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Text Five. How to Choose the Right Paint Colours for Your Home
Find a photo of an interior in an interior magazine and describe the colour combinations used in it.
Look at the photos below and say what colour schemes are used in these interiors. Prove your opinion.
41. Read Text Five below and match headings a- c with paragraphs 1-3: a. Use Paint to Correct Mistakes; b. Choose the Right Wall Colour; c. Make Accents on Walls.
Painting is one of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to change the look of your home.
Many people associate their first colour selection with their favourite colour but a favourite colour and wall paint sometimes don't mix very well. Colour is always more intense on the wall than it is on a tiny paint chip. When the colour is chosen, designers usually recommend to use a shade lighter and to try this colour on the walls of the room. Lighting at home is usually different from the lighting in the store and changes at different times of the day.
Many paint companies offer small inexpensive test samples. So, a homeowner can paint a small area on the wall of the room before making a final decision. Most paint stores have colour matching machines which are used to match the paint colour and a piece of fabric, a photo or other accessories of the interior.
Professional designers know a general rule: cool colours recede and warm colours advance and they usually practice this rule when they decide which works best for their client's home. However, interior designers sometimes try deep and bright colours on the walls and ignore usual advice that says small rooms should always be painted with light colours because a light colour can not fool anyone into thinking the room has grown much.
Art galleries usually choose white or pale grey backgrounds so the focus stays on the artwork. If the artwork and furnishings aren't fine, interior specialists do just the opposite and use rich, intense colour on the walls and, therefore, make this colour a focal point and first impression of the room.
Paint is often used to compensate for poor architectural details. If there are great moldings in the room, the walls look great in any colour. Whites and beiges highlight the lack of the architecture. On the other hand, bold colours distract the eye and create something special where the builder didn't.
If a room gets too much sun, painting the walls with a cool colour can cool it down. If the room feels too frosty, it can be warmed up with a warm paint colour.
Most people choose whites and off-whites for painting trims and moldings. However, designers sometimes recommend to paint trims glossy black instead because black looks terrific anywhere, from the ultra modern to the traditional styles. If the trims are painted in traditional white or off-white, the walls can be accented with a special feature in another bold colour. For example, double doors can look fabulous in glossy red or orange.
1. Lighting can change during the day.
2. Pale walls usually serve as a focal point in a room.
3. Cool colours warm up a room.
4. A colour matching machine mixes different colours.
5. Dark-coloured walls look closer.
43. Complete the sentences with the ideas from the text above:
- Lighting at home is often different from…
- At the museums the backgrounds are usually …
- White molding can highlight …
- Bright accessories usually …
44. In each group circle the odd one out and prove your choice:
| 1) | a) sample; | b) pattern; | c) example; | d) choice. |
| 2) | a) possible; | b) perfect; | c) ideal; | d) complete. |
| 3) | a) shortage; | b) lack; | c) presence; | d) absence. |
| 4) | a) have; | b) affect; | c) influence; | d) move. |
| 5) | a) terrific; | b) great; | c) strange; | d) fabulous. |
45. Look at the words in bold in the text above and match them with the definitions:
| 1. _____________________ | (adj.) extreme, very strong; |
| 2. _____________________ | (v.) draw away the attention from something; |
| 3. ___________________ | (adj.) smooth and shiny; |
| 4. ____________________ | (n.) shortage or need; |
| 5. ____________________ | (n.) a part which shows what the whole is like; |
| 6. ____________________ | (adj.) hard or impossible to believe; |
| 7. ____________________ | (n.) a narrow, ornamental strip of wood or plaster on the upper wall of a room. |
46. Match the words to make up word combinations. Make up your own sentences with them:
| 1. | to offer test | a) decision; |
| 2. | to make a final | b) the lack of the architecture; |
| 3. | to distract | c) the eye from something; |
| 4. | to highlight | d) samples of the paints; |
47. Match the words in Column A and Column B to make sentences. In pairs, discuss if you agree with the following statements:
| A | B |
| 1. When you find the paint colour you like, | a) with a bright colour. |
| 2. You can paint the walls in a small room | b) white or grey at the art galleries. |
| 3. The backgrounds are usually | c) a sunny hot room. |
| 4. Warm paint colour is a good decision for | d) you should buy a shade darker. |
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