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20 Designer-Approved Interior Color Schemes To Try Now
Design: West of Main, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
In interior design, two colors are better than one, and three are better than two. But with thousands of colors and millions of shades to choose from, how could you possibly create a combination that works? The answer: With some professional guidance.
We tapped 20 interior designers for the tried and true color schemes they find themselves revisiting time after time. Whether you prefer rich colors with a glamorous feel or cool tones that look coastal chic, here are 20 pairings to incorporate in every room of your home.
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Design: Valerie Darden of Brexton Cole Interiors, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Almost everyone loves blue, and it's easy to see why.
"One of my favorite color schemes is a simple Parisian grayish-blue paired with natural beige tones and the addition of gold hardware," Valerie Darden, head designer of Brexton Cole Interiors says. "I mixed this combo together for this master bedroom, using Sherwin Williams' Silver Grey on the walls. I was inspired by Marie Antionette! It gives the room a calm and serene atmosphere."
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Design: Valerie Darden of Brexton Cole Interiors, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For a bold look, try green and red. We promise it won't look like Christmas.
"I love pairing hunter green and rich reds together, especially for boys' rooms," Darden says. "I like this color combo because it can give a vintage vibe to any room when paired with the right accessories. In this boy's bedroom, we went for the old-world collegiate look. The room looks adorable paired with plaids and a gallery wall mixed with vintage style frames and toys."
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Design: Diana Weinstein, Photo: Jane Beiles, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Blue is extra calming, but a pop of bright colors can give it the oomph it needs.
"I love how fresh and young the bright pops of fluorescent hues make a soft blue wall color feel," designer Diana Weinstein says.
"The boldness of these neons adds an edge to what is typically a more traditional design. The clients on this specific home didn't like to take risks with color, but we encouraged them to try out this rug and tweed armchairs with these fun pops of pinks and yellows and oranges in them. This is now their favorite room."
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Design: Desiree Burns Interiors, Photo: Tamara Flanagan, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
If you're in the market for more earthy tones, green cannot be beat.
"I love incorporating pops of green as an accent color throughout a neutral home," Desiree Burns, the founder of Desiree Burns Interiors explains. "Bolder shades like forest green pack a big punch and make a beautiful impact, especially when combined with neutrals like light gray. It's a nice balance of a bold color counteracted by a neutral and works in almost any room! Whether you're going bohemian, rustic, farmhouse, contemporary, or glam, I think this color palette speaks to all different design styles.
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Design: Latham Interiors, Photo: Mike Schirf, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
A classic color combination found everywhere from Cape Cod homes to beach California bungalows, a pairing of blue and white is never a bad idea.
"Shades of blue and white are a fan-favorite combination that people feel they can often rely on," Sarah Latham, the principal of Latham Interiors, says. "The classic pairing looks clean and fresh, and we often pair it with natural wood tones to add depth, color, and texture to any space. Our favorite blue is Newburyport Blue HC-155 by Benjamin Moore, and the best part is it can easily be translated into most décor styles from bohemian to rustic and traditional to farmhouse."
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Design: Michelle Gage, Photo: Rebecca McAlpin, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For a more unexpected take on interiors, try a variation of pink and green.
"My favorite color scheme is pink and teal," Michelle Gage, the principal and founder of Michelle Gage Interior Design says.
"There's something so perfect about how the pairing pops against one another. I love the soft and bright balance the combination brings to a room."
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Design: Julia Alexander, Photo: Anna Yanovski, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For a cooler toned room, blues and greens give off a calm and easygoing vibe.
"A color scheme of graduated blues and greens with neutral tones, natural woods, and black accents is my favorite combination," designer Julia Alexander of Julia Alexander Interiors says. "To recreate the look, take one color and repeat it in shades lighter and darker throughout your space. The pale blueish-green walls in this bedroom, paired with a rich green velvet headboard, feel classic, timeless, and serene."
