Painting Goals: Create a Larger or Smaller Space

Another question to ask yourself before going to the paint store is whether the room to be painted feels too small or too large?  Using the right color paint can create the illusion of a more intimate room or a more open one.

The same room painted in a warm yellow color gives the impression of a smaller space than one painted in a cool green.  Warm colors advance; cool colors recede to the naked eye.  So if your room is overly large, paint it in the red, orange, or yellow spectrum and in the blue, green and violet spectrum if it's small.  Notice the blue ceiling paint in the receding example.  A light, pale blue gives the feeling of more height.