The colour you use can significantly influence the atmosphere of your interior. So it's important to choose the right colour combinations especially when you know that colour, light and space are interconnected. The colours of the floor, ceiling and walls have a considerable impact on how you experience the space. Your choice of colours can make a room feel larger, smaller, wider, narrower, deeper, higher, lighter or warmer!

A room with a light floor and light walls appears extra wide. Too many bright colours though will make it cool and impersonal. will make it cool and impersonal.

Dark walls in a room with a light floor and ceiling tend to emphasise the horizontal lines.

A light floor and ceiling with dark walls make a space seem narrower, deeper and taller.

A dark floor with light walls and ceiling widens the room.

A dark floor and dark ceiling with light walls make the space feel wider and lower.

A dark floor and a light ceiling with dark walls give a sort of basement effect (meaning that the light only comes from above).