You can use brown colored furnishings and home accents for highlights. This modern and simplistic room accents a monochrome design with a vibrant red. Large Traditional living room with pink walls, arched doorway and a brick fireplace. Beige, much like white, is a popular go to color when homeowners are trying to choose a neutral color for their living room. Obviously, this is the least precise approach. The room has hardwood flooring topped by an area rug. Large great room boasting elegant brown seats and a ceiling with skylight. The gorgeous polished wood coffee table anchors the room nicely for a clean, modern aesthetic. That is why we give you these tips on how to spice up the part of your home where you let your guests in (most of the time) and where you throw yourself in when you get home from work. On the other hand, pick warmer undertones like yellow to create a more alluring impression. A bright and warm living space featuring modern seats, a rustic center table set on an area rug along with a fireplace. While red can definitely be positive, its dynamic and stands out, so you need to decide how to use the color in your living room. The color pink isnt for everyone, but it also isnt strictly for a womans home (remember, the color pink was originally considered to be masculine). The muted tone of the brick red is just strong enough to pick up the red of the oriental carpet and in the paisley chair without being over the top or overwhelming. Notice in this picture how fresh white accents are used to punctuate and break up the brightness of the orange color to keep it from being overwhelmingly bold and in your face. Selecting orange as a dominant color in your living room may seem a little bold, and maybe even a little tacky if you think of the use of orange in living rooms in the 1970s. As youll see, the most popular floor color brown, which is expected given the color of hardwood floors. Even without the flash and vibrance of brighter colors, this room is welcoming. But dont feel intimidated! Stark white furnishings are backed by black and yellow walls. Even if you dont see a lot of living room styles that use purple as a dominant color, it doesnt mean you cant use it in your preferred design. Theres bookshelves in the corner as well. Epic living room colors article sets out what's best based on statistics and popularity as well as dozens of interesting living room color scheme photos. Choose wood and wall colors next to each other or close to each other on the color wheel. It has white walls and a white thick rug with a silver top centerpiece table on top of it. Theres a dining table set on the side as well. Although red can boost appetite and even bring out other emotions, using subtle and more rustic blends of red and combining it with grey would neutralize those emotions and instead, calm you as you gaze around the room. The dark wood floor works great with gray walls since it will give a lot of contrast between the wall and the floor. Play around with it! This room is a super simple and pretty color design. SW 7543 Avenue Tan Interior / Exterior. The whites and light grays are brought to life with a theme of light blues. The vivid leaves of the tree work to strengthen the muted hue of the wall paint, and the paintings further add to the natural aspect. Involve other earth tones, like brown, sandstone and sunny yellow to round out your color composition. Bright, juicy, refreshing orange! A woven rug, abstract paintings, and a black leather chair provide interest, small pops of contrasting color, and cohesion. This room uses a number of different shades and hues of green to create a great deal of depth and a dynamic feel with using only a few colors. In this picture, the black walls perfectly counterbalance and offset the multiple bright color choices found throughout the room. All-neutral rooms give off a chic and glamorous facade, especially when you incorporate glass, mirror, and other reflective surfaces! Best Living Room Colors and Color Combinations, 25 Colors Compared in the Same Living Room, Photo Gallery of Unique Living Room Color-Wise, The Best Living Colors Based on Popularity, a list of which colors 84 experts like for 2019, Classic and versatile neutral that looks fantastic when done in gradient shades or a monochromatic and uniform color schematic, Used for pops of punchy and cheery color. A simple color scheme can have a great deal of life brought to it by something as simple as a colorful accent pillow. Yet, when integrated with other colors, gray can be a magnificent dominant living room color. If white doesnt pique your interest, a neutral color like gray works just as well! Traditional Living Room with Asian Elements and Green Walls. If youre looking to wood up your floors but dont know which colors to choose to match it with for your walls, opt for neutral colors. What gray walls do is create a neutral background within which you can bring your living room to life without being overwhelming. Large living room featuring green walls and white seats. Accentuate this jungle and outdoor feel with brown furniture and grey ceilings. We are also willing to walk you through any other questions that you might have on your mind. When youre decorating your home, the crucial elements that will make or break the space are the floors and the walls. See more of this home here.Designed byBoom town. Accentuate with classic oriental rugs, worn leather books, and your favorite oil paintings for an enduring look that is inviting and comfortable. For example, gray is fairly popular, yet you may not have considered gray for your walls or overall color scheme because you think its too blah or neutral. Traditional Living Room with Slight Craftsman Elements and Brown Walls. Before you are quick to pass on the