The Colour Wheel

Do you consider the colour wheel when choosing a colour to paint the walls in your room? Do you know the difference between monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triad? You may be wondering when picking a simple colour got so complicated. It's completely the opposite, the colour wheel is your best friend! It will help you choose colours that will complement existing flooring, adjacent rooms, it will also add depth and character.

Let's get to the basics to help you understand the full scope. As you can see the colour wheel is separated into 12 different high-concentrated, pure colours. From there, there are three different categories; primary, secondary and intermediate (tertiary).

Primary colours - pure red, blue and yellow

Secondary colours - a combination of two primary colours; orange (red + yellow), green (yellow + blue) and violet (red + blue)

Intermediate (Tertiary) colours - a combination of a primary and secondary colour; red orange, yellow orange, yellow green, blue green, blue violet, and red violet.

Now on to the colour schemes. A colour scheme is based on the principles of the colour wheel. They are a helpful guidelines that can be used to achieve the look you desire. Colour schemes are the combinations or pairings that create an aesthetic look and feel of your room. Thus bringing us back to; monochromatic, complementary, analogous and triad.

Monochromatic - a colour scheme that uses tints and shades of the same colour on the colour wheel. This can be on either end of the scale, soft and subtle or brave and bold.

 Complementary - a colour scheme that uses two colours on opposite sides of the colour wheel

Analogous - a colour scheme that uses adjacent colours on the colour wheel

Triad - a colour scheme that uses three colours that are equally spaced out on the colour wheel

As you can see each room has a flow and compliments each colour within the room nicely.

We would love to see any rooms you've created based on the colour wheel! Share a picture with us on our facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/trendzpaint 

What is "Sustainabiltiy"?

What is sustainability?

With all the buzz around this fancy word many people are probably wondering "what the heck is sustainability?" Well, we're glad you asked!

Sustainability is the relationship between environmental, economic and social dimensions. Some may refer to these as the three pillars. As you can see in the diagram, it's suggested that both economy and society are constrained by the environmental limits.

This is why becoming more consciences about our environment has become so important. Healthy ecosystems provide vital goods and services to humans and other organisms. Without a healthy ecosystem we would not be able to function, there would be no clean water to drink, no fresh air to breathe and no usable land. Thus why so many corporations and businesses are doing their part to become as sustainable as they possibly can.

The Brundtland Commission of the United Nations defined it best, "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs". If everyone could adopt this attitude we'll have a planet suitable for living for many generations to come!

Trendz Painting is committed to working towards becoming sustainable. Check out out our website for more information on our practises and efforts to become more environmentally friendly, and sustainable.