And this combination works great as it creates a room that looks attractive and warm despite using fairly dark shades of blue.
Two-Tone Walls Ideas: Create A Color Blocking Accent Wall
Two-tone walls are a simple and affordable way to create an interesting accent wall. By combining two different colors on one wall you can create an interesting look in your home. From the living room to the bedroom and from large rooms to small spaces, two-toned walls are a great feature in interior design.
A two-tone wall is created by combining a lighter color with a darker color. It is used to make the ceilings feel higher or to accentuate a part of your home.
Whether your interior style is bold and colorful or if you prefer neutral color tones. You can create a half-painted wall with any color that will suit your interior style.
There are a couple of things to consider when you want to create a two-tone wall, and it’s not just the colors you want to use. In this article, you will learn everything you need to know about a two-tone wall, from the color choices to an easy step-by-step plan on how to create the perfect two-tone wall in your interior.
A Horizontal or a Vertical Two-Tone Wall
A two-tone wall can be painted in two ways: a horizontal and a vertical two-tone wall. What the best feature is for your home depends on what you want to accentuate in your home.
A Vertical Two-Tone Wall
With a vertical two-tone wall, you create a division with paint from the ceiling to the floor. This is a good idea if you have a multifunctional room and you want to accentuate a specific area. Another benefit of a vertical two-tone wall is that it makes your ceiling height look higher.
For example, when you have a long living room and you want to accentuate the dining room in this space, it might be a nice idea to add a vertical two-tone wall to create a cozy dining area. The two paint colors will create separated zones while still having a big open-plan space.
A Horizontal Two-Tone Wall
The most common two-tone wall idea is the horizontal two-tone wall, also known as a half-painted wall. By adding a horizontal two-tone wall you can create an optical illusion, not only will your room look longer but by adding a light color tone on the top half of the wall, your ceilings will also look higher.
The Position of the Light and Dark Color in a Two-Tone Wall
You also have to decide which color you put on the bottom half of your wall and which color goes on top. Most people put a darker shade on the bottom half of the wall and a lighter shade on the top half of the wall. By adding the lighter color tone on the top part of the wall, you make your ceilings look higher and thus your room will feel larger.
But you can choose to paint the top half of the wall in a dark color. This will create a more cozy effect and when you have high ceilings in your home this is certainly a great option.
This Scandinavian apartment uses two shades of blue in the kitchen. The darker shade is put on the top and the lighter shade at the bottom. The two colors are not too far apart so it’s a subtle but very nice paint accent.
Another great example of a darker color above the lighter color is in this dining room. The historic home has high ceilings, and painting the top part in a darker color creates a more cozy room. The paint colors used in this dining room are Steel V and Steel II by Paint & Paper Library.
15 Awesome Two Tone Wall Ideas
The first two tone wall idea that we created is this beige and white wall paint. Both of these color combinations produce soft and calm wall nuances and can be used for various types of interior design styles.
In this example, we use these two colors in a farmhouse-style room, and the result is good enough to create a soft, natural impression that is needed in any farmhouse-style interior design.
The combination of these two colors can be used in any room in your home, from the bedroom, living room, and even in the kitchen.
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Monochromatic White and Light Gray Wall Paint Color
Monochromatic is a concept where we use natural palette colors with single base hue and extended using its shades, tones, or tints. We can apply two tone wall paint effects using a monochromatic style such as in this wall design.
Here we use white and light gray which produce minimalist but beautiful monochrome color combinations. This combination is very suitable to use in any room that requires calm and relaxing ambient, such as in the bedroom.
Brown and Beige Two Tone Wall for Bedroom
This is another awesome monochromatic 2 tone wall paint concept that comes in bold and glam looks. The brown and beige had similar tone but comes with intense contrast, thus they can compliment each other while still looks perfectly harmonious.
The beige part of the wall spread a lot of light and bright vibe, while the brown part provide glam and elegant looks that blend together creating a stunning visual appearance.
To add more richness, you can try some unique brown shades, such as chocolate brown, brunette, or espresso brown.
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How to Mix Skin Tones
Why is it that mixing skin tones is so darn difficult? Mixing beautiful greens for grass is easy enough. Mixing realistic blues for skies and water is easy enough, but skin tones – that’s a different story. So, why are they are hard to mix and how can we make it easier on us all?
The truth of the matter is that skin tones are complex colors. Simply mixing two colors with equal parts is not going to get the job done. It will take several colors to get the color “right”. The complexity deepens when you consider that a range of values and color temperatures can exist on one face. And let’s not forget that no two skin tones are exactly the same. It’s easy to want to reach for that pre-made “flesh tone” at this point, but resist the temptation!
Let’s step back for a moment and simplify things a bit. But before we do, let me make this disclaimer – Portrait artists approach painting in different ways, so the way of mixing I present here may not be best for you, it’s simply how I approach mixing skin tones.
Establishing Your Base Tone
The first color that should be mixed will establish a base tone for the face. This color should be the general tone of the subject and will be the foundation on which we build the values and temperatures in the portrait. While all skin tones are different, a blend of the colors red, yellow, brown, and white will result in a suitable foundation color. Some skin tones will require more red, while others will require more white and so on. But for most subjects, a mixture of these four colors works nicely.
A little saying that I use to help my students remember the colors used for base skin tone mixing is… “Red, yellow, brown, and white – that’s how to mix your skin tones right.”
Getting the Values Right
Just like with painting or drawing any other subject, light will react on the surface of the face. The light will affect the values and color temperatures that should be found in your painting or drawing. We can create these values and temperatures by adjusting the base tone that we created.
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Let’s start with the values. The first suggestion is to throw out your tube of black. You don’t need it. Mixing black with your skin tone will just muddy the color, making it look gray. Instead, the colors that should be used to make values darker are brown (burnt umber, raw umber) and blue (phthalo). A mixture of blue and brown will create a “natural black” that will produce natural looking tones. An added benefit is control over the temperature. If you need shadows that are cooler in temperature, mix your darker values with more blue. If a warmer shadow is what you are after, add more brown.
Lighter values should be mixed by adding white with the base tones. However, be cautious. White can mute colors when over-used and “wash out” natural tones. Seldom is an area on a face “white”.
Color Temperature
Color temperature is the warmth or coolness of the color. It doesn’t have to be complicated. The more that you add a warm color to your base tone, the warmer it gets. The more that you add a cooler color to your base tone, the cooler it gets. The trick is recognizing whether a color is cool or warm, and it all starts with your light.
Not all light is warm. And not all highlights are warm. You may find areas on your subject where the light is very light, but slightly cool in temperature. For most highlights, the color temperature will be warm. For shadows, the color temperature varies from warm to cool.
Areas of the face will change in color temperature. For example, areas around the nose and checks tend to be more red, making the temperature warmer. Pay close attention to subtle changes in color, value, and temperature and include them in your work. Don’t be afraid to be bold with contrasting these areas. It’s the contrast in value, color, and temperature that leads to the illusion of form.
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