How to Choose Office Paint Colors
Paint your office to reflect your business, to set a tone for visiting clients and to make a space where you can be creative and productive. While your paint color options are wide open with a home office, you may need to rein in rampant creativity for a corporate setting. There is still no need to choose bland off-white; many rich colors can be quite neutral, going with the rest of your office decor. Grays with undercurrents of green or blue or warm beige and light browns are all versatile colors that will neither alarm clients nor perturb your boss. Does this Spark an idea?
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Visit a paint store and pick up as many free color swatches as you like. You will naturally gravitate to some color palettes and avoid others--pay attention to the colors you're drawn to, because these are the ones that resonate with you. Don't worry about color trends or what will go with what for now.
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Spread the swatches out in your office. Set aside the ones you like and hold them up to different elements, such as office furniture, flooring and trim, to see how they match. Narrow your choices down to one or two.
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Choose a distinct color for a home office if you want it to feel like a very separate environment. For instance, if the colors in the rest of your home are cool grays and greens, choose an energizing red or warm tan for your office. To make it flow with the rest of your home, pick a similar color in a different shade.
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Take your profession into consideration when choosing office colors. Vivid colors can appropriately express your creativity if you are in the arts, but more conservative colors may be best suited for a financial or legal office where you will meet with clients.
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Buy a quart or tester of each color you have chosen, and paint a large swatch--at least 2 square feet--on your office walls. Don't assume you can accurately predict the color from the little swatch; testing colors first is better than ending up with a paint color you really don't like.
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Consider an accent wall to showcase diplomas, awards and photographs. Pick a color that not only goes well with everything else, but matches the matting or frames.
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