Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ulungisa kabusha indawo ethile ngaphakathi kwekhaya lakho noma uthuthela endlini entsha sha, ungase uzibuze ukuthi ungayikhetha kanjani kangcono iphalethi yombala yegumbi elithile.

Sikhulume nochwepheshe bezimboni zikapende nezokuklama abangene ngamathiphu amaningi abalulekile okuthi yini okufanele uhlale ucabanga ngayo lapho unquma iphalethi yombala engcono kakhulu yesikhala sakho.

Ngezansi, uzothola izinyathelo ezinhlanu ongazithatha: ukuhlola imithombo yokukhanya yegumbi, ukwehlisa isitayela sakho nobuhle, ukuthatha amasampula imibala ehlukene kapende, nokunye okuningi.

1. Thatha Isikhala Esiseduze

Izikhala ezahlukene zibiza imibala ehlukene. Ngaphambi kokuba ukhethe iphalethi yombala, zibuze imibuzo embalwa, kusikisela u-Hannah Yeo, umphathi wezokukhangisa nokuthuthukiswa kwemibala kwa-Benjamin Moore.

• Izosetshenziswa kanjani indawo?
• Uyini umsebenzi wegumbi?
• Ubani othatha isikhala kakhulu?

Bese, u-Yeo uthi, bheka igumbi esimweni salo samanje bese unquma ukuthi yiziphi izinto ozozigcina.

“Ukwazi lezi zimpendulo kuzokusiza ukuthi unciphise ukukhetha kwakho kwemibala,” uyachaza. “Isibonelo, ihhovisi lasekhaya elinendawo ensundu eyakhelwe ngaphakathi lingase likhuthaze ukukhetha kwemibala ehlukene kunegumbi lokudlala lezingane elinezinsiza ezinemibala egqamile.”

2. Gcina Ukukhanyisa Kusengqondweni

Ukukhanyisa kubalulekile futhi uma kuziwa ekukhetheni ukuthi yimiphi imibala ozoyifaka ekamelweni. Phela, njengoba uchwepheshe wemibala eGlidden u-Ashley McCollum ephawula, “ukusebenza kuyisihluthulelo sokwenza isikhala ngokugcwele.”

Indlela umbala ovela ngayo ekamelweni ingase ishintshe usuku lonke, kuchaza u-Yeo. Uphawula ukuthi ukukhanya kwasekuseni kupholile futhi kuyakhanya kuyilapho ukukhanya kwantambama okunamandla kufudumala futhi kuqondile, futhi kusihlwa, cishe uzobe uthembele ekukhanyeni okwenziwa ngaphakathi kwesikhala.

“Cabanga isikhathi lapho usesikhaleni kakhulu,” kunxusa uYeo. “Uma ungakutholi ukukhanya kwemvelo okuningi, khetha imibala ekhanyayo, epholile njengoba ivame ukuncipha. Emakamelweni anamafasitela amakhulu nokukhanya kwelanga okuqondile, cabangela amathoni aphakathi nendawo amnyama ukuze alinganisele.”

3. Nciphisa Isitayela Sakho Nobuhle

Ukunciphisa isitayela sakho nobuhle kuyisinyathelo esilandelayo esibalulekile, kodwa kulungile uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi ukuphi okwamanje, kusho u-Yeo. Uncoma ukuthola ugqozi ohambweni, izithombe zomuntu siqu, kanye nemibala egqamile esempilweni yakho yansuku zonke.

Futhi ukumane ubheke ikhaya lakho kanye nekhabethe lakho kuzobonakala kunenzuzo, futhi.

"Bheka imibala odonsela kuyo ezingutsheni, ezindwangu, nasemisebenzini yobuciko njengogqozi lwemibala engase yenze ingemuva elihle endaweni yakho yokuhlala," kusho uMcCollum.

Labo abangazibheki njengabathandi bemibala bangagcina bemangele ngemuva kokuqeda lo msebenzi. Iningi labantu linombala okungenani owodwa okhona emakhaya abo, ngisho nangobuqili, okungase kusho ukuthi abazi ukuthi bangawuhlanganisa kanjani kangcono esikhaleni, kusho uLinda Hayslett, umsunguli we-LH.Designs.

