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It takes a bit of daring but, under the right conditions, painting a room a wildly unexpected color can pay off in a major way. From deep dark tones to eye-popping brights, a well-chosen bold shade can make small rooms appear bigger, create coziness in a vast space, and add a dash of completely personal stand-out style to any blank wall.
Chocolate Brown
As deliciously warm as a cup of cocoa, a velvety deep brown can really envelop a room, creating a sense of coziness and comfort. Popular for centuries as a color for a man’s study, it’s now considered a lovely option for a bedroom, especially when combined with a soft accents of pink, blue, or white.
Orange
Drench walls in a pure juicy orange as a mod twist on traditional red for an entry or dining room. This warm, mood-boosting color both looks amazing in a sunny rooms and brings sunshine to darker ones. Look for deep reddish-oranges, and steer clear of brownish ones, which can seem a bit sad and dated.
Generally known for its place in a girl’s bedroom, vibrant magenta is a surprisingly versatile choice for other parts of the home, too. Reddish-pinks can work wonders to modernize a traditional living room and add an upbeat energy to dining rooms, especially when paired with neutrals or darks like black, navy, and gray.
Black
Painting your walls the color of the night sky isn’t for the faint of heart, but it makes quite the sophisticated statement when finished with white furnishings and rugs. Reserve it for a room that gets great light, or consider trying it on trim—it makes the view out your windows pop.
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Acid Green
For a shot of drama—and a look that you certainly won’t see in every home you visit—consider a brilliant yellowish green. Acid green or chartreuse is a stimulating color for social spaces, and looks fabulous either tempered with natural wood floors and furnishings or mixed with modern black and white.
Metallic silver paint is a smart, stunning choice for a small space like a powder room, particularly for its ability to reflect light and almost make the walls disappear with its shimmer. It looks perfect with mirrors and white fixturesand serves as a visual treat for guests when they pop in during parties.
Electric Blue
There’s nothing particularly unusual about painting a room blue—unless of course it’s a shockingly bright hue of a tropical fish or the sky on a clear Rocky Mountain morning. Try it on a bedroom accent wall, paired with snowy white bedding and furniture, or use it with red and yellow accents to spark up a utilitarian space like the laundry room.
Rules are made to be broken—this is as true for interior design as it is for anything else. Read on for 9 common rules about paint colors that merit some reconsideration, along with tips for flouting these rules to delightful effect in your home.
Painting may be one of the quickest and easiest ways to transform a room. Color affects our mood like almost no other design element. To that end, your bedroom paint colors may be among the most important design choices in your home. In general, warm colors are more stimulating. So, a yellow bedroom or a purple bedroom will set an invigorating tone. A red bedroom inspires passion. Cooler colors, like blues, greens, and grays, are more calming. A blue bedroom evokes tranquility. A green bedroom is grounding. A gray bedroom signals stability and strength. Lighter shades, like pastels and whites, can help a small room feel larger. Beyond the clean and peaceful sense a white bedroom brings, it also gives you design flexibility. Add color to a white bedroom with bedding and accents, and you can easily swap them for something new as trends and your tastes change. If you love a bold color, but are concerned it could be overpowering, paint one wall with it as an accent. After all, it’s just paint, and it’s easy to change. Of all spaces in the home, the bedroom is the most personal. So, the best bedroom colors for you will reflect your temperament and make you feel happy and relaxed. Whether you want to inspire serenity, vitality, or romance, these bedroom color ideas will help you set the tone of your bedroom and create the space of your dreams.
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Step away from the paintbrush! You might just be committing one of the most common color mistakes. Before you decide on a paint color for the room you’re redecorating, take a step back and gather inspiration. Discover ideas by flipping through magazines and collecting imagery that appeals to you. Then, put them together in a folder or portfolio you can peruse when you have leisure time. As you review your choices, define the mood you want to evoke. Will this room be the place where you relax and unwind? Or, do you want the color to bring energy into the space? The ideas that bubble to the top will lay the groundwork for the room’s color palette.You don’t necessarily have to start from scratch. Let colors from key elements that you love throughout your home inform your choices. Once you have an idea of the colors you want, take full advantage of the sample sizes available at the paint store. Paint a few 2×2-foot squares in different areas of the room, and live with them for about a week. Take note of what you like and dislike at different times of the day, in both natural and artificial light. Wading through paint colors for your next room can be overwhelming, but don’t lose hope. Some of the top color experts weigh in on what to avoid when beautifying your home. Click through to read their advice.