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Design: Katherine Carter, Photo: Amy Bartlam, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Who says neutrals have to be boring? With pops of nearly cobalt blue, this space is anything but average.
"I love how elegant and chic black, blue and beige look and feel in this Venice beach home—the colors work so well together and add depth to this space," designer Katherine Carter explains.
"With such versatile shades, this color scheme really works in any room in the house. However, for this project, we chose to keep it in living room, finding room, family room, and kitchen. For a modern contemporary look, make navy and black the primary colors and sprinkle in beige tones."
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Design: Kelly Hurliman Interior Design, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
As they're both cool colors, green and blue always play well together.
"My all-time favorite color scheme is blue and green—it always works and, depending on the shades, can be super versatile," Kelly Hurliman of Kelly Hurliman Interior Design says. "Brighter tones can feel preppy and fresh, while dark shades give off a sophisticated, moody vibe. We went with Benjamin Moore's Polo Blue on the walls and added grass green art and decor into the mix in this room."
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Design: Mindy Gayer Design Co., Photo: Vanessa Lentine, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For a more neutral, earthy take, try gray-green and add black and white.
"My favorite color scheme at the moment is grayish-green hues combined with black and white neutrals," designer Mindy Gayer, of Mindy Gayer Design Co. "I gravitate towards green colors to bring the outside in, and sage tones are also very soothing. I love how this combination boasts plenty of contrast while still maintaining a timeless quality."
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Design: Jonathan Rachman, Photo: Suzanna Scott, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For an high-impact space, black and red make a bold statement.
"Any touch of color against black—preferably high-glossed black—makes for a winning combination," Jonathan Rachman of Jonathan Rachman Design says. "I love pairing it with red, because it's bold yet soft, and definitely a statement! There are so many shades of black, but for me it's blackest of the black possible that I love the most, such as Benjamin Moore Black."
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Design: Diana Rose Design, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Looking for more of a modern coastal vibe? Blue, tan, and gray are for you.
"One of my favorite color combinations is blue, sand, and gray, as it evokes a sense of peace and comfort and boasts a clean, modern feel," Diana Rose, the principal and creative director of Diana Rose Design says. "Although it is adaptable for many environments, I especially love it for homes situated with water views. Other nature-inspired accents such as tan driftwood, green plants, white marble work with the nature-inspired color palette to evoke a feeling of water and the beach."
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Design: Michelle Berwick, Photo: Larry Arnal, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Pairing a strong shade, like black, with a lighter pastel, like blush pink, provides a great contrast.
"Ever since I was a little girl, my favorite color has always been blush pink—there's just something about it that makes me happy and calm," Michelle Berwick, the founder and principal designer of Michelle Berwick Design, says. "These days, I've found a way to use it in a way that feels fresh, modern, and not at all childlike.
Berwick suggests selecting a pink with "brown or putty undertones" like Queen Anne from Benjamin Moore.
"I love pairing this faint hue with black and mixing it with a host of other naturals, like white, tan, and putty shades," Berwick explains. "It complements many styles of interiors, including the trendy minimalist spaces we see today."
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Design: Kate Davidson, Photo: Lauren Miller, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For those drawn to mustard shades, try pairing it with a charcoal gray.
"My favorite color scheme at the moment is yellow and gray because it's both timeless and evokes modern sensibility," Kate Davidson of Kate + Co Design says. "Yellow brings a light-hearted feel and lifts the vibe of the muted gray tones but actually blends effortlessly into a home that does not have much color. The pair works in most spaces because it's gender-neutral and surprisingly brings quite a calming feel to any space."
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Design: West of Main, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
The two most popular neutrals of the moment, gray and brown, play well together too.
"When we work with cooler tones, such as grays, we bring in balance through warmer tones and textures," designer Sascha LaFleur of West of Main says. "For instance, we love using this deep charcoal grasscloth wallcovering that boasts hints of bronze when the light hits it just right, and pairing it with organic brown textures. Through decorative elements, we can bring in that beautiful warmth to even the coolest-toned rooms."
