the decorists seeks to innovate  new painting ideas to create the desired physiological effect. this effect depend  on using color or texture … for example the most famous techniques all over the world now are sponging and ragging, it relies on using a piece of sponge or cloth, in a special technique , we can play with color to give the wall a warm look as if it is covered with cloth or leather, not painted with oil colors.

in addition there’s the frutage style to give the demanded color effect, it depends on creating colored wrinkles showing multiple colors using journals papers or plastic  bags… also you can combing the color with a special comb brush to show lines and zigzags in the wall texture, or you can use the brush in a radial way to create a merged effect look like clouds.

rough walls is the latest trend in painting, you can easily have it using putty & putty knife, to get unusual look like cloth you can comb the putty in longitudinal and latitudinal lines, separate lines, to have the look of linen textile or other cloth.

painting colors come in 3  shapes glossy, matt, & semi gloss. glossy colors are the new trend now cause it’s matching with the general trend to create more lighting splendid atmospheres. it’s easily to clean, but it doesn’t mean that the matt colors is the first choice cause it’s easy to use, cheaper than the glossy, very effective in hiding wall defects & doesn’t cause glare which more suitable to see things and show the beauty of glossy accessories.

lately the international painting companies have produced a new kind of paint, it’s transparent used as the last layer over the original paint to give brightly look with light, also they’ve produced another kind of paint gives the look of rough leather.

how to get a successful color?

you may have a colored disaster if you just depended on choosing lovely beautiful colors without taking another factors like light in view, light is a magical spell it can transform beautiful to disgraceful, so always try the color tone in the day light, and notice it’s shades and tones along the day …. also take care from day light opens if it was too much it will give lighter tone of color and it may not mach with the rest of decor features, also if  the day light opens was not enough it will give darker unfavorable look to paint color, so always try the paint tone on the wall you want to paint.

also it’s important factor that the color matching with the age of the house,  painting old house with it’s high doors, high roofs using modern color tones it will decrease the beauty value of the place.

it’s important to mach the color tones, materials, with the architectural style and the historical value, the location of the room have an important role in selecting room color, eastern room, loses it’s advantage if you paint it with dark color that absorbs light, it rises it’s temperature . but the northern rooms needs warm colors like red, orange, purple… mixing color is the most important step it needs a well trained eye & a professional hand to get the wanted color. black and white is the two main colors in mixing, now paints companies produce a lot of tones for every color and it give code for every tone that you can select it easily and get the same exact color every time you want to, also you can get the color of any cloth by giving them a sample and they will make it specially for you.