Living room colour schemes brimming with character and style
A little colour in your life reflects your personality and lifts your mood, so why not chose one of these living room color schemes?
Jennifer Ebert. The article: https://www.idealhome.co.uk/living-room/living-room-ideas/living-room-colour-schemes-89978
Looking for a new living room color scheme that you’ll love for years to come? While it’s true that neutral room schemes provide a blank canvas, there’s a lot to be said for introducing colour. Different shades can have an uplifting or calming effect and your choice of colour and soft furnishings can go a long way to reflecting your personality.
If you’re feeling bold, have a look at our living room colour schemes to get you started.
1. Evoke sunnier climes with the return of beige
Beige is back – and just in time, too. Because by layering it up, you can transport yourself to tropical climes – in this case, the glamorous island of Ibiza. Here, Dulux’s Summer Linen, Cookie Dough and Natural Hessian are used in combination with rustic and bohemian accessories – think terracotta ceramic pots, wicker baskets and tasselled cushions for a laid back look.
2. Create a brooding sense of intrigue by painting your walls and surfaces in a dramatic dark shade. On-trend darker shades of paint may feel like a risky move but, in the right context, shadowy tones come into their own.
Create an entire backdrop that blends in by painting a radiator and a wall of shelves to match or play it safer with a feature wall. When using accents of dark paints the key is to balance it with large areas of neutral.
3. Re-energise your room with a green colour scheme
Pair tonal green, blue and yellow furniture and accessories to create a cohesive, calming feel.
4. Invite summer indoors with shades of yellow
The feel-good vibes of yellow can instantly create a sunny decor. Walls painted in buttercup yellow provide the ideal backdrop for any furniture style, particularly neutral and grey. Add further rays of sunshine with brighter yellow accessories to compliment the walls.
5. Team turquoise with tonal blues
Pick a vibrant shade that adds personality and character to your living room in daylight and snuggly warm cosiness at night. Pick a turquoise hue
6. Add terracotta accents to warm up neutral colour schemes
Create different moods in a neutral living room with colourful accessories. This cosy burnt orange shade is back in fashion! It’s perfect for adding warmth to any neutral decor. Large squashy cushions and table lamps in the same tone create a coherent colour scheme that can be easily updated for changing seasons and trends.
7. Colour match walls and shelving
Make a feature by painting a wall and its shelves in the same shade.
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8. Combine complimentary colours
Deep forest green has the unusual quality of making a room feel cosy and enveloping in winter but cool and shady in summer.
9. Keep colours sweet and sugary
Opt for impact with a sugary shade – decorating with pastels needn’t mean going entirely pale. 10. Stick to shades of blue
Create a fabulously fresh space with a splash of invigorating blue. Marry steely blues, from mineral to aqua shades, to devise a scheme you won’t want to leave. If you’re sticking to a single colour, try mixing textures to add interest or working in accessories in an accent colour. Keep the feel classic with white or natural wood furniture.
11. Create a calming oasis with neutrals
Who says color has to be bold to be beautiful?
12. Blur the lines when it comes to decorating
Paint doesn’t have to be pedestrian so get creative with how you apply your chosen colours and you could end up with a truly individual look. Layer an accent colour over the top of a base colour and dry-brush half way up the wall to create a dip-dye effect. From ombré to watercolour washes, the two-tone trend shows no signs of fading away.
13. Furnish with jewel toned colours
Deep turquoise, jade green, true pink, amethyst, citrine and emerald. This group of gorgeous colours work naturally together for a vibrant, non-clashy mix. Offset them with black, grey and white to create a successful scheme. Walls painted in a flat steel grey let you use jewel tones fearlessly on fabrics and accessories.
14. Pack a punch with warming plum tones
Warm up your living room in the colder months with plum tones. Combine shades of claret and dusky rose to make the space toasty and snug. Colour-block the main wall with a port-wine red to introduce a rich, heritage element. Prevent the colour scheme going into overdrive by using softer mauve-greys, browns and greys for accessories and other elements in the room.
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