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Design: West of Main, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
For a high-drama space without using a ton of color, pick neutral shades and include luxe fabrics.
"We love incorporating color through texture. Injecting color through texture creates drama, even if you still want to keep a neutral palette," La Fleur explains. "We paired this almond-colored linen headboard and dark wood nightstand with a textural moss-green grasscloth wallpaper and I believe these rich, moodier tones are certainly here to stay. Pair them with crisp, creamy whites to keep a fresh and inviting feel while developing some contrast with those deeper hues.
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Design: Courtney Sempliner, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
An ever popular choice, white paired with some bright colors always delights.
"To me, the most classic color scheme of all is a clean white palette with pops of colored accents throughout with the help of artwork and accessories, designer Courtney Sempliner says. "My go-to white paint for a blank canvas is Benjamin Moore's White Dove, which has just enough warmth to keep a space from being too stark, but still feels fresh and works with any other tones you bring into a room."
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Design: Courtney Sempliner, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Blue works in almost any space, especially when paired with easy neutrals.
"I love using a neutral blue color scheme in almost any space," Sempliner says. "A soft blue, combined with any whites, taupes, and grays, works well to provide a calming and warm environment while still feeling dynamic and fresh.
For paint colors, two of my favorite blue tones are Borrowed Light by Farrow and Ball and Van Deusen Blue by Benjamin Moore."
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Design: Mary Patton, Photo: Molly Culver, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
Greens are having a moment. To get in on the trend, try an emerald shade with a neutral.
"A medium green like this bold emerald shade paired with warm neutrals, like tan, is my current favorite color scheme," Mary Patton, the owner of Mary Patton Design says. "Calke Green by Farrow & Ball is the perfect shade to try a floor-to-ceiling paint job."
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Design: Marlaina Teich, Photo: Patrick Cline, Graphics: Sabrina Jiang for MyDomaine
A true classic, black and white will never go out of style.
"Classic black and white is a chic way of dressing up a more casual interior style, like the trendy modern farmhouse," Marlaina Teich of Marlaina Teich Designs says. "The key with making this simple color palette work is layering in texture, which you can do by varying up the paint finishes.
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Read McKendree
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Blue + Brown
Chocolate brown and blue is always a win, but this foyer designed by Elizabeth Roberts is making it look even better than usual.
Tria Giovan
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Marigold + Cream
White and yellow can be almost too cheerful—this cream and marigold combination is softer and a little more mellow as a result, though it still boasts that signature energy you'd expect from a yellow backdrop.
Roland Bello
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Lime Green + Dark Blue
Dark blue wallpaper, black lacquer moldings, and a moody buffet bring depth and texture to the Miles Redd-designed room while the white marble table and lime green upholstered dining chairs ensure levity.
Nicole Franzen
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Peach + Cream + Chrome
This eclectic contemporary living room is understated and visually soothing, but if you take a closer look, there are plenty of bold style statements.
Part of this is thanks to the neutral yet unique color scheme.
George Ross
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Ruby + Ink
Birgette Pearce designed a hidden pantry to keep stored items discrete behind inky sliding doors with textured glass—but once open, the pocket doors reveal a bright red surprise.
Stephen Kent Johnson
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Turquoise + White + Warm Wood
A custom turquoise velvet banquette in this contemporary California dining nook designed by Studio Shamshiri is just the right dose color.
Mali Azima
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Melanie Turner makes a strong case for monochromatic decorating with this soothing green sitting room. The brass accents, burled wood table, and brown marble fireplace facade spice things up.
Ngoc Minh Ngo
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Amethyst + Scarlet
The velvet-covered banquette serves as plush seating at the dining table, draped in purple burlap from Elegant Fabrics. Designer David Kaihoi's three-year-old daughter sits in the red Tripp Trapp high chair by Stokke in the New York City apartment.
