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Colors of Christmas
Color schemes help us to decide on our decorations more easily and
effectively. Christmas color schemes should be chosen keeping in mind:
- The color scheme of the home
- Favorite holiday decoration
- Color of the fabric most commonly used
- Chosen motifs or focal points such as beaded fruits, fresh apples
and cranberries and pine cones.
- Kids Christmas parties may use colors of candy canes and tinsel.
- Choose colors according to your party theme. Silver, white and
light blue colors are appropriate for a snowflake theme.
- You may get ideas for color schemes from beautiful wrapping
papers, store Christmas displays, photo layouts published in
magazines and even hues of ribbons.
- Match your party color scheme with the interiors of your homes.
Warm tones of gold and red won't go well with icy silvers and
whites.
- Keep harmony in mind. Contemporary black and silver interiors
won't coordinate well with rustic trees, twig garlands and blue
cloth angels.
- Room to room transitions go well if spaces look well-coordinated
by introducing repetition of colors in various ways in different
rooms. Red and green color scheme can use red with green accents in
the living room and green with red accents in the adjacent family
room with all-green dining room and all-red kitchen. It helps to
maintain continuity without being boring.
- Colors of ribbons and bows can either be uniform or in
contrasting colors throughout the Christmas holiday decoration. They
can be of varying widths too - narrower ones for the candlesticks
and wider ones for wreaths and garlands.
- Colors with equal depth harmonize well with each other. Pastels
such as pink, peach, butter, baby blue, lilac and mint look
beautiful together.
- Deep jewel tones such as navy, hunter and deep red make beautiful
combinations.
- Most colors work well with white, ivory and metallic tones such
as brass, gold, silver, pewter and rusted iron.
- Some of tested Christmas home décor color schemes are red
and green; red and white; all-white; any color with gold, white or
silver; white, blue and silver; ivory and brushed gold; sage green,
ivory and pewter; bright purple, blue and green; icy blue, lilac and
silver; beige, brown, golden yellows and rust; forest green,
burgundy and gold; and red, yellow and blue.
- Monochromatic color schemes may look attractive too with
variation of shades. Reds, greens and blues are generally chosen for
such color schemes that can be played down using white accents.
- For monochromatic schemes, play with proportion and texture such
as the size of ornaments and decorations and smooth ribbons, fluffy
garlands and matte to shiny and smooth finishes.
- In colder countries warmer tones of reds, warm yellows, and
golden colors may look more beautiful while warmer countries may use
snow themed and icy cool colors such as blue, lilac, silver and
white. For a unique party, you may like to experiment with almost
neutral color schemes too such as grays and beiges.
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