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Interior Design: How To Choose Color For Any Space (Udemy.com)

Everything You Need to Know to Start Choosing Color For Any Space: Paint Colors, Fixed Elements, and Furnishings

Created by: Alisa Connely

Last updated October 2021

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What you will learn

  • You Will First Learn the Fundamentals of Colors and Neutrals and How They Work
  • You Will Learn How to Understand Undertones, the Color Beneath Colors and Neutrals, Which is Essential to Choosing the Correct Paint Color
  • You Will Learn How to Work Around Fixed and Movable Elements in Your Home, the Starting Point To Choosing the Correct Color for any Space
  • You Will Learn How to Correctly Mix Warm and Cool Colors/Neutrals as Well as Clean and Dirty Colors/Neutrals to Achieve a Perfectly Balanced Color Scheme
  • You Will Learn What Neutrals and Colors Go Together and Which Ones Don't to Avoid Costly Mistakes
  • You Will Learn How to Choose Colors/Neutrals for Most Any Scenario in Your Home with Step-By-Step Instructions.
  • You Will Learn How to Choose the Correct Furnishings and Fixed Elements (Any Element Fixed in Place) For Any Room so that Your Paint Color is Cohesive

How it compares

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

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 65% of them
  • Reviews304#213 of 419 by number of reviews
  • Length2.1 hoursshorter than 64% of them
  • Last updatedOctober 2021earlier than 62% of them

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Course Description

This Course is designed to help anyone who might be struggling with the daunting task of choosing paint colors. This is for any space in your home or business!

You will first establish a foundation and learn the fundamentals of How Colors and Neutrals Work. This will include Color Theory, just enough to be useful when learning color for choosing Paint Colors.

Next, you will learn how to spot an Undertone, which is the color beneath a color or neutral. This is a very important thing to learn as this will be the most essential component that will affect your paint color choices.

You will then learn how to look at and describe color. Whether that color or neutral is warm or cool, clean or dirty, light or dark. And then you will learn how to correctly combine them and how to incorrectly combine them.

After this you will learn how to work around the different elements in whatever space you choosing color for. These elements will either be Fixed Elements (Elements that are fixed in place) or Movable Elements (Furnishings, Textiles, etc.) These will be the starting point of your color scheme.

After you have learned these foundational concepts, we will run through several scenarios that you might encounter in your home. Whether you are just starting over in your home or you have to work around what you have, there will be a scenario to help you navigate your way through to the perfect paint color. These scenarios will also help you choose colors for not only paint but also for furnishings and any fixed elements that you may want to put in a space.

Once you have applied everything that you have learned, you will then master how to choose the correct lighting in your space, the best paint sheen, and the do's and don'ts for painting ceilings and other areas of your home.

Then lastly, you will learn the easiest and most effective way to test your paint colors BEFORE you ever paint your walls!

I can't wait for you to join me!






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Instructor Details

Alisa Connely

It is my true passion to help others find delight and experience happiness in the home that they live in. Teaching others to do it for themselves is a huge part of that.

I own my own Color and Design Business and have helped countless people decorate, design, and find the perfect paint colors for their homes. Taking the stress off of my clients and making design completely attainable is my biggest motivation.

I have had the opportunity to create my own Paint Color System that I am able to use everyday in not only my Online Color Consultations but in my In-Home Consultations in the city that I live in. I use simple formulas that I created myself to simplify the decorating process for any part of the home. I love teaching these formulas and my Paint Color System to others, so that they feel equipped and confident. These formulas and systems are exactly what I teach in my classes, so I can't wait to teach you too!

I have been featured on HGTV, designed countless homes for some of the top realtors and businesses where I live, and now my focus is on Udemy. It is my mission to bring you with the best training and learning so that you can design, decorate and choose paint colors for your own dream home or for others if you are wanting to start your own business.

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Reviews

4.7

304 ratings on Udemy

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By Rob Sykes on 10/19/2025

Thank you - I feel so much more confident choosing colours! I'd highly recommend this course. It's thorough without being overwhelming, and all the concepts are clearly explained and accessible.

By Alice Patricia Dumbura on 9/19/2025

I have just finished building my house and the course was so beneficial to me. What interested me was learning that choosing a color scheme is determined by the things I already have in the home whether movable or immovable. I am now able to coordinate colors, giving a perfect blend. Thank you for equipping me.

By Cristina Silaghi on 6/4/2025

An informative course offering a wealth of applicable examples and solutions for real-life situations. The many helpful tips and shortcuts make the learning easier to put into practice.

By Trang Tran on 5/7/2025

Very detailed guidelines and explanation on every aspect of color selection and useful tricks , I have learnt a great deal of knowledge to apply for my next project.

By Aleksandra Hegedis on 4/17/2025

What a lady! Love you, love the course, every minute is useful, no empty talk to fill-in course time like many of the courses out there. Great learning through examples. Looks and brains and color knowledge we gain :D

By Shreya Damaraju on 8/16/2024

I wanted to explore interior design. I found out that colors make a huge chunk of interior design. Also, I am very sensitive to colors and lights. Unpleasant colors and weird lighting trigger my migraine. Hence, I have the habit of noticing colors in my surroundings or work documents. This course gives proper direction to my observations. I find it truly interesting.

By Viktoria Boncheva on 5/3/2023

The content of this course is very informative on the subject and the lector demonstrates great techniques on how to choose colours for interiors corectly. I have done several courses for the usage of colours in interior design and this one has given me the most. I strongly recomend. Thank you

By Andie Wise on 1/3/2023

I now feel equipped to make paint color choices that are not only good, but the BEST choice I could make for a design based on Alisa's system! Her real-world experience allowed her to create this amazing formula & I feel so grateful to have the opportunity to learn from her.

By Kate Ju on 9/14/2021

It’s very hard to follow what color goes with what based on a verbal narration, appreciate the visualization of the color. It would be much easier if you can provide a cheat sheet of what color goes together, by category and showing the color.

By Vaideki Swaminathan on 7/2/2021

i really love the way she explained about the space and how each color compliments it. Before attending the class, even if there is something wrong in interiors my eyes detects it, but couldn't really make up where the things mess up. This course really help me differentiate bright and dirty colors, and how to find where we go wrong also how to select shades from the palate.

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Overall Score : 94 / 100