color brown, think about what it represents. The room has a tall ceiling. The orange brings a glowing warmth the creams and off whites, giving a warm lit and cozy illuminated look. Lighter shades of green are often associated with nature, vitality, and growth while darkershades of green symbolize wealth and abundance. Nevertheless, given the impact floor color makes, we include the analysis which is based on 10,040 living room floor colors. Another look of this living room featuring a fireplace in the corner, an L-shaped sofa and built-in bookshelves. Bright living room featuring light purple walls and white seats, along with a fireplace. Charted data is included to show the popularity of particular colors in home dcor. What we did is take a living room photo and changed the wall color so that you can get a quick glimpse of how different colors look compared to one another. Eclectic Living Room with Mid-Century Components and Black Walls. Using creamy brown colors and other light brown blends work excellent in living rooms with high ceilings and windows. Spacious living room featuring a brown theme with a white accent. This living room features a wood tone. It can work perfectly in both ways whether you choose light walls and dark flooring or the other way around. Its a classic color that many homeowners use for accenting throughout a living room. The natural wood tones and the the sleek design are a welcoming and comfortable environment. It also offers a white L-shaped sofa and a glass top center table. See more of this home here.Designed bySimutin Design. I think during the early stages of design, it can be helpful to get an idea of whats being done generally. Spacious living space featuring rustic red walls along with white shelves and gray seats. Calm isnt a bad emotional response for a living room color. Do you need to estimate how many tiles youll need for a rectangular area? Blue and orange are complimentarycolors, and complimentary colors are always good together. A single accent wall can add a great deal of visual interest to a room. Whether youre planning for an all-over pink or just using pink accents throughout your living room, colors that compliment pink can also make it stand out a bit more. In keeping with the bold theme, complementary bold colors are found throughout the room pictured above. A grey paint with warm yellow undertones will complement a light, warm floor, while a grey paint with blue undertones will pair nicely with a cool floor. If you want to go all out with vibrant colors, but dont know which one works best with each other, take a look at the color wheel! It features a classy fireplace and bookshelves. Pair a golden floor with a red wall or a floor with red undertones with a yellow wall. Below is a Chart of Popular Living Room Wall Colors Choices and Accompanying Style Notes with Tips and Tricks to Successfully Pull off a Variety of Unique Color Schemes. To spice up this palette, there are a varietyof colorful throw pillows with a number of patterns and colors. A sofa is a great place to add color and a great deal depth and appeal. Large living area featuring white walls and a white tall ceiling. In this living room, purple is used as a statement color. This living room features a couch, a gray area rug and a fireplace, along with wall lights. Large living room featuring hardwood flooring and cozy seats. Bathroom - small contemporary 3/4 gray tile and slate tile slate floor and gray floor bathroom idea in Berlin with dark wood cabinets, a wall-mount toilet, gray walls, a vessel sink, flat-panel cabinets, wood countertops and brown countertops Wet bath wall between sink . Combine light grey/white walls with violet accents to make your room as regal as you want to feel when you get home. A muted color palette and assorted textures add depth and complexity to the room. This color analysis is based on analysis of hundreds of thousands of living rooms so its fairly representative of todays designs. When youre building or redecorating your space, it can be quite overwhelming to pick out the best floor and wall color combinations because of the wide array of options laid out right in front of you. x 36 in. To give you the best results, find a theme and combination matches, coordinates, and suits your taste. This is an amazing light, bright and clean design. Explore your personality and your tastes, and youll surely find the perfect one for you. See more of this home here.Designed byMcloed Bovell. Green is that color that immediately sends us nature, peace and tranquility. The home features a tall ceiling with exposed beams as well. Painting your walls beige will create a soft and soothing living space that you can further accentuate with contrasting throw pillows and modern design elements. Play with lighter and darker shades, along with assorted textural elements to create a multifaceted layered look that looks effortlessly cool. This room uses a piece of art to inform a bright and interesting color palette in this living room. The room is surrounded by gray walls. The gorgeous hue of deep dark purple is crisscrossed in fun pink geometric lines and accented by punchy orange seating for a fun and cheerful environment. A real "cookbook" way to make any space look good without much risk, Mark says, is to use darker color values for the floor, medium color values for the walls and light values for the ceiling. Here, that's demonstrated by a rich midnight blue, like PPG's Victory Blue, on the walls and a yellow-orange tone on the wood floor. Use a yellow palette scheme for the walls to give emphasis on the lighter feel of the room. The teal, purple, and darker pink throw pillows add continuity throughout the room, and the silk fabric provides a luxuriant feel. Integral to the success of any