Psychological influence of chocolate shades
Dark brown colors are considered one of the most comfortable color schemes. Since ancient times, they have been associated with reliability, confidence, tranquility and harmony.
- Chocolate shades perfectly relieve tension and fatigue, reduce anxiety and stress, and help avoid conflict situations.
- They do not cause irritation, as happens with brighter colors, do not look boring, like white tones, and do not create an atmosphere of darkness, like a black palette.
Numerous photos of chocolate flowers in the interior perfectly show that these deep shades give the design nobility, elegance, and a comfortable sound.
Features of hair care for chocolate shades
In order for the color to last long, and the hair to shine and look healthy, it is necessary to properly care for it. Chocolate-colored hair needs special care.
Features of care:
- You should wash your hair with special shampoos for dark hair;
- Usually chocolate shades do not tolerate exposure to sunlight, so it is necessary to use ultraviolet protection;
- it is necessary to use strengthening masks and balms;
- It is not recommended to wash your hair in water containing chlorine.
In addition to the usual masks and balms from the store, you can use strengthening products prepared at home. These include: masks made from onion peels and walnuts, rinsing hair with an acidic solution of water and lemon.
You should also remember that it is not recommended to expose colored curls to an iron, curling iron or hair dryer. If it is impossible to exclude this effect, then the use of electrical appliances should be reduced to a minimum.
Proper care of chocolate-colored hair will allow you to maintain a beautiful chocolate color and healthy shiny curls for quite a long time.
To summarize, we can say that chocolate hair color has practically no competitors. This color will never go out of fashion and is considered a classic. In addition, it will suit almost every woman. The most important thing is to choose your shade, taking into account the features of your appearance, the structure of your curls and their natural color.
And additional tips on how to choose the right shade of chocolate hair color are in the next video.
Shades of chocolate color
The amazingly beautiful color has more than a hundred shades. It makes it easy to decorate a room in warm or cool colors.
You can use chocolate colors both in brightly lit rooms (here dark shades will add special sophistication) and in small rooms that cannot boast of a lot of light.
Particularly loved are:
- Wenge;
- Nut;
- Terracotta;
- Coffee;
- Cognac;
- Dark caramel shades.
Living room with chocolate flavor
The options for using a strict, but so delicious chocolate color in the interior of the living room are inexhaustible. The living room, decorated with a palette of warm chocolate tones, looks so natural and relaxed that you won’t have the slightest desire to look for alternative color solutions.
Dark chocolate walls are set off amazingly with white and creamy furnishings, and paired with a white fireplace, it's the ultimate classic chocolate living room.
For those who want to emphasize the well-being and richness of their home decoration, the combination of chocolate and gold will become a win-win design concept.
Advantages and disadvantages
Chocolate shades in the interior have many advantages. These include:
- Creating an environment of calm;
- Versatility of use;
- Compatible with other colors;
- Elegance and restraint.
All shades of chocolate calm, calm, and reduce anxiety.
The only drawback of color can be the wrong choice or an abundance of dark shades. Combining with other colors will help correct this shortcoming.
How to get it at home
Chocolate hair color is a good option for home experiments. Light and dark bases lend themselves equally well to coloring. The main thing is to correctly decide on the final result.
Important point! Chocolate tones apply quickly to light hair, but may be darker than planned. Bright curls are more difficult to change color. The paler the chosen color, the more effort you will have to put into painting.
For light hair, you can choose any of the existing dye options (temporary, unstable, permanent). To obtain a “go-to” effect and test coloring of strands, varnishes, foams, and mousses are suitable. The color goes on evenly, but lasts until the next time you wash your hair.
You can get results for 1–4 weeks using tinted products (shampoo, balm, tonic). This option will help saturate the existing color and get a new color. The more often you wash your hair, the lighter the initial tone, the faster the resulting color will leave your hair. Using tint products is easy. It is enough to apply the composition according to the instructions, wait for the specified time, and rinse.
Among the unstable dyes with chocolate shades in the palette, the following products are popular:
- Estel (Solo tone);
- Schwarzkopf (Igora Expert);
- L'OREAL (Colorista Washout);
- Wella (Color Recharge);
- Kapous (Life color);
- Rocolor (Tonic).