Shade Degges
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Bubblegum Pink + Greige
Designed by Jae Joo, this timeless living room is both peaceful and inspiring, perfect for unwinding, socializing, studying, or more. Bubblegum pink arm chairs with a wood frame are a breath of fresh air and the greige walls add more intrigue and sophistication than a simple bright white color would.
Thomas Loof
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Yellow + Turquoise
The tight prints and splashes of red help marry the playful yellow and turquoise lacquer paints in this wide-open landing that Kati Curtis transformed into a jewel box of a reading nook.
Jonny Valiant
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Green Tea + Dusty Brown
To bring a feeling of nature into a New York living room, designer Fawn Galli used a custom minty green: "I don't think a color should be too saturated or strong on a wall." Pal + Smith chairs upholstered in Safari by Manuel Canovas, a Paley sofa from Profiles, a Fiona Curran Palette carpet for the Rug Company, and a painting by Anne Siems give the room "a sense of storybook fantasy.
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Heidi Caillier Design
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Army Green + Burnt Orange
Army green and burnt orange are great for anyone who is typically color averse but wants to experiment a bit with less neutral tones.
William Abranowicz
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Tangerine + Dark Stone
If you have a little alcove on your porch or a built-in cabana on a pool deck, make it cozy and outdoor-friendly with the right mix of materials. John Houshman added cushions and a rug to soften things up.
Noe DeWitt
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Sage + Aqua + Rattan
A super warm, almost golden material like rattan will balance out a cooler sage and aqua color combination. It's perfect for a tropical location—or anywhere you want to channel a vacation vibe. Add some brass for good measure, as Pheobe Howard did here.
AMY NEUNSINGER
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Big Apple Red + Dusty Blue
A different shade of red and an extra dose of gold give the above color combination a different spin that we love equally as much.
Some warmer neutrals and a contrasting statement bolster pillow upholstered in dusty blue balance it all out.
Kendall McCaugherty
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Peach + Black + Pink
Black and cream calm pieces down the various shades of pink in this great room designed by Bruce Fox. The lighting casts a golden glow over the whole room.
Paul Raeside
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Gray-Blue + Black
Give yourself something inspiring to look up at when you're getting ready to dream during a nap or while you ponder your reading material. to look at Artist Rajiv Surendra embellished the black chalkboard paint walls and ceiling in this Montreal writing room to mimic elaborate moldings. It feels fresh and modern, but also classic.
Roland Bello
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Raspberry + Sky Blue
A classic wall mural gets a burst of contemporary energy with deep pink lampshades and a pinstriped sofa in this sitting room corner designed by Miles Redd.
Emily Minton Redfield
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Cherry + Brass
Cherry red walls with a high-gloss finish and brass accents bring maximum luxury to this tea room designed by Marie Flanigan for House Beautiful's Whole Home in Denver.
It's perfect for a much-needed quiet moment for one.
Karyn Millet
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Orange Cream + Deep Teal
Designer Celerie Kemble let her daughter pick the color scheme for this room in their Manhattan apartment. The orange cream walls paired with the deep teal carpeting and accents breeds a lively atmosphere.
Werner Straube
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Sapphire + Mustard
The color-drenched "flex room" in a Michigan house designed by Corey Damen Jenkins is a fun place for kids to do homework or for the grown-ups to have after-dinner drinks. The lacquered walls are actually a Philip Jeffries wallcovering.
Reid Rolls
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Aqua + Raspberry
Nick Olsen used look-at-me shades of pink and blue to cover every inch of a girl's bedroom—check out the Christopher Farr Cloth wallpaper on the ceiling!
David A. Land
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Tangerine + Olive
Olive-painted trim on walls papered in a bright orange pattern? It doesn't sound like it should work, but this dining room—designed by Chenault James for House Beautiful's Whole Home in Nashville—is proof that it definitely does.
