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4: Choose a Color Scheme
Everybody has favorite colors and color combinations, but
many people don't know what they like. Look analytically at
your wardrobe and you'll see colors you obviously like - since
you choose to wear them! Some of your clothing - a scarf or
tie for instance - likely has patterns incorporating several
colors. Look at how well these colors go together, and you'll
get an idea of how to select your multicolored palette for
decorating. Successful decorating schemes work well when they
use a maximum of three colors. One should be the main color
(used on the walls or for window treatments or carpeting,
since these are the biggest surfaces to decorate); the other
one or two colors should be used in smaller amounts as accents.
Many patterned fabrics and wallcoverings make choosing a color
scheme easy because they contain a good combination of colors,
which you can see at a glance work well together. Wallcovering
books are particularly useful because the coordinating patterns
are presented side by side
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an appealingly decorated room, fabrics and wallcoverings
do not contain more than three or, at most, four different
patterns; they also have common elements, such as motifs
and colors. You can create a dynamic space by combining
stripes, plaids or checks and floral, in both small - and
large-scale patterns, as long as there are some solid
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