Inspiration From Nature

We see fabulous color schemes all around us all the time but we are usually too busy to notice.

The pink of a blossom against the dark brown of bark. Golden sand against blue sea. A silver birch tree against a sunny blue sky.

We took this photograph using a digital camera in parkland near our home - that's our dog Billie taking a paddle in the lake.

We picked out colors from isolated sections of the picture, as you can see from the color samples and the indicator lines.

These colors can be matched to color sample swatches from decorating stores so you can purchase them as wall paint or woodwork paint.

Now you have a group of colours you can use to create wall features, and soft furnishings.

These kinds of colours are ideal for a bedroom because they are relaxing, and neither hot nor cold. They are inoffensive but not boring.

Need color ideas for a kitchen? Why not go to your local fruit and vegetable market and see what you can discover? Have you ever looked at a bowl of fruit and thought the colors of the various fruits didn't go together? Of course not.

Once you start to look around you'll begin to see color scheme inspiration everywhere.

Our favourite tip - take a digital camera and go out snapping. Once you start to look at the pictures you have with color in mind you'll be amazed at what you begin to notice.