ANNIE SCHLECHTER
When it comes to choosing a color palette for your home, there is one frequently overlooked step that you just shouldn t skip: Considering where on the warm t0 cool spectrum your shades of paint lie. That s right, there s more to just picking a color there are arm grays and cool grays, warmer blues and cooler.you get the idea. And while this might seem like a minor distinction, those details usually have the most transformative power in design. To help understand and brush up on those color theory basics, we tapped interior designer Michelle Gerson to learn all about warm colors from expressive, experimental, and bold to soft, neutral, and traditional what actually sets them apart from their cooler counterparts, when to use them, how to decorate with them, and more. Let s start with the basics.