Rev. 9/09 t.wymore
Changing Color Schemes of a Room
PART 1
1. Create a email at GMail:
type in gmail in google search box
click on first site
Click on “Create Account”
Fill in all fields with *
Use your lusername and password from school
2. Type in address bar: http://www.bhg.com
3. Left side of screen click on “Join Now”
Create a Better Homes and Gardens account
using your school username and password
4. Click on Decorating Tab
5. Click on Color-A-Room
6. Click on “Get Started Now” button
7. Click Select a room; Click the drop down box
Select LIVING ROOMS and choose one
you like.
8 Click on the “Color This” tab and select under the
“Color Tab”.
9. Under the “Color Tab” click on the down
arrow under “Palette” and choose
between “Vespar Lowe”, “Basic”
or “Neutral”
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PART 2 : LIVING ROOM COLOR SCHEMES
1. Create a cool color scheme for your living room. Save as “Cool”
2. Change the walls from light to medium and then to a dark value. View how
the room’s appearance changes based on the value of the paint on the
wall. Save the different color values using a different name each
time.
Ex: “Cool Light Value”, “Cool Med Value”, “Cool Dark Value”
3. Create a warm color scheme for your living room. Save as “Warm”
4. Change the walls from light to medium and then to a dark value. View how
the room’s appearance changes based on the hue’s value of the paint on
the wall. Save the 3 rooms again.
Ex: “Warm Light Value”, “Warm Med Value”, “Warm Dark Value”
5. Change the palette color to “Neutrals” and create a Neutral color scheme
for your living room. Save this room as “Neutral”.
6. You now should have 7 rooms saved.
Print 1 of the saved Living Rooms on the Colored Printer.
PART 3 : BEDROOM COLOR SCHEMES
1. Click Select a room; Click the drop down box
Select BEDROOMS and choose one
you like.
2. Create an Analogous scheme, a Complementary, and an Accented
Neutral color scheme. You may want to use a pattern in your bedroom
Design. Save as: “Analogous”, “Complementary”, Accented Neutral”,
and “Triacdic”
3. Print 1 of the saved Living Rooms on the Color Printer.
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