Colour Confidence: A Practical Handbook to Embracing Colour in Your Home

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Ruth Mottershead is the Creative & Marketing Director of Little Greene, and has been working in her family’s business for 12 years. She is responsible for creating concepts and ideas for upcoming paint and wallpaper collections, choosing colours for new cards and browsing archives at the National Trust for new wallpaper collections. She writes content for the company’s marketing material, manages photoshoots and communicates with Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library’s customers. How does the colour wheel work?

As you grow more confident and add more colour to your wardrobe, getting dressed will become more fun and your creative side will emerge. Wearing bright colours will automatically give your more energy, you will begin to see yourself in a different light. Which of these three characteristics hits you most vividly as you look at yourself? If it’s the depth of your look, you’re probably a Light (Light+Warm or Light+Deep) or a Deep (Deep+Warm or Deep+Cool). If it’s the warmth or coolness of your look, you’re most likely a Warm (Warm+Bright or Warm+Smokey) or a Cool (Cool+Bright or Cool+Smokey) type. Finally, if you have a lot of contrast in your features you’ll be a Bright (Bright+Warm or Bright+Cool) or alternatively if you have mid-depth hair and blended features you’ll probably be a Smokey (Smokey+Warm or Smokey+Cool) type. The 12 colouring types Since our perception of colour is greatly affected by factors such as light and surrounding colours etc, even an apparently achromatic colour can reveal surprising complexity and ambiguity. A brief glance at a Fired Earth paint chart might leave the impression that there are several identical whites but closer inspection will reveal almost imperceptible but important differences. Kylie Jenner names which sister is the closest to daughter Stormi... and even calls her a 'second mother' to everyone including herself

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Ryan Phillippe, 49, posts rare photo with daughter Kai, 12, whom he shares with ex Alexis Knapp of Pitch Perfect fame: 'Pizza was had, Elf was watched' Deciphering what colours go well together depends on where on the colour wheel they sit. Consider creating a tonal scheme which uses varying levels of saturation of one colour. We would recommend using a paler shade of one and a darker hue of another.' What’s the difference between hue, tint and shade?

Serenity: Lighter shades of purple can create a serene and peaceful atmosphere, evoking a sense of tranquility and calmness.

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It’s not always as straight forward as this. Even for those with dark hair and dark eyes, it might be that on looking at your colouring more closely we notice that your eyes really ‘pop’, that’s to say that the whites around your dark eyes make them stand out, giving you a contrasting look. In this case, you may suit one of the Bright palettes better – Bright+Warm or Bright+Cool. The color scheme you use in your home decor can have a profound impact on your mood and perception of your surroundings. Kim Kardashian flashes her busty cleavage and shows off her toned abs as she promotes SKIMS bi-annual sale