Choosing the right color for different rooms

Choosing the right color for the right room is a difficult task to focus on when designing the the theme of any particular room. These are few ideas which you should consider while choosing the color scheme.
1. Warm colours which jump out at you like reds, oranges and yellows tend to close a space, while receding colours such as blue, green and violet tend to make a room look larger. Although, just to confuse things, the darkest shades of these receding colours, such as navy blue can diminish a room.
2. White or a light neutral coloured walls are generally the best for making a room seem bigger.
3. Paint your skirting boards and mouldings a lighter colour than the walls to make your room look bigger.
4. To create the illusion of higher ceilings and a more open space, paint ceilings white or off-white. Medium to dark colours will make ceiling seem lower - handy for cosying a very high room up.
5. If the colour you've painted on your walls is too much of a shock to the system, you can tone them down by slapping on a lighter or more muted colour over the original using techniques such as rag rolling, sponging, or colour washing.
6. Use warm colours on North facing rooms which don't get a huge amount of sunlight and cool colours on brighter South facing rooms.