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How to Use Color Like a Pro

Do you find yourself struggling to create a cohesive color scheme in your own home?  

Do you wonder how interior designers use colors to create a certain mood or feeling in a room?  

It's no secret that color is one of the most important elements of great interior design.  To that end, this course has been created to help you create fantastic color schemes for your own home.  This course will cover everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe what you didn't know that you wanted/needed to know. ) about color in the world of interior design, including:

  • Color theory / color psychology

  • How to use the color wheel in a very practical and useful way

  • How to use color to create different moods in a room

  • How to use color to make your rooms appear larger or smaller than they actually are

  • How to mix patterns like a pro

  • Learn about beautiful color scheme selections for every room in your home based on various factors

  • Learn everything you need to know about paint

We delve deep into the topic of paint, including discussing how many different paint colors you should be using in your home, how to narrow your paint choices, the best white paint colors, how to effectively test out paint colors, and how to transition paint colors from room to room.

Finally, there are exercises in this course as well, to provide you with opportunities to create your own beautiful color schemes. 

This course is a great choice for the novice or aspiring interior designer, or for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to create beautiful interior design color schemes like a pro. 

Join me for a fantastic journey into the world of interior design color schemes.

  I would start with "How to Design a Room in 10 Easy Steps" because most of my other courses are in-depth classes of the concepts touched on in this 10 step class.  Following the 10 Step Course, I suggest moving on to "How to Use Color Like a Pro", followed by "How to Work with Interior Design Styles Like a Pro", then "How to Use Lighting Design to Transform your Home", and finally "Design is in the Details".  My other two courses, "How to Use Minimalist Interior Design to Live your Best Life",  "Use Eco-friendly, Sustainable Design to Improve Your Life", and "How to Design Your Dream Kitchen" are stand alone classes on specialty topics within interior design, and therefore, can be taken in any order.

  • Please be aware that this course, or any of my courses, is not intended to provide all of the knowledge needed to become a professional interior designer.  As with any professional field, there is a significant amount of education and/or experience that is needed to achieve competency in this field.  My intention with these courses is to provide some solid foundational knowledge to assist either those individuals interested in "DIY" interior design to work on their own projects more effectively, or to provide supplemental education to both interior design students and professionals.

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    Length 2 total hours
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    Instructor Erikka Fogleman
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    Language English
    Subjects Art & Design
    Tags Design Interior Design

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    I'm an Interior Designer student and I had a lots of lagoons against the color combinations etc but now I feel more confortable using the color scheme.

    Wall art that is specifically designed to meet a Client's interior design style, interest or theme.

    The course lectures explained the MYSTERY of color choices in Interior Design and Decorating.

    yes good i did not know anything about interior design feel so happy to learn so many things,also the technique of teaching ,Thanks a lot It’s explained clearly and broken down well so easily absorbed Fácil de entender y conciso Amazing!

    I have taken several of Erikka's courses and find that as I watch interior design videos the information really starts to come together ( Scientifically) what interior designers do artistically.

    The instructor cuts to the bone, therefore the course is packed with information and the good thing is that you can stop the fast pace of information and write it down since it is online ;) I was aware before watching the course videos that is most likely would be based on the american style and as a scandinavian most of the examples were way out of the curve for me, or rather I would have sued the interior designer if I ended up with most of the results.

    I used to hate certain colors and know nothing about how to use color in interior design, but now I can understand 300% or more better thanks to this very practical course.

    I really liked this course because it gives you all the notions and concepts you need to use colors on interior design and basically any type of art.

    Really it is sooo helpful course, easy to understand even for non interior designers, interesting, I am really enjoyed it.

    Great course, exactly what I was looking for to learn more about interior design and the use of color!

    I'm very glad that she decided to teach a class on color theory and the psychology of color and how these things apply to interior design.

    If you are looking to remodel your house, or learn more about what an interior designer has to do, then I highly recommend this course.

    The course was great and excellent complement to the other course I completed few days ago (how to work with interior design like a pro).

    If you interested in interior design then this is a Must Take Course.

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    easy to follow

    Having said that, this course does contain one of the most succinct and easy to follow lessons on color theory and temperature that I've ever seen in a class- and I have taken several because it felt like an abyss every time before now.

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    color scheme

    Don't make the mistake of doing this course from beginning to end in one shot, but if you do (just as I did), you'll be relieved to hear that there is a section where all learned info will be pulled together to create a 7-step process to selecting a color scheme, which just helped me tremendously to organise all that knowledge.

    I definitely feel more confident now to choose a proper color scheme for a specific room.

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    my home

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    The section on the psychology of color was my favorite - I knew there was a reason I wanted my home office to be blue!!!

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    Rating 4.4 based on 347 ratings
    Length 2 total hours
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    Cost $14
    From Udemy
    Instructor Erikka Fogleman
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    Language English
    Subjects Art & Design
    Tags Design Interior Design

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