You can get results for 4–8 weeks by using permanent dyes. This option is suitable for those with different initial hair colors. Permanent paint is washed off from curls less noticeably. During the dyeing process, the hair receives more damage due to the more aggressive composition of the product. Hairstyle correction will be required as areas grow from the roots. The new color loses intensity, but is not completely washed off.
Among the permanent dyes for obtaining a chocolate palette, the following are popular:
- L'OREAL (Excellence Creme);
- SCHWARZKOPF (IGORA ROYAL);
- Garnier (Color naturals);
- Syoss (Professional performance)
- Estelle (Essex).
For brunettes, a rich chocolate color option is suitable. The easiest way is to paint. It is enough to use a long-lasting product or shade your curls. Achieving light (golden-caramel, smoky) tones is more problematic. Additional intervention, for example, bleaching, cannot be done without.
Using folk recipes will help you achieve different varieties of chocolate. The use of basma with henna in different proportions will make it possible to obtain variations in the dark range. It is difficult to predict the exact shade in advance. You can get chocolate fondant and red-chestnut. It all depends on the mixture created and the original hair color.
Adding ground coffee beans to henna will give coppery chocolate tones. The use of decoctions, infusions, and cinnamon masks will help to acquire honey-caramel notes on a light base, and an analogue of “Irish chocolate” - on a dark base. You won't be able to change your color completely, but it's easy to get an interesting shine.
Color combination
The combination of chocolate colors in the interior will allow you to use these rich shades in any room. The color complements perfectly:
- White tones create a bright and airy room.
- Beige tones. This combination is completely self-sufficient and does not require additional colors due to the ability of beige shades to softly shade rich brown tones.
- Red elements. This combination will give the interior luxurious respectability, reminiscent of ancient design in the style of an English manor. You can complement this design with white or burgundy shades.
- Green tones. Two natural colors create a beautiful design. Classic interiors are characterized by a combination of calm shades; for modern designs, you can use brighter tones of mint, lime, fresh leaves and grass.
- Blue tones. Rich and deep shades of blue will further enhance the atmosphere of calm. At the same time, blue shades are suitable for any tones of chocolate color, ranging from beige to almost black wenge. And bright blue ones are used in combination with dark coffee, dark chocolate, and old bronze.
- Yellow tones. The brightness of sunny shades will perfectly complement the interior in chocolate tones, creating the atmosphere of a warm forest or a heated terrace.
- Pink and lilac colors will create an atmosphere of sophistication and some mystery.
Chocolate color and bright colors
Chocolate + blue
Chocolate and blue colors in clothes go well together due to the fact that both are very neutral, calm, rather dark shades. Of course, such an outfit will not make you stand out from the crowd, but it will definitely look stylish, discreet and noble on you.
To liven up this look, just add unusual accessories or bright jewelry, then it will become more playful.
Chocolate color + red
Chocolate is one of the few colors that goes perfectly with red. It is with that bright red, scarlet tint that often looks vulgar and tacky.
Against the background of a deep dark brown color, red, without losing its bright nature, still looks more sedate and noble. And thanks to it, the chocolate color becomes brighter and more attractive.
Chocolate + green
Chocolate and green colors in clothes combine no worse than the two previous options. Bright green color, which we usually try to avoid due to its brightness and demandingness, looks perfect in combination with chocolate.
This organic nature is, of course, associated with the naturalness of both colors - earth and plants. With muted and darker shades of green, chocolate risks becoming too gloomy, so it is better to dilute such unions with something cheerful and light - white, yellow, a brighter shade of green, bright accessories will help diversify the outfit.
Chocolate + orange
It turns out that the color of chocolate makes it possible to show a new side to many colors that themselves seem either too bright to us or simply tasteless. The same situation occurs with orange.
It is difficult to find a really good shade of it and bring it into the image, but chocolate and orange colors in clothes together work wonders. Such images combine solidity and playfulness.
Use of color in design
Chocolate shades can be used in any interior elements:
- For flooring, this color is pretty standard. Such a solution will look great in a large room, giving it the elegance and reliability of ancient castles.
- A chocolate ceiling is used quite rarely, but with good lighting it can be a great way to decorate a room in the most original way. At the same time, you definitely need to evaluate what color goes with chocolate so that the room does not seem like a gloomy cave.
