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Interior Design Color Schemes Made Easy

Created by: Erikka Fogleman

Last updated July 2025

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What you will learn

  • Create the ideal color scheme for any room in your home using a tool that has been designed to guide you through this process easily!
  • Use the color wheel like a pro.
  • Use the psychology of color to create the perfect mood in your home.
  • Use texture to change the way a color appears.
  • Mix patterns successfully in a room.
  • Choose from popular color schemes for different rooms in your home based on the room's orientation, your interior design style, or the function of your room.
  • Choose the right paint colors, including how to effectively test them out before you start, and how to transition those colors effectively in your home.

How it compares

Against the other 418 rated Udemy courses in Lifestyle on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 65% of them
  • Reviews6,282#10 of 419 by number of reviews
  • Length2 hoursshorter than 67% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2025more recently than 65% of them

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Course Description

Do you find yourself struggling to create a cohesive color scheme in your own home?  

Do you wonder how interior designers use colors to create a certain mood or feeling in a room?  

It's no secret that color is one of the most important elements of great interior design.  To that end, this course has been created to help you create fantastic color schemes for your own home.  This course will cover everything you ever wanted to know (and maybe what you didn't know that you wanted/needed to know!) about color in the world of interior design, including:

  • How you can use color to positively impact your emotions, improve decision making, curb your appetite, and more!

  • How to use the color wheel in a very practical and useful way to create beautiful, cohesive color schemes

  • Learn and understand key color vocabulary and color theory

  • How to use color to create different moods in a room

  • How to use color to make your rooms appear larger or smaller than they actually are

  • How to mix patterns like a pro

  • Walk away with beautiful color scheme selections for every room in your home based on popular interior design styles, the type of room (e.g., living rooms), and the ideal color schemes for north and south facing rooms

  • Learn everything you need to know about paint so you can feel confident in your selections and application

We delve deep into the topic of paint, including discussing how many different paint colors you should be using in your home, how to narrow your paint choices, the best white paint colors, how to effectively test out paint colors, and how to transition paint colors from room to room.

Finally, there are exercises in this course as well, to provide you with opportunities to create your own beautiful color schemes. 

This course is a great choice for the novice or aspiring interior designer, or for anyone who is interested in learning more about how to create beautiful interior design color schemes like a pro. 

Join me for a fantastic journey into the world of interior design color schemes!

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  • If you are interested in taking most or all of my courses, I have a recommended order in which to watch them (although it's certainly not required).  I would start with "How to Design a Room in 10 Easy Steps" because most of my other courses are in-depth classes of the concepts touched on in this 10 step class.  Following the 10 Step Course, I suggest moving on to "How to Use Color Like a Pro", followed by "How to Work with Interior Design Styles Like a Pro", then "How to Use Lighting Design to Transform your Home", and finally "Design is in the Details". 

  • My other five courses, "How to Use Minimalist Interior Design to Live your Best Life",  "Use Eco-friendly, Sustainable Design to Improve Your Life", "How to Design Your Dream Kitchen", "How to Design Your Dream Bathroom", and "Everything Small Home Design" are all stand alone classes on specialty topics within interior design, and therefore, can be taken in any order.

  • Please be aware that this course, or any of my courses, is not intended to provide all of the knowledge needed to become a professional interior designer.  As with any professional field, there is a significant amount of education and/or experience that is needed to achieve competency in this field.  My intention with these courses is to provide some solid foundational knowledge to assist either those individuals interested in "DIY" interior design to work on their own projects more effectively, or to provide supplemental education to both interior design students and professionals.

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Instructor Details

Erikka Fogleman

While Interior design is my main career and passion, I also absolutely love to teach others, so I am thrilled to have found Udemy so that I can share that passion and knowledge with others just like you.   

Are you a design enthusiast yourself?   

Do you wish you could design rooms in your own home that are both beautiful and functional?   

Do you wonder how interior designers make it look so effortless?   

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are my ideal student!     

Through my classes, I will show you how many areas of interior design can be broken down into simple-to-use processes and formulas, so that you can be successful in creating beautiful and functional rooms all on your own using an easy, systematic approach.   

I’ve been designing and redesigning rooms for as long as I can remember – first for myself, then for friends and family, and finally decided to make it my full-time career.  Today, I own my own thriving interior design business called Erikka Dawn Interiors.  I primarily work in residential design, but have recently expanded to commercial work as well.  I also graduated from the Interior Design program at the New York Institute of Art and Design.   

I hope you’ll join me in one or all of my classes, so you too can learn how to create your dream home! 

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Reviews

4.7

6,282 ratings on Udemy

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By J. Wright on 6/7/2026

The reason behind color choice for interior design is explained well in this course. The instructor is very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about teaching the subject matter. Necessary reference material to supplement the videos is also included. I will recommend this course to anyone interested in interior design.

By Anne Ejale on 8/2/2024

Yes, I loved the course! It had many useful tips regarding the psychology of colors and what color scheme best suits a design style. The course was taught very clearly and gave me the confidence to carry out projects of my own.

By Carol Biddle on 1/25/2023

I painted all my trim on the first floor open floor plan (front living area, formal dining room, kitchen & living room) approximately 14 months ago. Since that time I have bee frozen with moving forward with color choices. My house is 14 years old and still has the same off white on all the walls on that floor. Color intimidates me. This course has lifted that intimidation quite a bit. I am so. Glad I invested in this course and in myself. Thank you.

By Palmeet Singh Shire on 5/4/2021

I highly recommend this course to those who are looking to brush up their skills in selecting paint, which I believe is a deal breaker while designing any space. She has incorporated practical knowledge along with her personal experience that renders a highly informative yet simple course. Warm Regards to Erikka and her Team.

By Gianluca DI SANTO on 12/29/2020

Questo corso ha colmato le mie lacune, mi ha dato una base per progettare un ambiente a colpo sicuro. Ho imparato a scegliere i colori in base all'esposizione nord/sud, in base ai gusti, alle sensazioni desiderate,agli stili e alla dimensione della stanza. Complimenti davvera,ottimo!!!

By Luis Guillermo Contreras Flores on 11/7/2020

It looks good

By Heather Cropsey on 11/7/2020

This course is incredibly helpful and insightful! ?

By A.J. Sultan on 11/7/2020

De stof wordt enthousiast en boeiend overgebracht ??

By Jessica Elizabeth Kwee on 11/7/2020

Interesting and clean

By Manisha Paul on 11/7/2020

THIS OVERALL COURSE GAVE ME A NEW AND GOOD CONCEPT ON COLOUR SCHEME .

By Kanchana Paul on 11/7/2020

I have taken this course to find some guidance for painting and decorating our newly constructed house. In the entire process of learning, I have comes across a lot of information and ways to go about the process of selection of colours. I hope I'll be able to incorporate these ideas and methods in choosing the colour scheme for my home.
Thank you very much.
Regards
Kanchana Paul

By Hilary Hatfield on 10/18/2020

So much great information that can be applied easily. Love this course.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100