TRIA GIOVAN
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Pistachio + Periwinkle
This sweet concoction of a living room, designed by Amanda Lindroth, provides irrefutable proof that opposites attract. She had the Quadrille fabric on the sofas printed in a custom color combination to tie the two hues together,
Jane Beiles
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Royal Blue + Orchid
“Nothing matches, but it all works together,” says designer Charlotte Barnes of the bright blue kitchen in a family's South Carolina vacation house. Her go-to shade? Farrow & Ball's Hague Blue.
Thomas Loof
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Blush + Mahogany
Matthew Carter used pale pink walls—painted in Benjamin Moore’s Precocious—as a backdrop for antique wood furniture in a Bahamas vacation home.
David A. Land
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Iris + Crimson
Feeling bold? With its purple ceiling (Delicate Petal by Pratt & Lambert) and red walls (Red Statement, also Pratt & Lambert), the living room of Katie Brown's Connecticut house is a showstopper.
CHRISTOPHER DELANEY
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Fuchsia + Robin's Egg Blue
Kristen McCory used a few coats of saturated pink paint—inspired by her client's grandmother's lipstick—to turn a hand-me-down secretary into a showstopping focal point for an upstairs hallway clad in pale blue wallpaper.
Douglas Friedman
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Yellow + White
The vibrant yellow-and-white Clarence House wallpaper in this breakfast nook designed by Krista Ewart ensures a bright start to the day. "The yellow is so fresh and sunny, and the room goes a little retro with the white Chinese Chippendale chairs and the black painted floor," she says.
Luke White
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Teal + Brick
“Saturated colors balance the strength of the architecture,” says Janie Molster of this 1700s Virginia study where red curtains hang from walls in Benjamin Moore's Mill Spring Blue.
photos, popular colors, tips for choosing colors
A living room is a place where you can not only spend your free time and have fun, but also meet guests.
It is not surprising that the design of this room requires special attention.
What is the first thing that catches your eye when a person enters the living room? Of course, this is the color of the walls and furniture. The selection of the color palette used in the arrangement of the room is a top priority.
At the same time, the color scheme of the walls of the living room, along with the selection of furniture, are a key factor in the formation of an individual design. Then a natural question arises: how to choose the color in the living room?
Design: Zhenya Zhdanova, DivaDecor.ru
Basic rules for color combinations in the interior
When choosing a particular color for decorating a room, you should start not only from your personal preferences, but also from existing color combination rules. An incorrect combination of even two tones will cause dissonance in the interior and psychological discomfort.
What should be the correct combination of colors in the interior?
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Using a gamut of shades within a single color.
For example, if you combine light yellow, yellow and dark yellow. In this case, the palette should be diluted with a neutral companion, which will help create a smooth transition from one tone to another. It is gray, white, beige. -
Shades that harmonize with each other. There are universal tones - white, black, gray, beige, which are combined with any others. They can be taken as a basis, diluted with contrasts.
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Contrasting interior color combination. To understand which of them are well combined, you should use the color wheel - this is a palette of color combinations in the interior. For example, yellow and purple, orange and blue, green and red harmonize with each other. But they should not be used in equal proportions, there should be more of some shade.
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Use of adjacent tones (analogue triad). On the color wheel, it is green with blue and blue, orange with red and purple.
In addition, you should follow the recommendations regarding interior color design:
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Do not use more than three or four shades.
Choose the main one, the rest will be his companions. The combination of colors in the interior is considered correct if the proportion is observed: 75% - the main tone, 25% - companions, 5% - bright color accents. -
Neutral shades should be used for the background.
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A monochrome interior can seem boring. To revive it, it is worth adding bright decor and elements with different textures.
Psychology, meaning and perception of color
Choosing a harmonious combination of colors in the interior, you can remember Luscher's psychological test. It helps to determine what state a person is in based on the choice of palette. The test does not highlight gray, beige, white or black - they are neutral. But it distinguishes four main shades: red, yellow, green and blue.
You can interpret them like this:
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Yellow is a symbol of joy, happiness, manifestation of new opportunities, self-development. An interesting combination of colors in the interior (photo below): muted yellow, gray and greenery of living plants.
