If Your Color Scheme Is Falling Flat, 'Nine Times Out of Ten' It's Missing This One Detail

A pattern drenched living room in London by designer Elizabeth Hay with patio doors onto the garden and a blue media wall.

A room without an accent color is like an outfit without accessories. Much like clothing, wall colors are an excellent base, but accent colors are the accessories that take a room from good to great.

While choosing a paint for your walls might make it easy to overlook accent colors, the devil is in the details when it comes to introducing color in the home. Selecting your accent shades is more than just choosing a vibrant cushion to create contrast; from paying attention to the pieces you already have to following color theory 101, these are the five ways to ensure your scheme is well-balanced and impactful.