Diploma Frames

How to Choose Mat Color for Frame
With the right mat color, your frame will look much better. With so many colors to choose from, it is difficult to decide sometimes. The following lists some tips that might help.
On one hand, when you choose the mat color for frames, you should consider the color of the pictures. There are two main methods to choose a right mat color.
First, it is about complementary colors. Complementary colors are colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel, such as blue and orange, red and green, purple and yellow. These colors, when used side-by-side, make each other appear brighter. If complementary colors are well used, it will highlight the picture, if not, it will make people feel dazzling. For example, the complementary color red and green should be used cautiously, for they always give people the feeling of unharmonious. In fact, the most opposite colors are not black and white, but black and yellow. That is why the dangerous goods are always marked in yellow and black.
Second, it is about analogous colors, which are also called harmonious colors, are colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. These colors are used to make the whole thing looks cleaner and more coherent. Yellow and brown, purple and blue, red and orange, black and grey, white and gray are all belong to this type.
On the other hand, when choosing the mat color for frames, you have to take the style of the environment and the picture into consideration.
First, the room color is essential. Is it cool color tone or warm color tone? If the room is cool color tone, you’d better keep your frame color in cool color tone and vice versa. Generally, the cool color tune includes blue, purple, green and cyan; the warm color tune includes red, orange, yellow and brown (the color of the wood).
Second, the occasion is important too. If the pictures are hanged in solemn occasion, the frames are always magnificent and the mat color should be serious. If the pictures are hanged in individual room, then the frames will be simpler, and the mat color tends to be more vivacious.
In conclusion, the mat color for frames depends on two points, the first is the color of the picture, and the second is the style of the environment.