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25 Bedrooms That Are Not Afraid to Use Colour
Boost your mood and spirits with these eye-catching bedrooms drenched in bold, statement-making hues
Aditi Sharma Maheshwari
6 November 2021
Blogger, dog mom
Can’t make up your mind about which vibrant colour to choose for the bedroom? These 25 examples can help.
1. Firm: Raw Design
Location: United Kingdom
The bold effect of turquoise is complemented by the use of white around the room. Plus, the crown moulding and the panels around the window add a dainty touch to the design of the space.
Location: United Kingdom
The bold effect of turquoise is complemented by the use of white around the room. Plus, the crown moulding and the panels around the window add a dainty touch to the design of the space.
2. Firm: Sanjyt Syngh
Location: India
The stark black accent wall and dark-grey furniture and rug are offset by the white linen and painting that dial down the dominating effect of the dark hues.
Location: India
The stark black accent wall and dark-grey furniture and rug are offset by the white linen and painting that dial down the dominating effect of the dark hues.
3. Firm: Haas Haus
Location: Germany
The punctuations of white and blue help reduce the dominance of the dramatic bright green. The brown wooden flooring ensures that the vibrant room also has a warm, cosy vibe to it.
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Location: Germany
The punctuations of white and blue help reduce the dominance of the dramatic bright green. The brown wooden flooring ensures that the vibrant room also has a warm, cosy vibe to it.
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4. Firm: Design3 | Дизайн в кубе
Location: Russia
This is a good example of colour blocking – the sunny, cheery yellow and green are an instant pick-me-up while the blue helps inject a restful vibe. Also, the design of the headboard is far from ordinary – its 3D look adds a dynamic quality to the space.
Tip: Colour blocking is the technique of using not more than three solid colours in one space. Traditionally, for colour blocking, either all colours had to be primary or all secondary; however, today one can mix up the palette.
Location: Russia
This is a good example of colour blocking – the sunny, cheery yellow and green are an instant pick-me-up while the blue helps inject a restful vibe. Also, the design of the headboard is far from ordinary – its 3D look adds a dynamic quality to the space.
Tip: Colour blocking is the technique of using not more than three solid colours in one space. Traditionally, for colour blocking, either all colours had to be primary or all secondary; however, today one can mix up the palette.
5. Firm: Scott Weston Architecture Design PL
Location: Australia
This room shows copious amounts of berry, pink and purple all artfully teamed together. The shades complement one another and create a striking tone-on-tone effect.
Location: Australia
This room shows copious amounts of berry, pink and purple all artfully teamed together. The shades complement one another and create a striking tone-on-tone effect.
6. Firm: Tobi Fairley Interior Design
Location: United States
This gold-toned, pattern-heavy design adds oodles of glam to the space. Plus, gold accessories help reflect more light in the bedroom, making it a bright, sparkling space.
Tip: If you are unsure of how to use gold liberally and successfully in a space, start with vividly coloured metallic gold cushions and accessories. If you like the effect, you can keep adding more items as you go along.
Location: United States
This gold-toned, pattern-heavy design adds oodles of glam to the space. Plus, gold accessories help reflect more light in the bedroom, making it a bright, sparkling space.
Tip: If you are unsure of how to use gold liberally and successfully in a space, start with vividly coloured metallic gold cushions and accessories. If you like the effect, you can keep adding more items as you go along.
7. Firm: Lene K Ishoy
Location: Denmark
Averse to indoor plants, know you’d murder them with neglect or just have no place to nurture greenery? A nature-inspired wallpaper like this complemented with aqua hues helps (in a way) bring the outdoors inside.
Location: Denmark
Averse to indoor plants, know you’d murder them with neglect or just have no place to nurture greenery? A nature-inspired wallpaper like this complemented with aqua hues helps (in a way) bring the outdoors inside.
8. Firm: Studio SD
Location: France
Thanks to its cheery yellow walls (punctured with red and green), this children’s bedroom must be an easy space to rise and shine in.
