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Painting my room black and white advice?

I want to paint my room black and white, but i am unsure how to mix the colours together. Okay i was thinking two walls white and two black (my room is a large square shape) But i don't know which walls to paint which. So im going to try and explain the layout of my room. I'm going to say the wall with the door on is the back wall and by forward i mean the way you face coming into the the room. The door is on the far left of the back wall (the corner). and im going to explain my room going clockwise. The left wall- is basically plain except from a few posters and then my wardrobe (built in to the wall) is at the towards the front of my room in the corner (if that makes sense) The forward wall- I have a black chest of draws and a black set of shelves on the left of the wall. then at the centre of the wall i have my TV stand (its fairly big for a bedroom) which is a sort of gray metallic frame but the actual "shelve bits" are glass. In the the corner between the forward and the right wall i have my computer desk which is also metallic frame but the (for lack of a better word) "shelve bits" ar pine wood. Then along on the right wall is my bed (single) with a metallic frame again.With the head touching the back wall. And the window is Centre of this wall. Then to the back wall on the left of my bed (and the centre of my back wall) i have a futon (kind of like a sofa) which has a wooden frame and the the "matressy" bit you sit on is red. and then to the left of that is my door again! (oh and also my ceiling is white and floor is pine wood) Sorry if that was complicated to follow! So my basically my question is which walls should i paint which colour? i want opposite wall to be the same. My first thought was to have the "front" and "back" wall black, however white would contrast the black shelves better and as it is the first thing you would see it may be more inviting to be white. But then if i do that the wall with my window on will be black and may not get enough light. Or should i just do the half of each wall one Colour? (as in top and bottom half). Also i will probably paint my wardrobe doors and my if necessary get new curtains for contrast. Also im 16 and male if it makes a difference. Sorry the question was so long!!! but also has anyone got any general tips for painting such as type of paint to use etc?

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1. This isnt a tip about how to paint more of advice about the colours and things. There's this site called mydeco.com and they have this 3D room planner that you can use to paint walls and decorate rooms try it out and see how the black and white walls look to give you an idea how to mix them. It's easy to use and I used it when decorating my room and it really helped me, you can also get ideas from other users moodboard if you need inspiration or look at other users rooms to see if they've tried the black and white combination. Hope that helps.
2. I would suggest painting the walls with black furniture against them white. I.e. the far wall where your TV is. And then the two side walls black. your furniture will be a great contrast and you wont feel bulky like its all built into the room. However, have you considered something besides two and two for painting. I mean, maybe you can do the lower half of the room black and the upper half white, or somesuch. Or a black banner strip aroudn the room in the middle. Stripes would be too beetlejuice. I think that is you do two black and two white walls you will end up with a room that feels very small. Its up to you of course. I have definitely seen this set-up before. EDIT: The traffic in the room will dictate whether you go for glossy or eggshell or flat paint. If you think you would need to wipe the wall a lot, glossy would be more practical otherwise eggshell should be good enough. Flat will absorb the light the most. Just go to a Home Depot or other such store and ask the paint guy. He will be able to tell you which would be best. Don't bother about brands as they are all pretty much the same except for color. Remember too that black will fade - and a shiny black might scratch.
3. ok friend .... don t mix color ok.bcoz that look very bad so use one color .