Do you paint a ceiling the same colours as the walls to make the room look bigger?

No, often paint the ceiling the same color as the walls, will have the opposite effect and make the room seem shorter, and smaller. Now if you paint the ceiling either, 3 shades lighter then the wall paint or ceiling white, that will make the ceiling seem taller, and therefor visually open the room up.





When painting this room remember to paint the ceiling first and then the wall. Because, paint splaters!!!





Good Luck,Do you paint a ceiling the same colours as the walls to make the room look bigger?
Yes. Same colour or even better a lighter shade of the colour.


A darker colour will definatly make your room look smaller.Do you paint a ceiling the same colours as the walls to make the room look bigger?
i guess it would depend on the colors. we just painted a small room a blueish gray with a darker gray border but we left the ceilings alone and there still white. the darker colors usually will make a room appear smaller but the white ceilings helped our room and opened it up, so it doesnt seem smaller and it looks really good too. if you want to make the room seem bigger try light colors.
I think this sort of depends on what color you are painting. Some colors work better on the ceiling than others, even if the rest of the room is the same. I usually like to use a lighter shade of the color on the ceiling, but with a color like red this won't work (you'd wind up with a pink ceiling). On the other hand, I've seen rooms with sky blue walls and a chocolate colored ceiling and it looked really good.





Try talking to a designer or a friend with good judgment and see what they think, or if you don't mind repainting go ahead and see what you think. If you don't like it when you're done, you can always paint over it. There is a section of hgtv.com that focuses on decorating small spaces.





--p.s. Darker colors to not make spaces look smaller. Ignore the last guy.
Daker colours will enclose your room a little so most people only have 1 dark accent wall and then lighter shades on the others.





Having a white ceiling will give you the appearance of a taller room, so most people do go with that option.
I would think that would have the opposite effect.





A better way to make a small room look larger is mirrors. Put a mirror or mirrored shadow box on the wall. It really ads a sense of space. Also, lighter colors will make the room look bigger than darker ones. Make sure the furniture is ligher and brighter. No dark curtains or carpets.





Good luck!
Well, I guess the normal thing is to paint the ceiling white, to make the rrom look bigger...





But, some people like to paint the ceiling in another color, generally blue... It remind the sky... But only do that if the room is big!





Good luck