analysis: The Power of Painting Your Home with Earthy Color Tones

What are Earth Tone Colors?

Notes:

• When you think of earth tones, do you imagine a droll color palette with various hues of brown, cream, and gray? That doesn’t seem like it would be very powerful, does it?
• While neutral colors like these are indeed earth tones, every shade belonging to them still only encompasses only a small section in the prism of color that earth tones include.
• Greens, blues, yellows, oranges, reds, violets: all of these colors are found in nature and multiple shades and hues of each color are considered earth tones.
• Some earthy paint color examples to view:
  1. Green Tones
  2. Blue Tones
  3. Yellow Tones
  4. Brown Tones
  5. Orange Tones
  6. Red Tones
  7. Violet Tones

• • Green Tones:

    Green is everywhere in nature. You find it in the trees, shrubs, lawns, and all types of plant life. But what you want for the interior is a softer green that tilts towards olive and the darker tones.

    Earthy Green
    	Earthy Green Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Olive	view sample
    	– Moss	view sample
    	– Seaform	view sample

  • Other Green Tones
    	Shades of Green Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Blue Tones:

    Blues are fun to work with – especially for bathrooms and living spaces where you can bring in the coastal colors of the blue sky and the ocean waves – with all shades in between.

    Earthy Blues
    	Earthy Blue Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Teal	view sample
    	– Sky	view sample
    	– Cornflower	view sample

  • Other Blue Tones
    	Shades of Blue Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Yellow Tones:

    It is easy to spot yellow when the daffodils bloom in the spring followed by the magnificent sunflower later in the summer. Yellow if found in the bright flowers that cover the landscape:

    Earthy Yellows
    	Earthy Yellow Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Aspen	view sample
    	– Dusty Yellow	view sample
    	– Straw	view sample

  • Other Yellows Tones
    	Shades of Yellow Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Brown Tones:

    You find browns in the wood barks, the soil, and especially the harvest. But there are a lot of earthy browns that lean toward charcoal and the dingy gray:

    Earthy Browns
    	Earthy Brown Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Brown Gray	view sample
    	– Prairie Dusk	view sample
    	– Tumbleweed	view sample

  • Other Brown Tones
    	Shades of Brown Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Orange Tones:

    Orange comes with fall festivals – and those Tuscany sunsets that incorporate the Italian feel of a summer afternoon:

    Earthy Oranges
    	Earthy Orange Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Dirty Orange	view sample
    	– Faded Orange	view sample
    	– Orange Lily	view sample

  • Other Oranges Tones
    	Shades of Orange Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Red Tones:

    Red is bold – and that is what you see in the beautiful sunsets and fall colors. Lean towards the burnt and brown reds to match the colors of fall and summer evenings:

    Earthy Reds
    	Earthy Red Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Charred Clay	view sample
    	– Redwood	view sample
    	– Brown Red	view sample

  • Other Red Tones
    	Shades of Red Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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  • Violet Tones:

    Violent could be a tough color to work with. But you can soften the color by picking those summer flowers of lavender, orchids and other violent favorites:

    Earthy Violets
    	Earthy Violent Paint Colors	view sample
    	– Lavender	view sample
    	– Orchid	view sample
    	– Heather	view sample

  • Other Violet Tones
    	Shades of Violet Paint Colors	view ideas
    	– for Living Room	view ideas
    	– for Kitchen	view ideas
    	– for Bedroom	view ideas
    	– for Bathroom	view ideas

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Influential Power

Notes:

• Understanding Color:

  The study of color, also known as chromatics, has provided a vivid insight into the way people respond to different colors in their environments: home, school, work, the mall, hotels, doctors’ offices, and so on.

• Earth tones influence how our emotions respond to each room at home. Along with color, your intention for a room’s use has an influential power on the effectiveness and atmosphere that each room has.
• The way you intend to use a space in your home may be very different from the traditional use. The color you choose for each room should complement the activities and usage you intend for that space.

• Using Textures:

  Furthermore, textured wall paint enhances the elegance that earth tones provoke, no matter what room they imbue. Marbled colors on your walls, or even on the ceiling or the floor make the surface they’re on look more luxurious.

