Total Wash: Walls, Ceiling, and Millwork in the Same Color

A room immersed in a deep color. The walls, ceiling, baseboards, door frames, window frames, cabinets, and moldings are all painted the exact same deep color—deep forest green—and with the same eggshell finish. Because there are no color breaks, the room's boundaries become blurred, the ceiling height and the end of the walls are indistinct, making the space appear larger and deeper than it actually is. A corner of the image shows a comparison with a version where only the walls are painted: the white ceiling and white door frame enclose the dark walls, immediately defining the room as a box with clear dimensions, and making it appear shorter.
Avoid: making the two look similar, retaining white ceilings and moldings in the fully painted version, using flat or high-gloss paint, changing the furniture and lighting of either.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個深色浸染的房間。牆面、天花板、踢腳、門框、窗框、櫃體與線板全部漆成完全相同的一個深色——深墨綠,而且是同一種蛋殼光的質地。因為沒有任何顏色的斷點,房間的邊界變得模糊,天花的高度與牆的盡頭都不明確,空間反而顯得比實際更大更深。畫面一角以只刷牆的版本作對照:白色的天花與白色的門框把深色的牆框住,房間立刻被界定成一個有明確尺寸的盒子,而且顯得矮。避免:讓兩者相似、在全刷版本保留白色的天花與線板、使用平光或高光的漆、改變兩者的家具與照明。