It is inexpensive and you can easily repaint if the color is not what you envisioned. Experiment and you will begin to see exciting new possibilities in your home. Just remember, do not necessarily compromise with a safe neutral color scheme if you long to surround yourself with color. If necessary, go with the safer neutrals on expensive items, such as carpet and furniture, but use the color you desire on walls and accents. Think of all the different shades of gray, some are warm with a tint of yellow in them and others are more cool, such as a steel gray.
Neutrals are essential to a well balanced color scheme.
Each of the sixty color schemes in this book have at least one neutral each. Some of the schemes are very neutralized, such as Olde World. Others, like Hawaiian Flower are very vivid and clear colors. As your tastes change, it is easier to give a room a whole new look if the carpet is a neutral, rather than a bright vivid hue. We also don't tend to tire of neutrals as quickly as pure colors.