Understanding Paint Colors

Selecting paint colors for the interior and exterior of a home can be either frustrating or a tremendous pleasure. Since not all of us are artists or have a feel for design, we often require the assistance of someone who has knowledge of which paint colors go well together, compliment specific finishes and are practical at the same time.

The knowledgeable consultants at Kings Paint outlets are here to help you make choices which are in line with your needs and taste. If you already know what you want you can simply select what you need, but should you require assistance you would be glad to know that our consultants and retail owners have the knowledge to assist you from idea forming and selecting paint colors to the selection of tools and techniques.

Knowledge of the terms used can help you make decisions regarding combinations and as such we gladly share the information with you.

Hue

The term describes what the basis of a specific color is which can be red, green, blue or yellow. Although there can be a large number of variations in lightness or darkness the basis stays the same.

Tint

Whereas shade refers to colors closest to black, the tint refers to the colors closest to white. For example: lighter purple.

Shading

This is used to describe the variations of colors - for instance, darker shades of red. It refers to the color scheme closest to black.

Tone

It refers to the intensity of a color or also the brightness. If pink is added to red it will lighten the tone. The same goes when grey is added to the same color which will darken the tone.

Value

his simply refers to how dark or light the color is; for instance light green, medium green and dark green all have green as the same base - thus hue. They however, have different values.

For the widest selection of paint colors and the best advice on their combinations, get to your nearest King’s Paint outlet.