• Another texture you might consider is a velvety matte finish, especially in rooms where intimacy and comfort are elements of the room’s intended use.
  1. Type Paint Finishings
  2. Paint Styles

• • Types of Paint Finishes:

    Most interior paints come with approximately 6 types of paint finishings as listed below. From flat paints (with zero shine) to semi- and high-gloss paints (with high shine). The type of finishing depends on the room and traffic.

  • Paint Finishes
    	1: Flat Finish	view
    	2: Matte Finish	view
    	3: Eggshell Finish	view

    (1 low shine to 6 high shine)
    	4: Satin Finish	view
    	5: Semi-Gloss Finish	view
    	6: High-Gloss Finish	view

    

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    • Flat:
      ceilings, media rooms, low traffic areas that will splotch the paint.
    • Matte:
      bedrooms, living spaces, entryway, dining rooms.
    • Eggshell:
      living rooms, family room, kitchen, hallways.
    • Satin:
      kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room, mud room.
    • Semi-Gloss:
      trim, moldings, doors, cabinetry, and areal with high activity and moisture.
    • Gloss:
      highest reflective sheen – very durable and easy to clean – use in high activity areas.

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  • An Now For the Styles Textures:

    The type of paint styles and textures will vary. It all depends on the room and textured that will match the decor. Some paint styling to consider:

  • Painting Styles (from google images)
    	Accent	for walls	for rooms
    	Ombre	for walls	for rooms
    	Sponging	for walls	for rooms
    	Rag Rolling	for walls	for rooms
    	Color Wash	for walls	for rooms
    	Taping	for walls	for rooms
    	Metallic Fusion	for walls	for rooms
    	Fresco	for walls	for rooms
    	Benoni	for walls	for rooms

    Why Warm Weather:

    Spring and Summer is great time to paint your interior rooms. And a nice paint job is one way to refresh and redecorate your room with complimentary decor. It’s all about color, style and the finish!

    

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    The weather is warm for the paint to dry quickly – the weather is warm when you can open the windows to diffuse any paint smells – the weather is warm where you can enjoy your new paint look with the bright sunshine streaming into the room.

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    	Getting Ready to Paint the Interior Rooms this Summer

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Intentional Influence

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Notes:

• Selecting Color:

  Being intentional with the colors you paint in each room will prove a small challenge with massive rewards. It takes time to consider how each room will be used and what colors will optimize those intentions as a primary focus.

• Then you’re left with discovering complementary accent colors and types and colors of furniture and decor.

• Some Example:

  Say you’re a single man working from home as the data entry clerk. You have a three-bedroom and two-bath house. One bedroom is a home office where you do all of your work. Another bedroom is rentable on a short-term basis, similar to an Airbnb rental space.

• You want your office to evoke your focus, determination, and success. You choose to brighten three of your walls with a soft mushroom color, a light gray-brown. You decide to use saffron orange on the fourth wall to hang your whiteboard and pegboard and to create a vision wall for manifesting success.
• Finally, the molding at the top and base of the walls and the frames around the door and windows get a medium charcoal-ash point.

• • Home Office (google images)
    	Home Office Ideas	view
    	– for Him	view
    	– for Her	view
    	– Small Spaces	view
    	– Design	view
    	– w/ Library	view
    	– Study Room	view

    Why Home Office:

    Since the global pandemic started in 2020, the world of office working has definitely evolved. Remote working is now seen as a more positive solution due to employees being more flexible and getting the right work and personal life balance.

    So now more than ever before, it is important to have a good home office solution set up.

    

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    This includes:

    1) dedicated, sophisticated space that can be secluded from tempting distractions; and

    2) getting the right furniture and accessories for productive work and output.

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    	Home Office Solutions

• The rental room, however, has the same charcoal-ash trim and frame paint, which you used to paint the doors and wooden furniture. The walls that stand opposite each other are paired with the same paint.
• Two of them are a silvery olive color with a marbled texture. The other two walls are painted in a velvety, matte texture in a rich, deep teal blue-green. The room is dark but soft and peaceful.

• The Takeaway:

  See how the colors are influenced by room use? This office we imagined is informal, yet invokes productivity and ambition. The rental room is a restful, gentle place for your guests.

• Colors represent our personality but also signal different emotions to our brain. The next time you need to throw some new color on your walls, consider these above tips.

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  the style you use when painting your home with earthy color tones?