design scheme, color can be used as a strategic tool to balance, accentuate, and integrate the various components that comprise a rooms composition. It also works great in providing natural lighting ambiance. If you want a classic but welcoming look for your living room, play with whites, browns and greys. The white seats look very comfortable and are placed near the fireplace. The room also offers a fireplace. Contemporary Living Room with Purple Walls. Just fill out the fields and click on Submit once youre done. See more of this home here.Designed byCrosby Pye. Use green upholstery to add more color in your room. If youve had dark walls for a long time, you might be looking for a color that lightens things up but isnt as drastic as white; a yellow is a great option. This room sides on the cooler shades. Olive, White and Wood Living Room Color Scheme. Use orange and brown accents from the floor to fixtures to add to the inviting aura your living room now has. This living room has a number of whites and grays with the accent of yellow to to bring a deal of vibrance. Classic brown tones are warm, regal, and handsome. A warm living room featuring orange walls and a set of classy seats. The key to pulling off a living room with orange walls is to employ restraint with the other color choices you make. Spacious living space featuring a U-shaped leather couch set on the carpet flooring and is surrounded by blue walls and ceiling. If you live in a place that is close to the sea, its best to mimic the calming effects in your living room. Beige is a warm-toned color that works great to accentuate and complement similarly toned neutral colors. Black wall paint is an unexpected and unique color for living rooms. Reds, yellows, and oranges are considered warm color tones. Use dark brown mostly wooden ornate and floors to give it a country feeling. Play with a light brown- cream wall color to give a lighter ambiance. The use of the color white is carried over to the chairs on the right, which features a black print that contrasts well with the vivid orange hue. A painting to the far right has just the right amount of yellow to perfectly complement the yellow pillow and lesser amounts of yellow color on the wall. See more of this home here.Designed byJerry Jacobs Design. Note how the richly upholstered jewel tone fuchsia seats perfectly pick up the pink on the multicolored walls. Want light to dance around your living room even at night? Cover one wall from floor to ceiling or use the design halfway with wainscotting. Its been called a compromise color because it sits between two non-colors (black and white) which creates a sense of calm. Use light brown colors for your walls and accentuate it with dark brown furniture and pieces. The grays work well with the cool blues and purples. A very toned down and cozy earth tone palette is brightenedup but the lighter furniture. The entire space has greyish black running color throughout. Going for a classic look for your living room makes it look homey for others. This wealth of information is designed to assist you in making the most well-informed choice you can regarding living room paint color and the compositional style that your living room is based upon. Check it out. Highlight key areas in your room with rich colors such as lush violet furnishings, dark grey/black curtains and something vibrant like a light yellow furnishing. This can also be a perfect opportunity to play around with textures and finishes with tiles. The room offers cozy seats and a classy area rug. Darker shades of purple may work best in larger living rooms, especially if youre trying to make the room feel more comfortable and cozy. Second, you can go by floor color which contributes to the overall color of a room (although wall color has a much stronger influence to overall color scheme. Additionally, you wont have to worry about choosing colors for furniture because this color combination is so easy to work with. Be it furniture, floor, accent wall, or the countertops. x 36 in. DIY is now even more simple and fast with this amazing product. We may think that we need the help of a professional interior designer to make our homes beautiful but I tell you, your creativity is already enough to achieve that white modern living room with a kick. Designed byDKOR Interiors. Blue is an exceedingly popular paint choice for living room walls. Cool colors include blues, violets, true greens and gray-greens. While the psychology of gray may come across as being negative, it isnt at all. Lush Violet, Dark Grey, White/Grey and Light Yellow. Look at the way the white brings out the vividness of the blue on the walls, and how that wall paint serves to enhance the blueness of the gorgeous china vases. Paired with a neutral color, the overall effect is delightful. The Asian-themed vase upon the coffee table is an unexpected design touch that works nicely with the general look and feel of the room. As you browse ourBlue Living Room Gallery, youll notice that blue is a prominent color in all sizes and styles of living rooms. The green marble fire place is an interesting piece that ties together the color scheme. The room is surrounded by white walls. With a touch of green to bring a bit of a lively tones. Adding pops of crisp white color and using warm-toned metal dcor ties the look together in a cohesive, subtly tied together fashion. This room uses a painted wall to give this room a very warm and welcoming appearance. Give life and light in your living room by combining rich shade of reds or orange on the walls with lighter shades of grey for your ceiling and furnishings. White is a favorite color to pair with wood because it complements almost all the varieties and looks of woodworks. With the addition of warm-hued red, the monotony of the blue and white scheme is broken up in a beautifully unexpected way that is visually appealing. Perfect as a base color for modern, minimalist, or contemporary living spaces, beige is a color that exudes elegance. 