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Red symbolizes self-respect, confidence, power. Many people cannot get along with this color, considering it aggressive. But you can always add muted shades of red to the design of the room, for example, terracotta, dusty pink.
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Blue - Luscher self-limitation. From the side of interaction on the psyche, one can say about blue as calming, pacifying, capable of giving a good sleep.
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Green - trust, optimism, self-confidence. This color in the interior gives peace, relaxation, and reduces fatigue.
Classic color combinations
Some interior color combinations have become classic:
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Black and white. A combination of two universal shades suitable for any style and room.
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Gray and blue. This combination of colors in the interior gives peace and tranquility. A sophisticated, stylish combination suitable for bedroom, study, library.
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Beige (brown) with pink.
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Yellow - ivory. A bright combination, suitable for rooms that need additional lighting. Shades bring a touch of joy, freshness, purity.
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Red and gold. Bright hues may look too pompous, but muted ones help to create an elegant, expensive interior.
Warm and cold colors in the interior
The combination of colors in the interior of cold and warm colors requires following some rules:
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Harmony is achieved by choosing the dominant scale - warm or cold, to which accents of the opposite are added.
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Application of the principle of balancing one tone at the expense of another. So, the result of this principle was a combination of turquoise and beige.
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The use of mutual reinforcement, when the shades make each other deeper, nobler (for example, emerald and marsala).
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Uses a muted, desaturated effect. An example of such a technique is a neutral main background with accent bright colors.
By combining a warm palette with a cold one, you can adjust the space. It is known that warm tones visually reduce the space, and cold tones make it deeper, wider.
The use of a gradient in the interior
Gradient (ombre) is a complex technique of combining shades from lighter to darkest. It is used when painting surfaces, combining wallpapers, selecting accessories. When decorating walls with a gradient, they make a transition from bottom to top from dark to light, thereby visually increasing the height of the ceiling.
When creating a gradient, it is important to find the right combination of colors in the interior. Then the ombre technique will make the room stylish, and not just colorful. When combining, you can use the color wheel. The most commonly used gradient is blue and gray.
The technique of painting walls with a gradient is often difficult for the layman, so you can simplify your task by using ready-made textiles or ombre-colored decor (curtains, rugs, carpets, photos, floor lamps).
Curtains with a gradient look especially advantageous against the background of neutral, plain walls. Small ombre carpets give the effect of volume.
Tables of harmonious color combinations in the interior
When creating a fashionable image of your home, it can be difficult to figure out which colors are best to choose. Therefore, there are ways to simplify this choice. They were created by experts. In addition to the color wheel, they include a tabular form for selecting shades.
To choose the right combination of colors in the interior, the table offers ready-made options. It remains to choose the main shade, then see which complementary companions are suitable. In tables built on this principle, several tones (five or six) are presented. The first of them is the main one, the next two are complementary to it, and the fourth and subsequent ones are contrasting. With the help of such a palette, you can choose all the necessary shades for decorating a room.
Other tables may work differently. For example, by choosing a shade you like, you can see the degree of its compatibility with another. If it is low, you should look for other options. More opportunities are provided by tables that present a shade and a number of tones combined with it: a similar range, similar shades of other colors, or in contrast.
Popular colors for living room walls
Living room colors can be varied. The entire palette of existing shades is divided into warm and cold tones, which should not be mixed with each other. What colors can be taken as a basis in any living room?
White
Undoubted favorite of the classic style, versatile and perfect for creating a cozy room. Light colors create the effect of expanded space, visually increasing the volume of the living room. White color is easily combined with any other shade, black and white is especially welcome - a classic that will never go out of style.
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The only rule of a "white" living room is to use bright and contrasting elements, because an exclusively white interior will create an impression of incompleteness.
Among such elements may be furniture, paintings or patterns on the walls, curtains.
In general, the white shade of the walls can be compared to a canvas: further drawing will depend on your imagination.
