Jan 17, 2010
Cool colours for a fresh start
NEW Year is all about a new beginning, denoting a fresh start and a renewal of your goals and life direction, among others. Nippon Paint would like to start you off on the right track with fresh colours for your home. You don’t need to be an expert to spruce up your place and give it a makeover. However, the fact is that a home makeover doesn’t come cheap. Nippon Paint shares tips to set your makeover project in motion. You will be surprised at how small changes add significant flavour to your lifestyle.
> Kitchen: The heart of the home. It is where good food that nourishes the body and soul come from. The look and feel of your kitchen can influence your mood to cook. Choosing the right colour can be difficult if you do not understand basic colour principles. Here are some helpful tips:
Invigorating Orange
Orange is considered a warm colour, like red but to a lesser extent. Orange expresses energy and symbolises balance, warmth, enthusiasm, vibrance, flamboyance and demands attention. It is perfect to keep the mood to cook alive in the kitchen.
Yellow Awakening
Yellow represents joy, happiness, optimism, idealism, imagination, hope, sunshine, summer, gold and inspiration. Yellow as the main colour teamed with a sweet light red gives your kitchen a simple yet classic look. Recommended product: Nippon Spot-less, as it is low odour and stain-repellant.
>Living Room: The Comfort Zone
For some, the living room is where you gather with family and guests. For others, it is also the television and entertainment area, where after a hard day’s work, you put your legs up, sit back and relax in front of the television. There is no better way than to actually see and feel it with colours.
Green Harmony
Green is one of the most-cited “favourite colours”. It represents nature, the environment, health, renewal, youth, vigour, spring, generosity and is used to represent environmental issues. Its cool quality soothes, calms and has great healing powers. It also has a vibrant and playful vibe. Using green together with a soft cream colour on your walls, creates a well-balanced mood.
Red Vitality
Red and beige-yellow on walls give vibrancy to your entertainment space flooded with natural light. Red is the warmest and most energetic colour in the spectrum. It is associated with love, danger, desire, speed and strength, among other connotations. Recommended product: Nippon Stain Glo for a luxurious stain-like finish.
> Bedroom: All Work And No Play Makes Jack A Dull Boy
The bedroom is considered by many homeowners as the most important room. It is where you sleep and have some measure of privacy. Picking out a colour for this important room is easy, but knowing what other colours complement your chosen shade isn’t always simple. If you prefer simple modernity, you may use one colour for the walls and complement it with your bedroom accessories. The accompanying pictures give you an idea on modern bedroom colour schemes that work.
Mystic Purple
Purple is sophisticated, yet soothing and down to earth. It is also the colour of relaxation and healing and also puts you in the mood – where better a place for this colour than your bedroom, your sanctuary.
Celestial Blue
Blue represents peace, tranquility and calm, stability, harmony, unity, trust and truth, confidence, conservatism, security, cleanliness, order, loyalty, technology, cold and natural elements like sky and water.
Recommended products:
- For walls – Nippon odour-less premium all-in-1 so you won’t feel a thing before and after painting.
- For wood – Refurbish your wooden bed frames or cabinets with Nippon Timber Finish. All colours shown are as close to the actual Nippon Paint Colours as printing technology permits.
> For more inspirational ideas, log on to www.nipponpaint.com.my or call 1800-88-2663 for more details.
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