The color of the sky and the sea: 215+ Photo Exclusive design. The choice of combinations of blue in the interior
The combination of blue in the interior with other shades or objects is the epitome of serenity and serenity. In its pure form, blue color is not often found in modern and outdated interiors, it is not among the sought-after shades. Many people consider it dark and gloomy, so they prefer neutral or warm tones. After all, a lot depends on the color chosen for the interior - emotional state, emotional balance, mood of a person.
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Blue features
Blue is considered a shade of relaxation, saturates the interior with freshness, lightness and gives it depth. Being in such a room, a person gets rid of the anxieties and negative thoughts that are pressing on him. The interior is enveloped by its coolness and tranquility.
Not often found in modern and outdated interiors.
This color is considered a touch of relaxation.
No less suitable places for decorating with color - bedroom or living room. It will fit in the office, and in the dining room, and in any other room. He is able to endow the space with depth, make it visually larger and more spacious, despite the fact that the shade belongs to the group of dark colors. But such an effect can be achieved on condition of a metered use of color in the interior and its skillful placement.
Can be used in any premises.
Perfect combinations
The palette of blue is quite wide, varied and saturated. If this shade is chosen as the main tone for the walls, then you should give preference to soft and pastel colors, for example, sky blue, pale cornflower blue, dusty blue, Provencal blue, blends with purple, lavender, purple and the like.
The palette of blue is quite wide, diverse and saturated.
As details and accents you can choose brighter shades. for example:
- Prussian blue;
- blue dust;
- dazzling blue;
- an electrician;
- the color of the Caribbean;
- royal and underwater blue.
Will look perfect on:
- pictures;
- chairs;
- cushions;
- armrests;
- capes.
For different details, you can choose brighter colors.
It goes well with:
- white - this double combination is typical for the Mediterranean style;
- beige - it may include milk, sand, ayvor, yellow, such combinations are found in the style of Provence;
- brown - with it the interior gets static and looks natural, this combination is typical for a classic style. To neutralize the cold shade apply warm tones of coffee with milk, cinnamon.
Observe the tone balance
When combining colors in the interior, it is important to observe the tonal balance. The interior should not get too cold, so it is combined with a warm light. It can not necessarily create warm colors, but receptions with lighting. For this, floor lamps are used in the interior, light fixtures around the perimeter of the walls, large central chandeliers.
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Due to the similarity of the color range, the interior in such shades is perceived very easily, it is comfortable to be in it, the atmosphere pleasantly relaxes, but at the same time it is solemn and even refined. Therefore, it is best to use such a tandem in the dining room, living room or in the office.
The interior in such shades is perceived very easily.
If you choose light tones for the room, the situation will help to relax, unwind, gain strength. This combination is also ideal for the bedroom.
Saturated dark blue and light gray create a certain contrast, which will not be screaming. That is why the combination will always look harmonious and pleasant.
Gray is neutral in itself, so you can choose it as a background, complementing it with rich or bright blue accents in the form sofas, chairs, pillows, carpets, floor lamps and other accessories in the interior. The main thing is not to overdo it with such details that they do not merge into one inharmonious spot.
Rich dark blue and light gray create a certain contrast.
Blue-brown combinations
Brown shade in the interior is associated with tones of natural wood. The coloring of the natural material perfectly with most shades. Will harmoniously look:
- dark oak;
- nut;
- cherry;
- chestnut;
- mahogany
All of them will add to the interior the nobility, restraint and luxury, typical of the classical style.
Warm brown will reduce the intensity, a little will soften its cold. But to use a combination of such shades is best in spacious rooms. In such a room you can make a choice in favor of absolutely any shades, even the most saturated.
Natural material colors blend perfectly with most shades of blue.
A small room two dark tones can simply turn into too dark. Muffled shades and pastel colors will help to avoid the gloom of the situation in a small room.
This combination of shades is natural. So the sea and the mountains, the earth and the flowers, the sky and the trees can be combined. Therefore, any interior will create this feeling of unity with nature.
Brown tint in the interior is associated with tones of natural wood.
Most often, subtle shades of blue are chosen as the main tone of the room, for example, for decorating walls, and brown shades complement it. You can also apply the reverse technique by choosing brown as the main color.
