Color is fundamental in home design-something you'll always have in every room.A grasp of how to manage color in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you'll love to live in.Do you want a room that's full of life?Professional?Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? 1 ,color is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.
Over the years,there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. 2 ,they can get a little complex.But good news is that there're really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about color in your home:the small ones,the medium ones,and the large ones.
3 .They're the little spots of color like throw pillows,mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms.Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colorful sofa,small color choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.
Medium color choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas,dinner tables or bookshelves. 4 .They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones,and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.
The large color decisions in your rooms concern the walls,ceilings,and floors.Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint,the time,effort and relative expense put into it are significant. 5 .
A.While all of them are useful
B.Whatever you're looking for
C.If you're experimenting with a color
D. Small color choices are the ones we're most familiar with
E.It's not really a good idea to use too many small color pieces
F.So it pays to be sure,because you want to get it right the first time
G.Color choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways
【语篇解读】 本文主要讲述了颜色在家庭装饰中的巨大作用,并介绍了三种设计方案。
1.B [上文给出了不同的房间风格选择,第一段最后一句又说到“making a room feel the way you want it to feel”可知,此处指不管你在寻找哪种风格,颜色是关键。]
2.A [结合第二段第一句中的“a number of different techniques”以及最后一句给出的三种设计方案可知,此处表示“虽然这些技巧非常有用,但它们会有一点复杂”,故A项符合语境。]
3.D [第二段最后一句出现了“the small ones,the medium ones,and the large ones”,第三段提到了“small color choices”,由此可知空白处所在的段落主要在讲“the small ones”,故选D。]
4.G [第四段最后一句提到了“a bigger commitment than smaller ones”和“a more powerful effect”可知,此处是和上文中的“small color choices”作对比,故选G。]
5.F [根据第五段第二句提到的“the time,effort and relative expense put into it are significant”可知,此处意在强调所花费的时间、精力和费用是巨大的,由此可推知选F。]