"Kwelinye lamaklayenti ami, ngiqaphele ukuthi wayenemifino eluhlaza kanye ne-blues ephindaphindwa kaningi kulo lonke ubuciko bakhe nasemabhodini akhe akhuthazayo, kodwa akazange nakanye ayisho leyo mibala," kusho uHayslett. "Ngikhiphe lezi ngenxa yendaba yombala, futhi wayithanda."

U-Hayslett uchaza ukuthi iklayenti lakhe lalingakaze licabange kanjani ukusebenzisa okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokuluhlaza kodwa lasheshe labona ukuthi laliyithanda leyo mibala ngaso sonke isikhathi ngemva kokubona ukuthi yayilulwe kanjani esikhaleni salo ngokubonakalayo.

Okubaluleke kakhulu, ungavumeli imibono yabanye ikunyakazise kakhulu phakathi nale nqubo.

“Khumbula, umbala uwukuzikhethela komuntu siqu,” kusho uYeo. “Ungavumeli abanye ukuba bathonye imibala ozizwa ukhululekile kuyo.”

Bese, sebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isitayela ohlala kuso sizokhanya endaweni yakho ethile. I-Yeo iphakamisa ukudala ibhodi yemizwa ngokuqala ngemibala embalwa futhi ubone ukuthi iyahlangana yini noma iyaqhathanisa nemibala ekhona esikhaleni.

“Zama ukusebenzisa ingqikithi yama-hues amathathu kuya kwamahlanu njengomhlahlandlela ekudaleni uhlelo lombala oluvumelanayo,” kuncoma u-Yeo.

4. Khetha Imibala Kapende Okokugcina

Kungase kube isilingo ukukhetha umbala wepende okhuluma nawe futhi uqale ukumboza izindonga zakho njengesinyathelo sokuqala enqubweni yakho yokuklama, kodwa upende kufanele ngempela uze kamuva ohlelweni lokuhlobisa, ngokusho kukaMcCollum.

“Kunzima kakhulu—futhi kubiza kakhulu—ukukhetha noma ukushintsha ifenisha nezinto zokuhloba ukuze zihambisane nombala kapende kunokuwenza ngenye indlela,” uyaphawula.

5. Landela Lomthetho Wokuklama Owukhiye

Ngokuphathelene nesiphakamiso esingenhla, uMcCollum uphawula ukuthi uzofuna ukugxila ekulandeleni umthetho we-60:30:10 womklamo wangaphakathi. Umthetho utusa ukuthi kusetshenziswe umbala ogqame kakhulu phakathi kwephalethi ngamaphesenti angama-60 esikhala, umbala wesibili ngamaphesenti angama-30 esikhala, nombala wephimbo ongamaphesenti ayishumi wesikhala.

“Iphalethi lingageleza ngokuhlangene lisuka kwelinye igumbi liye kwelinye ngokusebenzisa imibala evamile ngamanani ahlukahlukene,” uyanezela. Ngokwesibonelo, uma umbala uvezwe njengombala ovelele kumaphesenti angu-60 ekamelo elilodwa, ungasetshenziswa njengodonga lokuphimisa noma njengombala wezwi ekamelweni eliseduze.”

6. Isampula Kapende Wakho

Ukuthatha isampula yombala kapende ngaphambi kokuba uqalise iphrojekthi yakho mhlawumbe isici esibaluleke kakhulu sale nqubo, u-Yeo uyachaza, njengoba ukuhlukahluka ngenxa yokukhanya kubaluleke kakhulu.

“Buka umbala usuku lonke futhi uhambe usuka odongeni uye odongeni uma kungenzeka,” uyasikisela. “Ungase ubone ithoni yaphansi engafuneki embaleni owukhethile. Walungise njengoba uhamba uze uhlale phezu kombala."

Bamba i-swatch up ngokumelene nefenisha kanye nephansi ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi ihambisana nalezi zici zegumbi, futhi, uMcCollum uyeluleka.

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