Taste a Rainbow: 11 Top Home Decorating Colors and How to Use Them

Color might be loved by you. Beige may be the most used color in your flat, or even a stack of gray paint chips could make you cringe. However you feel about color, there are infinite ways to utilize it to make over a space, create a mood and solve design dilemmas.

Whether you like to go neutral or neon, ‘ guides to color are you covered to the spring painting period.

Sarah Greenman

Gray. It was touted as a fad at first, but the love for gray has yet to fade. Play dark charcoal for dramatic dining rooms and utilize foggy gray for relaxing bedrooms filled with natural light.

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Red. Go beyond the classic red front door and bring this bold shade indoors. Make an impact with an incredible accent wall or keep things simple with a couple striped pillows.

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Pink. Although it’s a favourite choice for little girls’ rooms, pink may feel grown up and sophisticated. This cheerful hue can brighten rooms of several styles.

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Orange. An often-forgotten color, orange can immediately warm up a space in the subtlest accents. From tangerine to coral, a shade of orange can work in your home.

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Yellow. Yellow is just one of these colors that immediately makes people content. Accent it with glowing blues for a palette that plays off the color wheel, or tone it down by pairing it with neutral and gray textiles.

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Elizabeth Dinkel

Green. Bring the outdoors inside with nature’s favourite color. Lively, refreshing and eye catching, the right tone of green may work in almost any home.

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Blue. Vibrant and striking in some spaces, subdued and soothing in others, blue may completely transform an area.

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Purple. Purple isn’t necessarily the first selection for interior decorating — out of children’s spaces — however if used smartly and sparingly, it may add an elegant element of surprise into modern or traditional spaces.

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Joie Wilson

White. Sometimes sticking to the basics is your best option. Don’t dismiss white as boring — when used right, it can make an incredible statement.

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Brown. Though beige tends to have a bad rap, there’s a reason this color is so popular: It’s hard to get wrong. Use a lighter shade for more soothing spaces and venture into dark chocolate browns to mix things up.

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Black. Black doesn’t need to be used sparingly. Although it’s dark, it may often be utilised in the same way as a neutral but with a dramatic flair.

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