemie

Triadic: Red, yellow and blue
this shceme uses three colours that are equidistant on the colour wheel, such as red, yellow. blue. One colour can be used as the dominant colour and the other two as accents.

 Red-yellow-blue bedroom via designintell

Split complementary: This scheme is one that uses any colour from the wheel in combination with the two colours that are directly opposite the one chosen. For example, you could use violet, yellow green and yellow orange.

via homedeco2u

and the last one is achromatic. There are colours in the white through to black range. Achromatic schemes are restrained and sophisticated. 

via housedesigndb

Hope this help to give you an idea how to decorate your room using the colour wheel. It's fun! Next week I'll talk more about the psychology of colour.