In both cases, a positive effect with bright accents will be created, charging with positive energy.
return to menu ↑The combination of blue and green
Two of these similar and related colors for good reason are located on the palette next. They are not for nothing called analogs, because they both bring peace and tranquility, but in combination they are not contrasting. Nevertheless, I want to note that not so long ago this tandem began to gain popularity.
These colors are not for nothing located on the palette next
A few years earlier, such combinations frightened designers and interior owners a little. Moreover, such combinations were not even used in clothes. Now people are full of determination and courage, they are ready to go for any experiments in a combination of colors, shades, textures, objects and other details.
These colors bring peace and tranquility.
More restrained and neutral colors of green and blue will have a positive effect on a person’s emotional state. Therefore, they can be used in the living room, dining room or other rooms that cause associations with nature.
The decorated kitchen will suppress not only a person’s appetite, but also a desire to eat sweets. Just green nuances can bring harmony to this room. Tandem with green in the bedroom will help you quickly relax, calm down and instantly fall asleep.
The combination of these shades in the interior makes the room lively, harmonious and gives it depth
Combining blue tones with yellow or orange
I have already mentioned that the cold finish should be softened with warm shades. Therefore, yellow and orange will be very useful here. They perfectly dilute the cold interior.
Yellow perfectly dilute the cold interior
We must clearly understand that blue and yellow are not always flashy combination of two rich colors. This can be a low-key interior with a combination of sandy hues and aqua.
Such combinations are appropriate to apply in modern style, saturating with bright details that emphasize modernity. These bright combinations are suitable for children, especially for boys, and of any age - from baby to teenager.
Blue is best combined with warm shades of yellow or orange
Blue-blue tandem in the interior
When a combination of similar colors, such as blue and blue, is the expansion of space. In this case, you need to choose fundamentally different colors of walls and furniture. For example, you can make walls dark blue, and furniture bright blue or even turquoise.
Most often, the combination of only two colors is not enough, so they are diluted with at least white or black. You can add to them brown, beige, milk, which are ideally combined separately with each of them.
The combination of these colors is an expansion of space
Looks much brighter design, complemented by bright accents:
- in the living room it is enough to put some bright pillows of yellow, orange, red or pink;
- in the bedroom you can put a few floor lamps, vases or bouquets of similar bright colors;
- In the kitchen it can be a variety of kettles, multicookers, toasters, dishes, chopping boards and many other accessories for bright accents.
These colors are diluted with at least white or black.
All in blue
Let's take a closer look at the design options. Is this really a good option?
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Choosing the color of the night sky for the kitchen is not the most standard solution. People try not to experiment in this room with bright colors, preferring more practical shades. The disadvantage for the kitchen is to suppress the appetite.
Blue kitchen interior
In addition, the cold shade would be appropriate in the summer in the kitchen. But in winter evenings in such a kitchen there will be a lack of comfort. But there are several techniques that help to successfully enter in the kitchen:
- You can use shade as an accent to liven up and remove the extra coldness. For this you can buy blue tablecloths, table, chairs, decorative items.
- As a finish, it is better to use only on one wall. Moreover, you need to choose the one that does not serve as a background for food, making it less appetizing. In addition, the whole scene can visually expand the boundaries of space and make the room more spacious.
Choosing the color of the night sky for the kitchen is not the most standard solution.
- A kitchen set can be purchased for the kitchen where the companion colors of blue are involved in the decoration. Care should be taken to choose furniture with glossy facades, because they increase the feeling of cold. Dark classic shades are suitable for the classic style, and for others modern - any other, even bright.
- Blue apron It looks very original, but does not add to the food attractiveness. Eliminate this disadvantage can the details of warm colors, located near, for example, yellow, orange, red, brown accessories.
Care should be taken to choose furniture with glossy facades.
- In the spacious kitchen, you can allow yourself to use more blue, but in a 1: 1 or 1: 2 ratio with white, beige or other light shades. The completed interior acquires ethnic or Scandinavian motifs with this combination.
- You can dilute the cold of the blue with natural wood, which will make the kitchen more noble. The tree can be entered in any of a variety of ways: parquet floor, kitchen furniture, countertops, wooden tables, chairs, windows, picture frames or photos.
Blue - noble color
In the living room
You can successfully enter into different, even the most unexpected, styles, as well as make the basis of design. But for some reason in residential premises it is used quite rarely. With a skillful combination of finishes, details and accessories in the living room, blue will help create a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere of friendliness.
