Not all shades can look beautiful with each other. At the same time, all designers have specific rules that allow them to design any space as harmoniously as possible. True, not everyone knows about them.
Is it possible to combine green, orange and purple in one room? How to create a space that is both stylish and cozy? What mistakes are important to avoid when planning a color combination in the interior of a living room or bedroom? Today you will learn all the secrets and rules of combining shades.
Cool yellow and its shades
Cool yellow is almost the entire pastel range, with the exception of light orange-yellow tones.
Cold tone has a restrained coloring: less intense than spectral, due to which it is widely used in clothing and interior design.
They can be roughly divided into the following groups:
- creamy yellow – pastel range from white-lemon, white-lime-yellow, to white-sand-yellow.
- yellow-green: cold color, in which one way or another there are green notes: due to blue or black.
- beige-yellow, where the blue undertone outweighs the red.
- golden: instead of blue, they contain black (maybe together with blue) and in smaller quantities red.
Cool yellow color photo
- (1) Pale yellow,
- (2) gray-yellow,
- (3) champagne,
- (4) vanilla
- (5) wheat,
- (6) gold,
- (7) honey,
- (8) sandy,
- (9) straw,
- (10) golden brown,
- (11) fawn,
- (12) pear,
- (13) yellow-green
- (14) curry
- (15) dark yellow
- (16) yellow-brown.
The best decision
The most optimal color scheme for a blue kitchen is a combination with gray, white or some bright color. But in the latter case, the bright color should only highlight the main range. Because of this, only one detail needs to be made bright.
The variety of its shades gives free rein to experiments and rich imagination.
Warm yellow color and its shades
Warm shades of yellow are brighter than cold colors. Rich, full of energy and solar power, they evoke joy, a feeling of summer or spring. There are as many such colors as cold ones; they are designed to decorate this world and give us a positive mood.
These include:
- salty tones are shades of yellow with very little red. These are bright yellow and moderately bright, but rich and flashy.
- yellow-orange - where the presence of a red undertone turns into the perception of orange. These are sweet and spicy shades. They are more restrained than sunny ones: they can be very light, rich or even dark.
- yellow-brown are yellow-orange tones with a drop of blue, which makes the color darker, more restrained, but remains in this temperature category.
Warm yellow color photo
- (1) Sunny,
- (2) apricot,
- (3) banana,
- (4) Yandex color,
- (5) corn,
- (6) signal,
- (7) mustard,
- (8) golden,
- (9) golden oak,
- (10) saffron,
- (11) amber,
- (12) lemon,
- (13) bright yellow
- (14) yellow-orange,
- (15) canary.
Photo examples of interiors indicating the color combination used
The fact that colors affect mood and well-being has been talked about for a long time. There is even such a direction of alternative medicine as color therapy, where various types of disorders are treated by being in an interior with a predominance of a certain shade. So the “mood” of each color is worth keeping in mind when choosing a palette.
Impact of based colors on humans
Red: matching colors
Red color is very active and aggressive. It is usually present in interiors as accents - to break the monotony of design in white, gray or beige tones. In this case, it is almost irreplaceable - it brings the picture to life very well. You can see for yourself - below are several photos. Red in the interior of a living room can only be done in this way, otherwise the occupants’ anxiety increases, and health problems may even begin.
The red bedroom interior may contain some textiles and several decorative details.
The main color in this interior is milky white, the additional color is brown and beige, the accents are green and red.
Approximately the same range, but for a living room in a different style - here instead of green there are black details, which gives more “coldness” to the atmosphere
A place where red can be the dominant color is the kitchen. Here you need high activity and this color will give you vigor. And, at the same time, it will also increase your appetite.
Even in the kitchen, red is present as an accompaniment, but not the main one.
In modern kitchen sets, facades can be of different colors
If you add beige, you get a softer interior
Red doesn't look so provocative with beige
If you need a similar effect, please choose a combination of red as the main one. As an additional option, it comes with gray, shades of white, beige, and there may be black details. You can still find a little green - in the form of plants or a few details. Other colors are rarely woven in, otherwise the result is too colorful even for the kitchen.