Beige
Another win-win option that is very difficult to spoil the design of the living room. This color scheme makes the room bright and spacious, does not tire, combines well with other shades.
Beige-coloured walls go well with natural wood furniture. This approach to the design of the room will not leave your guests indifferent.
Design: Svetlana Startseva
Brown
There are a huge number of shades of brown, and all of them will add practicality and richness to your living room. Brown walls are suitable for those rooms that are well lit.
Just don't overdo it with brown, because too much brown will make the living room look smaller. And one more tip: first paint the walls brown, and then pick up furniture and other sets of a different shade so that the elements of the room do not merge with each other.
Gray
Another versatile option for decorating the living room walls. Against a gray background, any bright paraphernalia looks good, be it a headset or paintings. A good option would be to dilute the monotonous gray shade with patterns or stripes.
Design: Yana Molodykh
Green
Among the many shades of green, there are both bright and dark options for decorating a living room. The presence of green color will give the room a sense of calm, which is so lacking after a hard day's work.
Green colors look original and attractive, but matching them with other design elements will not be so easy. Shades of green may not be combined with all furniture or floor options, which makes it somewhat difficult to design a living room.
At the same time, a competent combination of all factors makes a room in green tones cozy, beautiful and mysterious. Natural colors are always pleasing to the human eye, which your guests will definitely appreciate.
Design: Stepan Bugaev
Yellow
A truly vibrant color scheme for the living room. The use of yellow shades will be a saving solution for rooms with insufficient natural light.
Bright yellow must be diluted with other, calmer tones (white, gray, beige). A successful combination will make the living room so cheerful and cheerful that you won’t want to leave it.
Design: Irina Sobylenskaya
Blue and light blue
Blue and light blue are suitable for small rooms. These shades are well combined with white, gray, yellow, lilac, brown. Do you want to make your living room a place of peace and tranquility? Then blue tones will be a good solution when choosing a color scheme.
When using blue or light blue, it is important to know the measure and be able to combine with the material of the headset and other elements of the living room. With a successful selection, the room will look elegant and unusual.
Design: Nikolay Nikitin
Red
The use of red color with proper execution of the design leads to good results.
An excess of this shade gives the room excessive saturation and contrast, which greatly hurts the eyes, and guests can plunge into a slight shock.
Would you like to use shades of red? Dilute them with furniture and white curtains. This will reduce the “danger” of red in the room and save the eye from overstrain.
Orange
This is where you can talk about the character of a person if he uses orange to decorate the living room. Walls painted in this color will obviously speak of the positive mood of the owner and give the guests a charge of good mood.
Too much orange is the same mistake as in the case of red. Because orange color is very popular with designers, they advise to dilute it with white, gray, beige or black.
Purple and lilac
Purple is a symbol of wealth. The decision to paint the walls of the living room in such shades speaks of the owner's creative and extraordinary thinking. Rich style and unusual design - that's what you can get when choosing lilac and purple colors for decorating the living room.
Black
Here you can once again talk about the classic combination "white + black", the choice of which will bring almost 100% effect on you and your guests. However, the use of black for wall decoration is a rather controversial point, although acceptable in the modern world of design.
It is believed that black shades can bring sadness and melancholy to those who are in the room. However, now there are many projects where black tones fit perfectly into the overall picture of the living room. The main feature is the use of additional matte, metallic and chrome shades of the color palette in the room set.
Design: Kameleono studio, Pavel Lichik and Anastasia Ivanova
Living room zoning with color
Zoning will be an excellent addition to the overall design of the living room. In particular, the room should have its own seating area, where guests can sit on the sofa and spend their free time having pleasant conversations.
How can space be divided?
- An excellent solution would be to paint one of the walls in a bright and saturated color. This contrast is especially visible in the room, the main shades of which will be beige, gray, white and other light colors. The brightness of the object will visually divide the room into several zones;
- If you have a dark room in which the walls and other attributes are designed in brown, dark green, blue shades, you can highlight the place for leisure by installing floor lamps, lamps and lamps;
- If you dilute plainly painted walls with a few paintings or photographs, you will also be able to highlight a corner in the living room.
