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Step 1
Make color choices based on the style of the house itself. The color schemes chosen for an old Victorian home, a beach cottage and a Spanish Hacienda are not likely to be the same. Each of those styles evokes a particular motif that will undoubtedly have an impact on color options.
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Step 2
Choose colors based upon the decorating motif. Different motifs like jungle, Oriental or Southwestern and all of the decor that will go with them will have an impact on the ultimate color choices made.
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Step 3
Pick colors based on the family's personal tastes. Many people have definitive ideas about the colors that should go into their houses. Such preferences should always be taken into consideration in choosing a color scheme. If people are not comfortable in the space, it won't be a great match.
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Step 4
Make color choices based upon the furnishings to go into the house. Most people can't afford to buy all new furniture when they move into a house. Therefore, the color scheme of the home must complement their existing furnishings.
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Step 5
Choose colors that go with the surroundings of the house. A house set in the middle of the woods elicits one type of feeling, while one set in the middle of the desert elicits something else altogether. There can be a sense of great harmony in choosing a color scheme that fits in with the home's surroundings.
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Step 6
Pick colors that are popular at the time the house is being painted. The color schemes of the 1960s were earthy in olive greens, rich browns, deep golden yellows and burnt oranges. The 1970s moved into Colonial blues, pink mauves and deeper greens. The 1980s leaned toward the Southwest's peaches and corals, teals and muted greens. The color of the moment (year or decade) are seldom wrong.
