Selecting a paint color can be an overwhelming prospect. There are so many shades and finishes to choose from. This week our guest blogger, Susanna Salk, talks about how she makes up her mind.

Color Me Everything
From Open House by Susanna Salk

As I prep for my Today show spot on color, I am indulged with color wheel upon color wheel from many of the top paint companies.

As I spin out the hues with delicious names like Violet Driving Coat, Sage Sweater and Cymric Silver, I wish I had a hundred rooms where I could give these colors a proper home, the chance to shine in the ever changing light that comes with four fabulously fickle seasons. And it’s not just the luxury of coating entire walls in shimmery Atlantic Winter or pragmatic Starch Apron or naughty Temptation that gets me. The potential combinations all these colors could have with one another make me as hungry to pair as a matchmaker. A chocolate brown with Tiffany blue? Dreamy for the girl’s room I’ll never have. A tangerine orange with palest yellow? Makes me long to escape somewhere warm and provincial. Aborigine with glossy black? A luxurious library filled with all the Russian novels I never have time read.

See how Susanna chooses between the myriad of colorful options.

See Susanna’s favorite color choices for spring on the Today show.