Combination with gray
Gray is a dim, so-called base color that can be combined with any others. For living room interiors, this is one of the best options. There are several ways to create the right combination of colors in an interior with a predominant gray. They take two or three shades from the gray range, add one or two shades of another color and the result is a very harmonious design.
Combining gray with other colors to create a harmonious interior
In the photo above, the bedroom interior is formed according to this principle. Light gray in them is the main one, two more saturated shades are additional. Blue (complimentary shades) are used as accents in one case, and pastel pinks in the other.
By the way, brown ones also look good with gray, and if you add raspberry, yellow, orange - warm shades - as an accent, you get a very cozy and “warm” interior that is suitable for a bedroom, a girl’s room, and also applicable to the design of a kitchen.
More options for combining colors with gray
Gray also looks very good in the kitchen. It is suitable for creating interiors in loft, high-tech, and modern styles. In this room, everything can be even simpler: add one bright shade to three or four shades of gray - yellow, red, orange, blue, green. In one of the bright and warm shades. It turns out to be a very unusual and not at all dull combination.
Crimson and yellow as accents create the mood
In general, gray interiors - with any accents - turn out to be somewhat cold. This is not bad for the kitchen, especially if it faces south. Such combinations are also good in the corridor/hallway. In those interiors where there are at least two warm shades with gray, and the interior turns out warmer, it is quite suitable for bedrooms and living rooms.
Beige and colors combined with it
Beige in the interior is an even more universal color. Like everyone else, it has warm and cold shades, but in any case it creates an atmosphere of comfort and reliability. You can create a monochrome interior based on beige colors. This option is for lovers of discreet interiors. This combination of colors in the interior is typical of the classics.
Beige color scheme with additional brown - comfort and tranquility
If you need solidity, add brown; for greater lightness, any color spots are suitable - as is the case with gray. Add cold shades of color spots to cold shades of beige, and warm shades to warm shades.
In the bedroom, beige and brown create a feeling of stability
For accents, add one or two pops of bright or pastel color, depending on the effect you want to create.
Several color combinations based on beige shades with the addition of colored accents
Characteristic colors for calm, neutral interiors
Beige can be chosen as the main one. The walls and floors are then painted in lighter shades. Furniture is chosen darker, but also beige or brown. Add a few accents of bright colors. That's all, the harmonious interior is ready.
Warm yellow color combination
Sweet, juicy, sunny combinations with warm yellow are mostly built on contrast: warm-cold, bright and restrained. Yellow-green tones, brown, red, orange, purple support the riot of truly lemon colors. Blue, cyan, white, gray, black to varying degrees enter into thermal contrast, enhancing the luminous qualities of the main color.
Cold will be different in combination:
Decor in blue tones
Naturally, there is no need to arrange the entire room in the same color scheme. It is quite acceptable for a blue kitchen to be just part of the design. In this case, a certain color is given only to some aspects of the interior. But then it is important to fit it harmoniously into the overall palette. Because the part that stands out should only be a “bright spot”, but in no case a “foreign body”.
Kitchen sets with a matte surface are suitable for decorating a kitchen in a modern and classic direction.
Cool yellow color goes well
The cold shades of dawn-yellow winter mornings do not like to argue with the yellow-orange palette, although sometimes you can see such a combination. And yet, next to cool colors such as gray, blue and even green, they look warmer. Subtle contrast is the main concern of this spectrum. This range is not irritating; it is moderately rich and inspires a feeling of roundness and harmony.
HOW TO DETERMINE WARM OR COLD SHADE? (click on the picture)
Decor features
If the bedroom is decorated in soft colors, you need to add a few bright details to the overall picture. There shouldn't be many of them. Make sure they are not too large.
Warm shades will fit perfectly into a room with large windows. Sunlight will highlight the colors and visually make the room more spacious.
A gentle and bright atmosphere will always reign in the room. These colors will instantly lift your spirits, make your thoughts more positive and relieve anxiety.
As additional accents, most often they use not color accents, but furniture in an original design.
Don't forget that the main furniture in the bedroom is the bed. It should not only be beautiful, but also comfortable and roomy.
Wooden furniture of various shades looks great against the background of delicate colors. You can choose a dark, rich shade that will contrast with a light palette, or light furniture that complements the palette.
