You’re a bold person, with lots of design experience using different textures, colors, and ideas, but would you use color blocking with window film? We believe it’s time to put this new design idea to work! It’s fun and cutting edge. Doesn’t that say it all?

Visual harmony

We like looking at what other people have done before we decide on anything, especially with colors. Here are a few ideas from YouTube (all shorts) to get you started:

Big, sweeping swathes of color

Oxford Dictionary defined color blocking in fashion and design as follows:

1. (in fashion and design) the use of contrasting blocks or panels of solid, typically bright color.”coral leather looked infinitely cool styled with a cobalt skirt—a modern lesson in colorblocking”

Your blocks o’ color might not always be diametrically opposed on the color wheel, but some people like to do that. So, for example, you might use yellow and purple to make the colors really pop. You might use two colors together that don’t ordinarily get mixed.

Color blocking rules

Color blocking is almost always bold and bright. There’s nothing subtle about color blocking. Also, there’s usually something BIG about color blocking. Using teensy-tinsy bits of color just won’t do. Speaking of bold and bright, you might like our previous bold and bright post about how window film can save you on your energy bills: Energy Savers for Spring.

Color block like a pro

It’s important that if you’re going to start color blocking, you have some confidence. At first, you might need to “fake it ’til you make it.” And remember, if you’re combining paint colors and window film, it’s easy to change paint colors. With 3M dichroic window film, you can have access to a range of colors, which shift in color as you change angles. For instance, Chill dichroic window film shifts the cool colors, while Blaze shifts the warm colors.

Deciding what to keep

When you’re working with color, you may need to simplify. Color blocking with nine different colors will just seem muddled in the end. Nobody wants that! So start with two or three colors, and move on from there. You can always add more color later! In the top photo, you can see how Blaze dichroic window film is paired with blue furniture, which makes both colors really pop!

How to get started?

We’ve got answers to all your window film questions–color blocking or otherwise! Call us and we’ll help you get started! Our Chief Window Works Color Blocking CEO is standing by to answer all your questions. We install film all over the greater San Francisco Bay Area, from San Jose to the East Bay to the Peninsula and Marin. Give us a call at 415.623.8700.