You can successfully enter into different, even the most unexpected, styles of interiors
You can choose absolutely any style for your living room.:
Maritime style in the living room
- Italian style is the same color combinations, but complemented by pink and lemon shades.
- Modern denim style is to use interesting textures of upholstery, such as denim, and textile wallpaper.
Denim style
- Country style is the use of shades of yellow and cornflower blue in objects and accessories against the background of blue walls.
- Pop art involves the use of bright and screaming shades of blue and blue.
- High tech - style with the use of natural colors, so it is closer to metallic. So you should choose a mixture of blue and gray.
- Arab, Oriental and Moroccan interiors - a concentration of a huge number of small details of blue.
- Classic - in this style it is worth highlighting with dark-blue something one: walls, floors, ceilings, upholstered furniture. Be sure to them should pick up appropriate for the tone accessories: curtains, capes, vases, figurines, flowers.
Hi-tech - style with natural colors
In the bedroom
Who said that the blue in the walls of the bedroom - it's dark? Deep shade on the walls and even the ceiling looks restrained, aristocratic and stylish. But still, designers advise to choose a more relaxed tone so that the bedroom can get rid of disturbing thoughts and have a good rest.
The deep blue tint on the walls and even the ceiling looks restrained
It is necessary to decorate a bedroom with such color with care and moderation. It is best to allocate some part of the room under the decoration. You can paint the walls or part of them, ceiling - only one thing.
The other part of the room should create either a soft contrast or saturate with heat. Floors for the bedroom is better to choose brown. It may be dark or light parquet, laminate, linoleum.
It is necessary to decorate a bedroom with such color with care and moderation.
As a wallpaper, you can choose from the application of ornament, vertical stripes that raise the ceiling or horizontal, expanding the space.
Additionally, in the bedroom are used white, ivory, beige, milk, all shades of brown. Blue in the bedroom can be combined with other colors in the following styles:
- minimalism - enough saturated walls and white bedding, mirrors and wooden furniture to create a feeling of immersion on the seabed;
- Scandinavian style - you need to take two main ones (white and blue), almost equally dilute each other, add lightness and some bright accents;
Blue color in the bedroom to combine with other colors
- Provence - pale blue shades with the addition of beige, sand, milk, ayvori and a lot of cute accessories, unusual white furniture will perfectly convey this style;
- the classics - heavy curtains, massive furniture, decoration - and all this from natural materials combined with blue will convey the luxury and restraint of the classics.
You should not choose blue for decorating the walls of spacious rooms.
In the nursery
It is often used to decorate a children's room, as it helps the child to focus on homework, during classes, games and other things. Children's room is a place where you can embody all the bold combinations. Children's decorating ideas:
- The most standard of them is a combination of white and blue to create a marine theme.
- If the room overlooks the sunny side, you can try to embody in it a combination of blue, violet, blue to create a cosmic wall or ceiling.
Often used to decorate a child’s room
- Dreamy girls can appreciate the blue of the starry sky or neutral clouds.
- Teenage girls will enjoy images of night city lights or sunsets in blue, which can be picked up as photo wallpaper.
- A favorite cartoon, a fairy tale, a movie or a book can be an idea for decorating a children's room. Here you can safely combine not only with warm hues such as sand, beige and brown, but also bright accents of red, orange, yellow, green.
Perfect for boys room
The choice of primary color depends on the nature of the child. Too active and restless children, this color is perfect.But closed and even apathetic children will feel uncomfortable in a blue setting.
The choice of primary color depends on the nature of the child.
Bathroom
Suitable for the bathroom can be a wonderful relaxing oasis for energetic and emotional people. In this place they can truly relax and save their energy.
In this room, you can use many techniques of combining colors, using different shades of the main one. Receptions for decorating the bathroom:
- as a wall decoration you should not choose too dark and deep colors, especially in large rooms;
This color can be a wonderful relaxing oasis for energetic and emotional people.
- in this room blue shades like turquoise, sea wave, Pacific color will look good;
- a natural combination with white will give plumbing, which for the most part comes in that color;
- in such a specific room as a bathroom, the combination of blue with green will be most welcome. They will present associations with the sea breeze and will keep the summer mood even in cold winter. The main thing is to choose warm shades of blue. An unobtrusive combination can be achieved thanks to a tile-mosaic;
Minimalist bathroom
- for the bathroom, such styles as minimalism with smooth surfaces and simple line shapes, art deco or bohemian luxury with dark hues and brilliant details, Mediterranean style means a lot of white and natural wood, as well as beautiful accents, updated classics, where the main dark is diluted lighter shade.
