8 Wonderful Paint Palettes for Fearless Color Lovers
With so many gorgeous paint colors available, why stick with what’s secure and common? Now that is not to knock neutrals, as a quick browse on reveals numerous eye catching, exquisite interiors with toned-down colour palettes. However, many of you are looking for more colour — and some of you need extreme colour.
If this describes you, then my advice is to have fun with it! But do not just randomly select three or even four snappy colors and slap them onto the walls — you might wind up getting the Skittles result: a riot of crying colour that many will find overly busy or garish. Have a look at these tips on how to combine bold colors in an interior space, as well as images and examples of paint palettes comprising bold colour combinations.
Lark Interior Design
1. Turquoise, Dill and Ink
A good idea for working with multiple daring colors is to stick with a cool or warm palette. It’s less jarring than a mix of numerous intense warm and cool colors. Here we have a cooler palette of turquoise, dill and a dark hue blue, lightened with a dose of white furniture and accessories.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Kelly-Moore: Turquoise Treat, Jive Clive and Royal Wave.
Chris Snook
2. Carrot, Magenta and Plum
This colour adheres into the warm side of the colour wheel also illustrates another strategy for working with daring colors: Have one of your overriding colors be vibrant to function as a grounding colour. This plum shade has some black in it, which grays out it and turns it into a neutral background for the intense orange and pink.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Valspar: Carrot Cake, Pink Burst and Regal Plum.
Canon & Dean
3. Neon Green, Hot Pink and Grape
This room features a mix of intense warm and warm colors, with accents of white, but the majority of the colour in the room is restricted to shades of green or purple-pink.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Pittsburgh Paint: Bermuda Grass, Impatient Pink and Grape Juice.
Mary Best Designs
4. Bright Coral, Sky Blue and Dark walnut
Here’s another room mixing a daring warm colour with a daring cool colour. Because all of the rest of the colors are neutrals, both bold colors play together well. I also think it works since the bold colors are used in fairly monolithic ways. Rather than little bits of red and blue here and there — that could seem busy — there are large isolated chunks of the colors. The red seats actually stand outside and contrast well against the background of blue.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Sherwin-Williams: Gladiola, Rapture Blue and French Roast.
Astleford Interiors, Inc..
5. Sea Blue, Saffron and Tangerine
This is a very daring and lively palette, but you can get away with such intensity in regions of your home where people simply pass through, such as entrances, halls and stairwells. You might not wish to paint your bedroom in electric shades of orange and yellow, but to your home’s entry, do it!
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Shade: From left to right, all from Benjamin Moore: Sailor’s Sea Blue, Sunflower and Orange Nectar.
Peregrine Design Build
6. Grass Green, Watery Blue and Spring Green
These are zingy colors by themselves, but they function in harmony together since they are analogous colors — near one another on the colour wheel. Cool colors are soothing, making them the ideal selection for a relaxing bedroom or a spa-like toilet.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Shade: From left to right, all from Behr: Pepper Grass, Jamaica Bay and Hidden Meadow.
Grace Blu Designs, Inc..
7. Chocolate, Fuchsia and Pumpkin
Here’s another fun orange and hot pink room. This time the bold colors are grounded by a rich chocolate brown. This can be a fun, youthful and contemporary palette.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Dunn Edwards: Chocolate Chunk, Fiery Fuchsia and Exuberant Orange.
Dan Waibel Designer Builder
8. Emerald, Mint and Powder Blue
Another suggestion for a colorful space that doesn’t overwhelm is to select two colors you love and then use various shades of these with a light neutral, such as white, gray or beige. Here we have shades of blue and minty green functioning together with white.
Jennifer Ott Design
Example Colour: From left to right, all from Pratt & Lambert: Jungle, Bezique and Bambino.
Tell us : Are you a fan of bright and bold colour? What are some of your favorite combinations, and how do you create them work on your house?
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Get me out of here and take me to neutrals, quick!