Tip: Although a smile-inducing colour, yellow can also be a fatiguing hue as more light is reflected by this hue, excessively stimulating the eyes. That’s why it’s advisable to use bright yellow in small amounts.
Location: France
Thanks to its cheery yellow walls (punctured with red and green), this children’s bedroom must be an easy space to rise and shine in.
Tip: Although a smile-inducing colour, yellow can also be a fatiguing hue as more light is reflected by this hue, excessively stimulating the eyes. That’s why it’s advisable to use bright yellow in small amounts.
9. Firm: Maia Design Studio
Location: India
The pink and turquoise colour combination creates a soothing, visually-pleasing ambience, and plenty of light streaming in ensures the hues look bright and welcoming.
Location: India
The pink and turquoise colour combination creates a soothing, visually-pleasing ambience, and plenty of light streaming in ensures the hues look bright and welcoming.
10. Firm: Viebrockhaus - Das Zuhausehaus.
Location: Germany
The layering of blue, lilac and purple give depth to the room’s design and also help create a plush, restful interior.
Location: Germany
The layering of blue, lilac and purple give depth to the room’s design and also help create a plush, restful interior.
11. Firm: Regina Rogers Fallon Design
Location: Ireland
Three bold colours – red, green and turquoise – create a vibrant, bright scheme, all layered well together where no one colour dominates over the other.
Tip: Since it’s a bright, bold hue, red is also a good colour to use for highlighting a standout feature or view, say on a window frame or an arch.
Location: Ireland
Three bold colours – red, green and turquoise – create a vibrant, bright scheme, all layered well together where no one colour dominates over the other.
Tip: Since it’s a bright, bold hue, red is also a good colour to use for highlighting a standout feature or view, say on a window frame or an arch.
12. Firm: Interior Desires UK
Location: United Kingdom
The layering of pink, turquoise and green makes an unexpected and striking visual here, all counterbalanced with the neutral wood brown.
Location: United Kingdom
The layering of pink, turquoise and green makes an unexpected and striking visual here, all counterbalanced with the neutral wood brown.
13. Firm: Mary Meinz Design
Location: United States
Coffee and cream – this white and brown bedroom shows how a light and a dark colour can balance each other and help conjure up an eye-catching space.
Location: United States
Coffee and cream – this white and brown bedroom shows how a light and a dark colour can balance each other and help conjure up an eye-catching space.
14. Firm: All Shutters and Blinds (Adelaide)
Location: Australia
While this bedroom features mostly muted tones, with a peppering of red on the bed, the bright candy-hued shutters add a fun, playful touch to the bedroom.
Location: Australia
While this bedroom features mostly muted tones, with a peppering of red on the bed, the bright candy-hued shutters add a fun, playful touch to the bedroom.
15. Firm: Masfotogenica Interiorismo
Location: Spain
Colour and print take cognisance in this bedroom – while the slice of yellow adds a cheery tone, the large motifs on the wall add a touch of playfulness to the design scheme.
Location: Spain
Colour and print take cognisance in this bedroom – while the slice of yellow adds a cheery tone, the large motifs on the wall add a touch of playfulness to the design scheme.
16. Firm: Martin Kolarik Home Design
Location: Australia
The colour here highlights the wood tones and the white window panelling, creating a soothing, serene scape.
Location: Australia
The colour here highlights the wood tones and the white window panelling, creating a soothing, serene scape.
17. Firm: m. kunyakina
Location: Russia
Historically, purple has always been associated with royalty due to the rarity and high cost of the dye originally used to produce it. This colour creates a sophisticated ambience here, and the peppering of white, blue and brown adds to the overall elegant palette.
Note: Pantone Color Institute announced deep purple as the Colour of the Year for 2018. Pantone says it chose this colour because it conveys “originality and ingenuity, [and] is a distinctive and complex purple shade that fascinates and intrigues.”
Location: Russia
Historically, purple has always been associated with royalty due to the rarity and high cost of the dye originally used to produce it. This colour creates a sophisticated ambience here, and the peppering of white, blue and brown adds to the overall elegant palette.
