A coat of paint can be one of the easiest—and cheapest—ways to refresh a space. But that means that many times, you're looking for a new color that goes with everything else that's already in the space—from flooring and tile to furniture and artwork. And that's not always an easy feat.

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Understand the Elements of Your Room Colors

As you can tell by the literal thousands of different paint chips and samples out there, there's way more to choosing a paint color than just picking pink or blue. "There are three components of architectural color: Hue, value, and chroma," Krane s

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