Accessories and furniture
Sometimes blue can make a bright accent in any room. What specifically to allocate and how - to your taste.
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In the interior of these curtains are used in the case when the placement of additional accents. Accessories of light shades visually enlarge the room, make it more spacious. The item for decorating the windows of dark colors will add freshness, coolness and luxury to the interior.
Used when placing additional emphasis
To choose the right curtains that match the interior style and mood of the room, you need to use these recommendations:
- A rich color is worth choosing for spacious rooms with large by windows. The window opening will be favorably highlighted without damage to its significance. You need to use this technique in the dining room or living room.
- In small rooms, especially bedrooms and kitchens, you can not use curtains of rich and dark colors. It is better to choose muted shades and even close to the blue options. Such light and air curtains will not focus on the window, dim the room, but will be able to slightly increase its borders.
A rich color is worth choosing for spacious rooms.
- If the light blue tones are chosen for the decoration of the room, then the dark tulle on the window will serve as a favorable contrast. Such curtains will look very original and unusual with a combination of light translucent material and a deep blue shade.
- Curtains should not be selected under the wallpaper. It is desirable that between them there is a difference of at least several tones. Such a soft contrast will unobtrusively highlight the window.
These curtains will look very original.
Wallpaper selection
The mood of the room will depend on the right finish for the walls. Will she energize or pump? Can expand the space or make it gloomy?
Gives a special mood to the room
For each room, the choice of wallpaper must be approached individually. However, there are general rules that would be helpful.:
Light tones are best for bedroom.
For the solemnity of the living room are often used dark blue shades.
Blue wallpaper in the kitchen must be smoothed with warm shades of furniture and textiles. It is better to choose light shades of blue, as well as wallpaper, which are used in combination with gold, silver, gray or lavender flowers. For the children's room, you can choose a photo wallpaper with a suitable image in blue. They will not overload the situation, make the interior forcing.
Sofa function
Such a significant piece of furniture, like a sofa in blue, is a very courageous decision, if the matter does not concern the children's room. Normal in the rooms for children, you can notice any unexpected color combinations, but this does not surprise anyone. But in the living room the flashy color of the piece of furniture is not often found.
The sofa in blue is a very courageous decision.
Blue sofa fits perfectly into styles such as classic and modern varieties. It can be high-tech, art deco, and Provence. As an upholstery, you can choose a smooth material, luxurious looks velvety in combination with lacquered armrests.
The following techniques will help to do this effectively:
Blue sofa fits perfectly into styles such as classic and modern varieties.
- Two or three other parts should be matched to the sofa, no more. These can be chairs, dresser, coffee table;
- ideally combined with a blue sofa in the interior large mirrors;
- it is easy to remove the excessive coldness of the shade of such a sofa with the help of a large number of bright pillows, for example, white, orange, yellow, green and brown;
- the sofa should not blend in with the walls or furniture, as it is the color accent. It is advisable to choose neutral colors for other objects and walls;
- It is not advisable to use a combination of more than 3 primary colors in the interior, and 2 of them should be neutral, so that a piece of furniture is not lost on their background.
Two or three other parts should be matched to the sofa, no more than
Ceiling
Such a ceiling for the interior must be chosen with special care so as not to overload the space and not make it too dark. The following materials are used as ceiling finishes:
- Tension cloth - the most popular and convenient solution that offers a lot of different options. Glossy surface will be perfectly associated with the sky blue. It can be combined with various suspended structures, embed small lights and light bulbs, create lighting effects and select a pattern, for example, of space.
Option with stretch ceiling
- Paint - it is best to use a substance diluted with water or solvents. So you can get the necessary unique tone. But before painting it is necessary to carry out a complex of works to achieve a perfectly flat surface.
- Wallpaper for blue ceiling. At best, light shades are chosen to create a contrast with rich blue walls or floors.
Blue ceiling for the interior must be chosen with extreme caution
Basic rules for decorating ceilings:
- if dark ceiling is chosen for the ceiling, then the floor must be bright;
- It is desirable to use the same technique with respect to the choice of the color of the walls in order to create a certain contrast and give lightness;
- there should be no other blue prevailing in the room, since the ceiling is a fairly large part of the room;
- compensates for the depth of the dark blue ceiling white or beige, which is desirable to choose for the decoration of the walls;
- light shades of the ceiling will give the room romance, lightness and airiness.
