Color scheme should be based upon the certain concept and concept depends upon the nature of space.

So, concepts changes for formal space or informal space; whether you want to have fresh effect or aged effect; whether you want to have organized discipline or controlled chaos.The first considerations are the orientation of the room, existing finishes, furniture and the artifacts to be placed in room.In the absence of these, the importance should be given to unique things which are difficult to obtain such as piece of art, marble for flooring, antique carpet because the variety of fabrics and paints is available in market in plenty. So, the reverse order shall be more difficult to accomplish.For planning a color scheme, we must consider three main components of shell Walls, floors, ceiling ,Proportions of the room,Balance of solids and voids 1. Walls, floors, ceiling People feel more comfortable in room with light ceiling, medium walls and dark floors and it corresponds to the color of sky, foliage and earth respectively. 2. Proportions of the room If a room is too large, the effect can be subdued by using dark colors and complementary color schemes. If the room is too small, it can be made to appear larger by the use of light colors and monochromatic and analogous color schemes. 3. Balance of solids and voids It determines the amount of light entering into a room. If a room lighted more than the desired comfort level, then the effect can be subdued by use of dark colors. If amount of light entering into the room is lesser than the desired level then the effect can be subdued by use of light colors. It depends on the extent of windows in a room.Proportions of each color in a color scheme are also important. You have to balance entire design scheme by use of light and dark colors. You have to identify the objects which are to be painted with light color or dark color. So, smaller objects should be in dark colors.Choice of color scheme also depends upon the nature of projects. For residential areas, harmonious color schemes (monochromatic or analogous) are preferred and preferably cool colors are used on southern sides and little bit of warm colors are used on northern side (Indian context).For Health Centers, soothing colors are used with a little bit of warmth such as combination of off-whites and browns.For Hotels and Restaurants bright and warm colors are used with complimentary color schemes. These colors are used to provide stimulating and exciting effects. Examples: red, yellow, orange with complimentary colors.For Nursery Schools, bright colors like red and yellow with complimentary color schemes are used which depicts childhood.

Red depicts childhood Yellow depicts youth Green depicts maturity Blue depicts old age

Colors are also important for Exterior Faade. Color concept for exterior faade depends upon the whether building should merge with surrounding or it should be isolated with the surrounding.When building is to merge with surroundings, colors used are greens, light browns, blues which are close to nature.For building which should be isolated from surrounding red, magenta colors are used.Larger areas on faade should be painted with light colors with small horizontal bands painted in dark colors.Colour, like key elements in the other arts, has its own set of terms, which must be introduced here.
a. Hue - The term 'hue' denotes colour, any colour. It means the name of a colour and can be used interchangeably with the word 'colour'. Each hue in the spectrum has its own characteristic. Some are bright, some are dull; some are dark, some light, some are strong, some weak. In addition, when juxtaposed, hues affect each other's appearance. b. Value - Value denotes the lightness or darkness factor, ranging from black to white. Colours in their pure state range in value, from light (approaching the supreme lightness of white, as does yellow) to dark (approaching the condition of black, as does violet). For instance, Pink and Brown are different values of the same basic hue - Red. c. Intensity - Pure colours, whether dark, medium or light by nature, exist in their full intensity, saturation or chroma. When mixed with black or white, or with black and white (grey) or with other conflicting hues, they lose chromatic intensity when placed alongside or within one another. d. Tints, Tones and Shades - Tints are mixtures of greater or lesser quantities of pure colours with white, while Shades are mixtures of greater or lesser quantities of pure colours with black. So, a tint of red means a shift from red to a lighter red, then to pink, and finally to white; whereas a shade of red leads to a darker red, then to brown, dark brown and finally to black. Tones are the mixtures of greater or lesser quantities of pure colours with the range of greys. It should be noted that a colour exhibits these three characteristics - hue, value and intensity simultaneously. e. Achromatic and Monochromatic - Achromatic and Monochromatic - Values lacking the dimension of colour may be considered as achromatic, while compositions with tints, tones and shades of a single hue may be said to be monochromatic. f. Chromatic Whites, Blacks and Greys - Whites and blacks with the tiniest traces of colour and light, medium or dark greys with much or little colour energy are said to be the chromatic whites, blacks and greys.