The colour of a room is an essential aspect, not only to maximize the space but also to define the atmosphere. Colours and their meanings have evolved over the centuries, but you are still personally affected by the colour of the walls and features in a room. Our moods can change from shade to shade. Here is the information you need to know as well as our advice on choosing the colour of your bedroom.
Choose the colour of your room according to your tastes.
Whether it is a classic design or a modern bedroom, colour plays an important role but is more about our personal preferences, reflecting our style and mood. We choose a specific colour. We like that colour because we’ve seen another room decorated with the same colour palette or its current trends in interior design. Do not hesitate to leaf through interior decoration catalogues to test your relationship with different colours.
What is colour psychology?
Having become fashionable in the 18th century, the psychology of colours makes it possible to create the desired atmospheres according to the rooms of a house. In a bedroom, we want a calm and relaxing atmosphere to spend intimate and privileged moments. The colours of the walls, but also of the furniture, trinkets, curtains and bed linen, should harmonize with this in mind.
In recent years, neutral colours have become a real trend in the design of bedrooms. Cream, beige, and taupe shades are trendy, shiny or matte. Neutral colours are a good choice for bedrooms because they can be combined with almost any other colour.
The best wall colours for a peaceful bedroom are:
Blue: produces a feeling of calm, serenity, and contemplation. It stimulates thinking, delays hunger and prevents nightmares. Lavender, green tones or powder pink to create a relaxing and calm environment.
Green: energy, calm, balance, security, stability and nature.
Lavender: soft colour with a bit of violet associated with fertility, happiness, and creativity.
Choose an original colour to decorate your bedroom.
Although not always recommended for a bedroom, you can choose orange, yellow or red tones for your walls. In this case, take the lightest shades not to shrink the space and give an overly charged atmosphere. The ideal choice is to paint only one wall in this colour and echo it in your bed linen and curtains.
A bedroom in natural tones
Integrating a “natural” atmosphere into its interior has become very trendy. To associate this universe with your bedroom, nothing could be simpler. Choose light tones such as beige, cream, sand or even brown. Combined with white, these colours will bring an invaluable softness to the atmosphere and soothe you. The bed linen can bring these touches of colour. Indeed, a beige plaid or bedspread can give your room the desired cocooning universe.
Play with materials. Arrange decorative rattan elements like mirrors and baskets. Dried flowers such as large Pampas grasses also fit perfectly into this world of natural tones. You can also choose fake green plants, bringing a warm and natural atmosphere to the room without any maintenance!
Create colour harmony in your resting place
Whether you have opted for white or coloured walls or both, the idea is to create harmony in your bedroom. The tones should echo each other. Thus, it is recommended, for example, to:
- Buy a duvet cover to match your curtains,
- Have a bottom or fitted sheet that matches the tones of the walls in your bedroom.
- If your room is in neutral tones, you can order pillowcases in a bright colour to create cheerfulness and contrast. If your room is already colourful, choose your bolster cases and cushion covers in colours from the same palette.
Do not hesitate to decline your colours in small touches in your room: trinkets, photo frames, bedside lamps, carpets, etc.
