Perfect Pairings: Paints

Selecting a color combination can be a daunting task. Whether it’s to bring new life to an old room, or a splash of color to your new project, finding the right color combination can make or break your room. So why not grab a few tips like these to help spruce up your home or office, especially with 2025’s new and exciting color combinations!

With Mocha Mousse being Pantone’s 2025 color of the year, there’s a plethora of combinations one can do with the coffee and chocolate inspired tone. Earthy colors come to mind, pairing the different shades of brown with beige and white to balance out the stronger browns. Invoking a modern or classical look, painting a room with different shades of browns and beige creates a timeless look that can fit a wide variety of themes. Matching it in a monochromatic color scheme with a beige or white as an anchor color to bring out the earthy shades will bring out a timeless feel. But that’s not the only way to highlight this deliciously beautiful color. Pairing it with cooler violets and blues, and some greens can invoke a sense of nature and a return to it, or pairing it with a soothing green or blue with other earthy shades to bring a sense of calm to the room. The flexibility of this color is not to be underestimated.

A timeless color scheme that isn’t going away anytime soon are deep blacks and whites. An eternally versatile color combination. The color combination of ebony and ivory is a match made in heaven, especially for those who want a minimalist, classical, or contemporary look. One could even throw in hints of other colors. Golds to accentuate a luxurious feel. Warm tones to evoke a homier feel or bring out energy and excitement. Cool colors to relax the soul. Black and White is an eternally versatile color scheme that can act as a base to bring out the personality of other colors, or stand out themselves. Especially when paired with the right accessories and colors.

Another interesting choice would be close color scheme. One might think monochromatic color schemes would be boring. On the contrary, the use of one color can prove to be a challenge to a project, but well executed choice of different shades and tones of one color can create an interesting atmosphere to one’s project.

But there is a rise of more moody and richer and bolder color choices, allowing for varied moods and expressions. One of the common and versatile ones includes the use of different shades of blue, from deep ultramarine to muted blues. Another offers the use of varying shades of purple, from muted eggplant and plum like tones to a deep regal purple. More often, these color schemes come in more pastel and paired with pinks, or sometimes even muddier tones, some might even call this, a candied color scheme. Or reeking of regal splendor, deep or vibrant blues and purples can evoke the mood of sophistication and depth. Or perhaps soft grounding greens, often invoking earth tones and a return to nature. Often paired in contrasting colors with a more neutral tone to help ground and bring out these other colors.

But its not all just about the colors. But also about the finishes. With contrasting paint finishes used to bring out and highlight certain colors and the room’s personality. Limewashing walls also offers a twist to bring a subtle texture to your surfaces. But of course, a matte finish is always timeless and will never go out of style.

Whether its the color of the year, or something more outlandish. Cebu Home and Builders is here with its wide selection of paints and top quality brands like Boysen, Island Paints, and Davies, and an expert staff to help you pick what kind and to mix them so you can have the home you dream of.