Home Improvement Guide To Colour

How To Choose Different Colours For Your Home Improvements

Decorating our homes with bold and bright colours can sometimes be a little intimidating without a guide. Our guide looks at how you can use different colours in your home. Plus, we also look at various applications and what they might look good with.

Furthermore, this guide will look at fantastic colour combinations so that you can decorate your home with your favourite colours.

Colour Choice Red

Red is a powerful colour that can be extremely eye-catching. Red can look fantastic on a front door, furniture or as a bold colour on a wallpaper. Do not be afraid to use this vibrant colour. Furthermore, using a deeper shade of Red can be a better choice over a bright version.

Red Variations 

Wine

Maroon

Cranberry

Red Is Best For

Featured Walls

Furniture

Decorating Extras

Colours That Pair With Red

Navy Blue

Gold

White

Elegance door

Colour Choice Grey

For years now grey has become a popular colour choice for most interiors. Grey can work great with most colour choices in the home. Grey used in your home can add a calming touch to your home. It’s especially good with neutral colours and furniture. The colour grey continues to grow, becoming more and more popular every year for homeowners.

Grey Variations 

Smoke grey

Slate

Granite

Grey Is Best For

Wooden finishes

Furniture in neutral colours

Relaxing walls

Colours That Pair With Grey

Mustard

White

Rose

light grey doors with aspen glass and silver finish

Colour Choice Green

The colour green is an organic colour for the outdoors. It looks impressive with natural wood grain, light shades of sage and mint. These range of colours work well with cottage and country styles homes with classic interiors.

Green Variations 

Sage

Mint

Pine

Green Is Best For

Featured wall colour

Furniture

Nature and plants

Colours That Pair With Green

Black

Grey

Teal

Chartwell Green conservatory with glass roof and bi fold doors
newark front rockdoor

Colour Choice Yellow

You can implement yellow better in small quantities. Over recent years mustard yellow has become a popular colour choice. It is used a lot for modern styles homes with soft velvets.

Yellow Variations 

Lemon

Yellow Zinc

Mustard

Yellow Is Best For

Patterns and Textiles

Furniture

Accent wall colours

Colours That Pair With Yellow

Navy Blue

Cranberry

Concrete

Door Elegance Arch Buttercup

Colour Choice Blue

Blue is one of the most popular colour choices. Without a doubt, you will find the colour blue in almost every home. You can choose to go dark blue for cosiness or keep things nice and bright and light with a more neutral blue. There can be some shades that will not go well with blue, so it is crucial to choose a colour that pairs well with blue. Depending on what type or shade of blue you pick will depend on how different your wall colour will look.

Blue Variations 

Teal

Navy

Duck Egg

Blue Is Best For

Featured wall colours

Furniture

Textiles and Patterns

Colours That Pair With Blue

Baby Pink

Mustard

Gold

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