- Chocolate-colored panels or wallpaper in the interior will create a unique frame, giving warmth and comfort. At the same time, light shades are used for absolutely any room, and dark colors are more suitable for large and well-lit rooms.
- Chocolate-colored cabinet furniture will add uniqueness and harmony. Glossy facades will help make the room a little larger, while matte ones will create additional depth.
- A sofa in the chocolate style will be an excellent option for creating an atmosphere of luxury and prosperity.
Chocolate curtains will reliably protect the room from the sun's rays or gently diffuse them and draw attention to the windows.
Cold options
Among the cold options, the following tones are distinguished:
- lactic;
- dark;
- bitter;
- light;
- chocolate blond.
The milky tone, although the coldest, nevertheless attracts the most attention. That is why he is so popular among girls. This color is not only beautiful, but also universal, suitable for any outfit.
The dark tone is very cold but unique. Not every girl dyes her hair this shade, as it is more suitable for an amateur. Looks perfect on girls with white skin and blue eyes.
Another good option that resembles the previous one is bitter. In most cases, girls with curly hair choose this particular shade. Your hair will look much more beautiful under the sun's rays.
A light, cool shade is more suitable for girls with dark skin. But the option itself is universal; in general, many beauties often apply it to their hair. Blonde curls are an ideal option for a light shade.
Chocolate blonde is more inclined to an ash color, more suitable for girls with a delicate appearance and long hair, as well as for those ladies who are used to dressing in this color.
Room decoration
You can use cozy tones in absolutely any room:
- The living room interior in chocolate color will fill the room with a feeling of stability and confidence in the future. Beige, golden, and red tones will highlight this setting. Severity and elegance of the atmosphere can be achieved with the help of white, light blue, dark blue splashes.
- Comfort and the opportunity to take a break from bright colors are important for the bedroom. A good solution to this problem would be light brown tones of milk chocolate or coffee with milk. A light ceiling will add freshness to the bedroom, and elements of turquoise, peach, pale pink, and lilac will add originality.
- In the kitchen, you can use richer tones that stimulate the appetite. All “edible” tones will look great here: any type of chocolate, coffee, caramel, chocolate biscuit or dessert. You can complement such a delicious range with the help of red, green, orange, blue, and soft white elements. The contrasting design of dark furniture and light walls will make the kitchen visually larger. The same effect is achieved when using a white set against a dark background.
- Chocolate color in the hallway interior will add solidity and practicality to the entrance area. On such surfaces, dust and dirt are practically invisible, and the corridor itself becomes a calm and cozy place, helping to forget about the troubles of the world.
- A bathroom in elegant shades of light chocolate, coffee heavily diluted with milk, and cozy wood will help relieve the fatigue of the past day or prepare for future exploits. Although most often in a small ablution room, chocolate tones are present only in the form of individual items: towels, rugs, mosaics.
The safety, comfort, and confidence that chocolate tones give will help create the most comfortable rooms in a city apartment or in a private house.
Chocolate color and achromatic colors
Chocolate + black
It’s hardly worth getting carried away with the combination of black and chocolate colors, the company looks too gloomy.
However, in principle, these colors are compatible, and if you add a third bright color to them, something worthwhile and fashionable can come out.
Chocolate + gray
Chocolate and gray colors are a dubious idea, because usually only one of these two neutral colors - dark brown and gray - is chosen for one outfit. This combination risks turning out to be too gloomy, uninteresting and dull.
We hope that now you will pay more attention to the color of chocolate and will actively use it in creating your images. After all, this is a real find for a solid stylish wardrobe!
Until recently, the expression “living in chocolate” was explained by a person’s possession of everything he needs to be happy, especially with regard to full bank accounts, which allow him to purchase all the desired material goods.
The situation changed when this concept began to be interpreted in the most literal sense, meaning life in apartments decorated with a chocolate palette. And there is a certain magnetic force in this color that makes it impossible to resist its imaginary charms, which makes chocolate in the interior incredibly popular today.
There are many speculations as to why the color of chocolate is so attractive. Without a doubt, it symbolizes prosperity and confidence in the future. Chocolate shades harmonize effectively with a variety of colors of the latest fashion trends.
In addition, chocolate is associated with warm and peaceful feelings, conducive to a cozy and friendly atmosphere.