2). Use muted grey and white for your walls and top it with brown and violet accents to give color to your all-white/grey room. Spacious living room featuring a ceiling with beams and a pair of bookshelves on both sides of the door. Floor color is the weakest room color indicator, but it does make an impact. Note how the white color opens the room and lends itself perfectly to the expansive glass windows, adding to the airy feel. This is also a way to create a luxe look. It will remind you of the sea at night. Want something modern and yet a classic feel for your living room? Match Wall Color with Dark Wood Floors Dark hardwood floors and lighter walls offer a beautiful contrast. All of the natural tone, browns, creams, off whites, are accentuated by the warm and soft lighting. Third, you can go by the overall color which is based on all design elements and you choose by what you consider the dominant color. Contrasting interior design colors always look Carnation pink colored wall hangings give this living room bold and unique color and a freshly feminine cheer. The meaning of the color green is diverse as the living room designs that use green as a dominant design color. A white on white can never go wrong. This modern living room uses a vibrant accent wall and a singular color pillow to add some vibrance to a monochromatic room. The colorbrown represents wholesomeness, stability, durability, honesty, and simplicity; what better words to describe a living room that makes one feel welcome and comfortable? Green room with many floors: urban jungle style. These will blend into the background and put your wooden flooring into the spotlight. The room is almost divided by the color theme. Violet and blues are very relaxing for the eyes and can relax people the longer they are in a room with such colors. Use our app below. You may actually just find your new favorite combination! Greens, blues, and purples are considered cool color tones. It has a huge variety of shades, ranging from moss to emerald or sea water, allowing a variety of uses and effects, especially when placed in the decoration of an environment. Combine modern design with a little luxury using this color scheme. The pale purple wall brings some brightness and life to a mostly monochrome design. In the 1970s, Earth-tone color schemes were popular in living rooms, and even though the popularity died down for a few decades, brown is a dominant color in many of todays living room designs. These undertones will deliver contrast by bringing out the golden hues of the wood. A living room featuring a set of cozy seats and a stylish area rug covering the hardwood flooring. "Any interior space replicates the outside world," he says. A very colorful carpet and pillows give this simple room a very fun appeal. All Rights Reserved. The color brown may not be the first color that comes to mind as you design your living room, but its more versatile than you think. The wall and its vivacious color are the focal point of this room. Heres a series of charts and a living room color table which is from a list of which colors 84 experts like for 2019. If you have a small living room, sticking with a lighter color (a light pink in this case) will help make the room look and feel larger. If you have a lot of natural lighting, accentuate it with white or grey wall paint to allow more light to flow in the room. Looking to spruce up your home with the use of matching or coordinating floors and walls? Top this room with white/brown/green furnishings to give it that earthy feel. I know plain white living rooms can be dull. Instead, go for whites with a faint yellow or creamy undertones. Try painting a single wall a bright orange and tie the look together with a vase of bright orange poppies in a contrasting vase, Offers visual interest and can be used strategically to tie in multiple colors for cohesive and pulled-together look, An unexpected wall color; works very well when coupled with elegant design details like polished wood, stainless steel and a complementary and contrasting color, Blue is a popular color and evokes feelings of serenity and peace. Accented with fresh white details and pops of red; this color scheme is beautiful, classic, and elegant all at once, Commonly used as a statement color, purple walls can offer delightfully large expanses of unexpected color that can be decorated in a variety of ways from regal to funky, Pink walls offer cheery, feminine fun. Complementary colors are those located directly across from each other on the color wheel. It lends a certain timeless quality to your space. The classic pairing of red and white with the blues found in the room are tied cohesively together with the consistent application of polished dark brown wood. Mix an array of textures. Third, you can go by the overall color which is based on all design elements and you choose by what you consider the dominant color. Today, the color orange and all of its different shades look attractive and inviting in all styles of living rooms. Note the gorgeous patina of the leather couch, and the use of mixed woods throughout the room. This living room consists of mostly white, with a splash of black for some contrast. Black is a powerful color that represents sophistication, elegance, and style. Like white, grey is a popular wall paint color, and it also has an endless range of undertones. The lipstick red upholstered chairs are a fantastic addition to this color and scheme and keep the room from being overwhelmingly cool-hued with and heavy-handedly blue.