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Playing with colors

Colors can do wonders to your home. It is the least expensive decorating tool and it can do a lot of things. By painting the ceiling and walls differently, your room will shrink in size. You could enlarge a small room by putting lighter toned colors. You could make a long narrow room short by painting one end a darker tone than the side walls. You could widen a narrow room by painting one side wall lighter than the other and using lighting on that side. By using green and blue, you will make a room feel cool and calm while red, yellow and orange will make a room feel warm and exciting. These are only a few of the things that color can do so find out more about how to make color work for you.