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Sunlight is the purest light out there, allowing for the most balanced viewing experience of colors. But even so, the intensity of sunlight changes as the day goes on, and when it\u2019s nighttime you\u2019ll be faced with artificial lighting anyway. So how do you choose a color that you love the best? By putting it to the test.<\/p>\n How Sunlight Affects Paint Color:<\/strong> Sunlight is lower on the horizon in the morning, so it is warmer in color. It creates a rather yellow-looking space. As the morning dries up into noon, the yellow gradually makes its way to a bluer tone.<\/p>\n How Lightbulbs Affect Paint Color:<\/strong> When the sun isn\u2019t up to light your home anymore, it\u2019s time to flip the switch and rely on the color-changing qualities of whichever lightbulbs you\u2019ve got in your home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Incandescent<\/strong>\u00a0bulbs<\/strong> produce a yellow light that strengthens warm colors and weakens cool colors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Halogen\u00a0bulbs<\/strong> are brighter and whiter, rather similar to sunlight! These bulbs allow you to view color in their truer form.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fluorescent bulb<\/strong>s are the opposite of Incandescent bulbs. They produce cool blue light that intensifies cool colors and dulls warmer colors.\u00a0\u201cSoft white\u201d<\/strong> fluorescent bulbs act similar in terms of warmth to incandescent bulbs, but tend to make every color look washed out.\u00a0\u201cFull-spectrum\u201d<\/strong> fluorescent bulbs are pricey, but great if you want to quite accurately mimic natural sunlight!<\/p>\n A good rule of thumb: incandescent and halogen bulbs usually make reds and yellows feel warmer. But if you want bluer walls in a room with these sorts of bulbs, not to worry! Just choose a blue hue with red tones!<\/p>\n How does this apply to shades?<\/strong> Things to Consider When Choosing Paint:<\/strong> Similarly, paints with a higher gloss level will reflect more light than a more matte color. Glossier paints usually brighten and amplify the color.<\/p>\n Try and find a color that best balances the gloss level, the lighting involved, and the other colors of the room. It\u2019s really important to take the color swatches home with you and test them out during night and day, with and without indoor lights.<\/p>\n And here is a fun fact: cooler colors in the gray, gray-green, gray-blue, lavender, and taupe family are particularly affected by lighting conditions! So if you go for paint in those colors, you\u2019re bound to have a room that really appears to change colors! Who says watching paint dry isn\u2019t fun?!<\/p>\n If you\u2019re reading this indoors, take a look at the walls around you. Do you notice that some areas appear to be a slightly different color from the others, depending on which way they\u2019re facing and how far they are from any source of light? Weird, right? And if you want to see something even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=848"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":862,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848\/revisions\/862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cellularwindowshades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a>
\nIf your kitchen faces east, it gets a nice blast of strong sunlight early in the day. However, it will look totally different at dusk. Conversely, your westward-facing living room may look shadowy and sleepy in the morning, but will glow warmly in the evening.<\/p>\n
\nBefore we go any further, allow me to remind you that \u201cWarm Colors\u201d are made with the colors red, orange, yellow, or any combination of the three. Cool colors are made with green, blue, and purple, or any combination of those.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nOur light filtering shades do a good job at softening the sunlight, but believe it or not, the color of the fabric you choose can play a role in how light is dispersed and how it affects the coloration of your room, as well! If you choose shades that are a warm hue, the sunlight will create more of a glow on the other colors of the room. Darker colored shades, like Espresso or Flute, will mute surrounding colors, whereas our lighter fabrics like Alto and Manuscript will allow surrounding colors to be shown in a brighter light!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nLighter colored paints are more reflective than darker ones, so if you\u2019re painting a room that doesn\u2019t get much natural light, or a little nook within a larger room, go for a lighter tint of the original color to create a nice balanced light flow.<\/p>\n<\/a>