Note: Pantone Color Institute announced deep purple as the Colour of the Year for 2018. Pantone says it chose this colour because it conveys “originality and ingenuity, [and] is a distinctive and complex purple shade that fascinates and intrigues.”
18. Firm: 1leapingfrog
Location: India
Blue is one of the most relaxing colours, which is partly why this blue-loving bedroom is so dreamy.
Location: India
Blue is one of the most relaxing colours, which is partly why this blue-loving bedroom is so dreamy.
19. Firm: Accent On Design Inc
Location: United States
The bright red wall contrasts with the black tones in the room and the overall effect is dramatic. The light streaming in ensures that the deep tones don’t make the room seem too dark and closed in.
Location: United States
The bright red wall contrasts with the black tones in the room and the overall effect is dramatic. The light streaming in ensures that the deep tones don’t make the room seem too dark and closed in.
20. Firm: Myrica Bergqvist Interior Stylist/Decorator
Location: Sweden
Bright red, green, pink and yellow don’t overwhelm since they’re spread out around the room, with the white walls and flooring anchoring the palette and keeping the overall look seamless.
Location: Sweden
Bright red, green, pink and yellow don’t overwhelm since they’re spread out around the room, with the white walls and flooring anchoring the palette and keeping the overall look seamless.
21. Firm: Bescos-Nicoletti
Location: Spain
A riot of colours come together to give this loft-style bedroom a punch of liveliness.
Location: Spain
A riot of colours come together to give this loft-style bedroom a punch of liveliness.
22. Firm: Massimo interiors
Location: Australia
The sky-blue hues and a brightly patterned rug make the bedroom look like something out of a fairytale.
Location: Australia
The sky-blue hues and a brightly patterned rug make the bedroom look like something out of a fairytale.
23. Firm: Home Resource
Location: Italy
For a calm and sophisticated space, you can’t go wrong with deep brown. In this room, the dark hue, combined with grey walls, lets the furniture items in white stand out immediately.
Tip: While deep brown can add finesse to a space, using it beyond a point can make a room look small and boxed in. That’s because dark hues tend to absorb light, thereby making a space look dull. In small bedrooms, make sure brown is accompanied by lighter hues like soft grey, white, cream or beige.
Location: Italy
For a calm and sophisticated space, you can’t go wrong with deep brown. In this room, the dark hue, combined with grey walls, lets the furniture items in white stand out immediately.
Tip: While deep brown can add finesse to a space, using it beyond a point can make a room look small and boxed in. That’s because dark hues tend to absorb light, thereby making a space look dull. In small bedrooms, make sure brown is accompanied by lighter hues like soft grey, white, cream or beige.
24. Firm: The Design Firm
Location: India
This bedroom features a daring shade of red to draw the eye towards the TV wall. Because everything else is neutral, the red glows without overwhelming the eye.
Tip: If you’re unsure about painting a wall in an accent colour, put together a group of curios or items such as a vase, candlestick and a bowl in the same hue – they’ll have a considerable impact.
Location: India
This bedroom features a daring shade of red to draw the eye towards the TV wall. Because everything else is neutral, the red glows without overwhelming the eye.
Tip: If you’re unsure about painting a wall in an accent colour, put together a group of curios or items such as a vase, candlestick and a bowl in the same hue – they’ll have a considerable impact.
25. Firm: Molly Erin Designs Inc
Location: United States
While the multi-coloured geometric patterns take over this bedroom, the blue and red hues give a solid base, and restrain the room from looking too much of a graffiti-art space.
Read more:
Bedroom Colour: The Secret to More Sex and More Sleep
Tell us:
What hue does your bedroom sport? Why did you choose that colour? Share images and your ideas in Comments below.
Location: United States
While the multi-coloured geometric patterns take over this bedroom, the blue and red hues give a solid base, and restrain the room from looking too much of a graffiti-art space.
Read more:
Bedroom Colour: The Secret to More Sex and More Sleep
Tell us:
What hue does your bedroom sport? Why did you choose that colour? Share images and your ideas in Comments below.
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