If the ceiling is dark, the floor must be bright
The role of the carpet
Using a blue carpet is a very thoughtful decision, as an accessory in this color is a practical thing. It can be placed in the hallway, living room, kitchen, combined with:
- Gray;
- white;
- brown.
Such a carpet is a thoughtful decision.
You can pick up saturated or dark solid products. It will harmoniously look in the room where the desired color is used in the decoration. Carpet performs the following functions in the interior:
- stylish appearance complements or decorates;
- gives a pleasant sensation of touch;
- possesses sound and heat insulation properties;
- visually divides the space into working or functional zones;
- can perfectly match the selected floor and style.
You can pick up saturated or dark solid products
Blue carpets in combination with the basic white, yellow, brown and beige color harmoniously look subject to the availability of accessories of a similar shade. Oriental patterns look great in the chosen color. The product will be in harmony with wooden furniture, it is suitable for modern and classic styles.
When choosing a product you need to pay attention to such features:
- it is not necessary that the products cover the entire surface of the floor. Too large carpets actually reduce the room;
- need to pay attention to the lighting of the room;
- You should not choose a carpet of one tone with a floor.
Blue carpets in combination with the main white, yellow, brown and beige color harmoniously look
For those rooms where there is a high mechanical load, products with a long pile will not work, but in the bedroom they will fit perfectly. For living rooms suitable cover with an average pile, for the kitchen or hallway - with a short. Carpets of oval or round shape should be placed in the center of the room.
return to menu ↑Doors
Interior details of this color - a phenomenon quite rare. People are used to installing white, brown, beige doors, but not blue. And in vain, because the embodiment of some styles simply requires a logical conclusion in the form of doors of the appropriate shade. Therefore, such non-standard doors would be appropriate to use in these styles:
- Romance of Provence - it is desirable to use pastel colors in combination with glass inserts, various portals and even floral patterns.
Interior details of this color - a phenomenon quite rare.
- Mediterranean style offers a combination of basic color with white, yellow, brown elements.It is better to install such doors on equipped summer houses or country houses to create a feeling of relaxation on the sea coast.
- “Palace” classics with baroque and empire elements is a suitable place for doors of this color. You can use designs of dark saturated gamut, for example, sapphire, cobalt in combination with rich decorative elements - gold, silver, patina, stained glass.
In classic style
- Loft style or hi-tech - in this case, the door will serve as a bright accent, complementing the composition of minimalism. For these purposes, you can safely experiment with glossy surfaces.
Floors
Wooden floors or imitation of a similar coloring became invariable classics for most people. Few people decide on bold experiments with the most non-standard colors. But when creating the appropriate design, you can choose the blue floor.
Living room option with a similar floor
The ideal materials for conveying this color on the floor will be:
- painted boards - plus such a coating in that you can pick up absolutely any shade by mixing colors;
- carpet - a soft, comfortable solution, which is most often used in children's rooms and bedrooms;
- tile - a convenient option for the kitchen, bathroom, toilet, hallway;
- glossy polished floors will look good in the kitchen.
Restroom option
The floor must either contrast with the ceiling in color, if darker tones are selected for the upper part of the room, or create an independent accent. Some designers use an interesting method of color transition from the walls to the floor. It creates a feeling of a certain gradient, and when playing around with the appropriate details, the room of spacious rooms looks very advantageous.
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For a bedroom in blue, you can choose a very appropriate piece of furniture, such as a bed, of the appropriate shade. The main thing is that its shade was chosen correctly, not oppressive or gloomy. A person must wake up in such a bed fresh, rested and positive.
Make sure that the shade was chosen correctly so that it was not oppressive or gloomy
You can use the method of complementing the color of the walls, that is, to select the color of the bed, which differs by several colors from the color of the walls. The color of the floor should not coincide with the color of the bed; there should also be at least minimal contrast between them.
It will look good rich bed on the background of pastel tones wallpaper
For Provence style, you can choose a simple wooden bed, painted in the desired shade completely. In the classic style fits the bed with a chic headboard of blue velvet.
Provence style
For modernist styles, minimalism, hi-tech, a bed of simple shapes is suitable with a smooth strict back of the desired color and a mattress matched to the tone.
Color of sky and sea
Add a little blue to the interior.
