# How to Combine Two Interior Paint Colors
Combining two interior paint colors can create interest and contrast in a room. Paint is also an inexpensive method of sprucing up a room and livening it up. Combining interior colors can depend on your favorite colors and whether you want to contrast two adjoining walls or contrast a wall to baseboards or crown molding.
Things You'll Need
- Baseboard, or crown molding scraps
- Masking tape
- Paint rollers
- Paint pans
- Paintbrushes
- Drop cloths
Instructions
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Paint the two interior paint colors on scrap pieces of baseboard or crown molding to see how they look together.
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Paint one wall surface a different color from a wall trim or crown molding. Match color families together such as browns with earth tones and aquamarines with cool tones.
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Cover trim with masking tape and drop cloths while painting walls. Tape corners where the interior colors meet to avoid splotching of the different colors.
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Paint large sections of the wall with rollers and paint corners with paintbrushes. Paint baseboards and molding with paintbrushes.
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