Since lighting affects color, it stands to reason that color changes under varying lighting situations. This can create havoc when choosing paint or wallcovering because a color appears one way in the store and another way in the room.
While in the store, check paint chips and wallcovering samples in daylight as well as under artificial lighting. Store lighting can differ greatly from home lighting.
Take home no more than three different color and wallcovering samples. Fewer alternatives make the final color decision easier.
It's helpful to tape four paint chips together because larger color samples are easier to judge. Cut off white borders, which can be distracting.
If you think the paint chips are correct, buy a quart of paint in this color. Paint a large sample card to hang on the wall. Then cut a large sample of coordinating wallcovering or borrow the sample book to take home.
Judge samples of paint and wallcovering in the room where they will be used. Stand the color samples upright to duplicate the way light strikes a wall surface. Tape or prop wallcovering samples on the walls where they will be hung.
Check your samples from time to time over the course of a 24-hour day. Notice how the color changes under varying lighting situations. If a room is most often used at a particular time of day, look at the color carefully at this time.
Indoor lighting will vary from natural daylight, which has a blue cast at midday and a warm orange tint at sunrise and sunset. Furniture, woodwork and floors reflect their own colors onto the walls. All these factors will affect the appearance of color.
By carefully selecting samples, and observing them in a room during a 24-hour period, you can make your color choices correctly the first time, every time.
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