With a diad, you are only using 2 hues, but you have a large variety of tints, tones and shades to play with. You can get dramatic or keep it simple based on the colors you choose, and highlight textures and patterns.
Below you can see the same design using various shades of blue/green paint and then “white flour”. The design is more dramatic with saturated wall colors and more relaxed with a neutral wall color.
What fun! I love seeing how you played with colour. Using a sophisticated colour scheme like a diad really makes a room look like it was done by a pro!
Thank you Judith! It is a scheme most people have not heard of but so easy to implement.
I absolutely love this. A diad color scheme is serene and harmonious. Perfect and great tutorial.
Thank you so much! I love hearing this from a fellow artist!
I love all of your examples that make it easy for clients to understand what an important role color plays in creating a room!
Thank you Christie. I think color is the magic secret sauce that brings a room to life:)
Love this, MaryAnn and love all your blue/green selections! That rug is striking!
Thank you Janet! It is a beautiful rug!! Something about blues and greens together is just so relaxing and beautiful. Probably because they are the colors of nature, plants and water.
This is wonderful, Mary Ann. I know there were 2 schemes that I was totally drawn to (light & airy and neutral & serene) but I can see some of my clients being drawn to the others.
Thank you! Yes, I think you can take any of these schemes and go more serene and neutral or more dramatic based on your own or a client’s taste. Lot’s of possibilities!