What does the color of your home’s interior or exterior paint say about you? 7 keys to color communication
How do you describe yourself? Are you conservative, bold, fun-loving, sophisticated, and even more so, how much do you want to communicate this in a non-verbal way?
You can do it with your choice of paint colors. It’s a not-so-subtle communication about your personality and lifestyle.
You can of course use this both ways. Do you want to be more “undercover”? Do you want it to be a secret or a surprise? See how comfortable you are with colors and color combinations that go against your innate attractions and inclinations.
It’s a bit different, of course, whether we’re talking about the exterior of your home versus the interior.
Interiors are much more flexible, and it’s much easier to make them more expressive with interior colors, then change them as you please.
7 keys to color communication
1. Extroverts: They typically like to wear bright, contrasting colors and patterns that say, “Look at me.”
2. Introverts: They tend to be drawn to a more thoughtful color style. Soft blue, green and lavender in muted tones whisper “I love quiet places.” These are good colors to create meditative spaces.
3. Style Conscious: Add some unique colors to the mix by keeping an eye on current trends in color and design.
4. Sophisticated: Subtle or dramatic. Color preferences are often neutral based, using metal and stone colors with accents of shimmer or depth.
5. Happy and sunny: The effusive and optimistic personality is energetic and loves to share, in yellows and oranges they are combined with floral and garden colors. The message: “I want you to enjoy this too!”
6. Serious Individual: Go for earthy “neutrals” with stronger color accents in a monochrome-style palette. Some stronger color hit shows the sense of adventure in this person.
7. Adventurer: An eclectic personality and palettes drawn from sources ranging from natural and earth tones to “high-tech color” accents and international hues exemplify these individuals. There is a tendency to change color styles, accessories and paint the walls at any time.
Tips for Outer Expression
While exterior colors can be expressive as well, it’s obviously a much bigger commitment when painting the exterior of your home. You probably won’t be changing the color palette of your home’s exterior very often. But when you do, you can still keep this in mind, along with all other considerations, to create a custom home with exterior color.
Body Colors – Stand out beautifully with a deeper color than your neighbors wear.
Trim: Make it contrast with the body, but it doesn’t have to be white!
Accents: This is your place to be more expressive, with a bold complementary color.
Historic Buildings – Even color palettes for historic homes or other properties can include a bit of personal expression.