As the first coat of Sherwin-Williams’s “vigorous violet” paint went on Nakisha Straker’s living room wall in late summer, she admits she was scared. With any redecorating project, “never pick your paint colour first,” Halligan advises. “It’s so much easier to match paint to bedding, for example, than match bedding to paint.”Major components such as flooring, cabinetry and sofas will often dictate the palette. There are also painting apps and online tools that let do-it-yourselfers test-drive and match colours virtually. Among interior designers’ 10 most popular paint colours in 2020 were charcoal grey, dark olive, white, forest green and light grey.

Source: The Star December 22, 2021 13:02 UTC