One of the most exciting aspects of painting your  home is the use of color. Color cannot only dramatically change your home environment but is also one of the easiest and least expensive ways to achieve it. Color can infuse your home with life, calm and relax you or rejuvenate your spirit. Color is personal. It can make a bold statement or it can be subdued and mellow.

Color seems to intimidate many people. So Lewis & Lewis Painting Inc.   is now offering color consultation for your painting project. Whether it's a powder room or master bedroom suite; the foyer or the dining room, a color consultation can really pull it all together with the right color combination s.

                                                 Having Trouble Picking Colors?

If you’re not quite sure of which color to choose, we recommend the use of sample boards. For the cost of the sample paint, will be happy to make up sample boards for you to see a larger image of the paint colors you’ve chosen. This often gives our customers the peace of mind that they’ve made the right color choices, .

The most common question I hear from clients is: “What colors should I choose?” This is a very good question indeed, after all this is a decision that they will have to live with for a very long time.

It is generally understood that color combination s which appear pleasing are made up of colors considered to be in harmony or agree with each other. Colors that do not agree with each other (or that clash) are not in harmony.

Some color will already be established for you by things such as the color of your roof, brick chimney, shrubbery and the color of the buildings next door. Your new paint color does not need to be wholly determined by those other colors, but it should not clash with them either. The color of furnishings can guide you in your selection of an interior paint color. Once again, your goal is to harmonize.

I always start with the main color – the color of the wall. What will your wall color be? Well, look around. What colors are the other homes in your neighborhood painted in? Do you like them? Look at the clothes inside your closet. This may give you a clue as to your color preference. I am not trying to be funny here, color associations are very personal.

Once you have your main color, you can apply some easy rules and formulas to create a harmonious color scheme. One way to come up with a harmonious color is to use contrasting (lighter or darker) versions of your main color. Another good way to add a color to your scheme is through the use of a complementary color, found with the help of a color wheel.

The color wheel is a tool that can be used to help you think about color. It is basically a circle of colors represented in the color spectrum. The basic color wheel is laid out so that the primary colors (red, yellow and blue) are divided by secondary colors (orange, green and violet). Complementary colors are direct opposites and lie directly opposite each other on the color wheel. (You can pick up a color wheel in any good art supply store.)