Choosing the color of the living room according to the cardinal direction
As the wind rose is taken into account when building a city, one should not forget about the direction in which the living room windows face. The choice of the color of the walls and its maximum manifestation may depend on this.
- If the windows are facing north, it would be a great option to use warm and bright colors when decorating the room. Here you can use red, yellow, orange, green, etc.;
- In cases where the windows are open towards the South, the situation is opposite. Cold and calm shades like blue, purple, beige organically fit in here;
- Are the windows facing East? This means that the room will be well lit. The use of neutral, soft colors will be the perfect solution for such a living room. Among these shades, white, gray, beige, lilac can be distinguished;
- Windows facing West. Everything here is just the opposite: The lack of light should be compensated for with bright and saturated colors like red, yellow and orange. Also, the choice of calm tones (beige, lilac, purple, blue) will not be a mistake.
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Decorating a living room is an important step in decorating any home, so the choice of wall color should be taken seriously.
Our advice: choose the colors you like best and then see how to do it. So it will turn out to create a compromise option and satisfy not only your wishes, but also create a successful version of the interior of the living room as a whole.
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Selection of colors and creation of design options when developing interior design projects
You can try to colorize the photo from this example using our blank. Download the archive with the original photo and the file with strokes (*.
strokes). More details - here.
AKVIS Coloriage can be used in the development of design projects for the selection of colors. You will first need to prepare an interior model in any editor in one color scheme or in general in black and white, and then set a color for each object and for each detail using AKVIS Coloriage .
For example, we chose an interior model made in 3ds Max and rendered in black and white.
- Step 1. Open the resulting image in a graphics editor, for example, in AliveColors .
- Step 2. Call the plugin AKVIS Coloriage by selecting the menu item Effects –> AKVIS –> Coloriage in AliveColors .
- Step 3. For the first color scheme of the interior, we will choose a beige color. Let's circle all the interior objects along the contour with different shades of beige and colors combined with it:
set the color for the floor and skirting boards to be brown;
we paint the walls in beige, and the ceiling in light beige;
for batteries, window slopes and columns, set the color to white;
for the sideboard we will choose milky white, and it is imperative to draw strokes around the glasses in the sideboard;
for glass shelves and glasses in the sideboard, set a greenish tint;
for the table and chairs, we will choose some light shade of wood, and a darker one for the bar counter.
- Step 4. Click on the button and admire the colorization result, which will be shown in the After tab.
- Step 5. To simplify experiments with color, let's save the strokes applied to the image into a separate file. To do this, click on the button and save the file, for example, under the name Interior-beige.
- Step 6. Click on the button. The AKVIS Coloriage plug-in window will close, and the previously black and white image in the editor window will turn into color. Let's save the color image in a separate file.
- Step 7. In the History panel , roll back one step to the original black and white image and call the AKVIS Coloriage plugin again.
- Step 8. In the plugin window, open the previously saved file with strokes by clicking on the button and selecting the Interior-beige.strokes file from the list.
- Step 9 Let's change, for example, the color of the walls and the floor.
To change the color of the walls, select a bright yellow-orange color, then select the tool Magic tube and left-click on any stroke on the wall - all strokes that set the color of the walls will change their color to yellow-orange. In the same way, we will change the color of the floor and baseboards to a richer brown, which will be more in harmony with the bright color of the walls. - Step 10. Click on the button and look at the new walls and floor in tab After .
- Step 11 Apply the result by pressing the button. Let's save the new version of the interior color scheme to a file under a different name.
- Step 12. Back in the History panel let's roll back one step to the original black and white image and call the AKVIS Coloriage plugin.
- Step 13. In the plugin window, click the button and select the Interior-beige.strokes file from the list.
- Step 14.
