Creating Color Flow in Your Home

To help you visualize how color can flow throughout your home, we've created two beautiful paint color palettes. One illustrates the use of soft colors and the other bold colors.

We display both paint color schemes in the same rooms so you can easily see the effects of the different color palettes in the same space. Just click on the link below to see these two options and get some ideas to help you choose coordinating room colors.

View our color flow designs.

Simple Tips on Achieving Color Flow

Selecting the right colors to connect your rooms starts with inspiration. Use a work of art that speaks to you, a favorite vacation spot, home accessories—anything can inspire your new palette of coordinating interior paint colors.

Harmonizing color seamlessly is based on continuity. To achieve this, keep in mind that room and color coordination relies heavily on choosing hues with similar undertones. So if you love reds with blue undertones, look for other colors with blue undertones.

To help you achieve color flow, here are a few tips that can make coordinating your room colors easy:

• Choose one or two common colors for all of your rooms to share (the trim color, for example)
• Alternate primary wall colors with accent colors between rooms (crown molding, French doors, shelves, a fireplace mantel)
• Let each room's color scheme be a slight variation of the adjoining room's color palette
• Use the colors of your design accessories—artwork, draperies, area rugs, throw pillows, upholstery—to help colors flow room to room.

View examples of color flow.

Visit our Color Gallery to explore thousands of beautiful paint colors.

Our Affinity® fan deck of coordinating interior paint colors makes it easy create great color continuity from room to room.