Colors, finishing materials, furniture, lighting, style features: all the nuances of the design of the living room in bright colors were collected in one article.

Popular and beloved, but dangerous and risky. All this is about the interior in bright colors. This is the case when there are only a couple of steps from a light, airy space to a boring and faceless room. A couple of wrong steps. And in this article we will tell you how not to commit them. And also how to design a living room in bright colors in an apartment so that it turns out to be multifaceted, interesting and voluminous. And let’s show it in the photo.

All about how to design a bright living room

                      

What are the interiors of living rooms in bright colors

Monochrome

White with white on white is not exactly what is meant by the monochrome design of the room. There really is one main, leading color-a monopolist. It fills the entire space: walls, floor, ceiling. Captures furniture. But if you use only one shade, the room will become flat, like a sheet of paper. Volume and fullness in monochrome rooms are obtained due to a variety of semitones and shades. For example, paler and darker. Saturated and vice versa, calm, balanced, warm and cold.

Another technique is a mix of textures for finishing walls, floors, ceilings, furniture upholstery, textiles. Smooth surfaces can be alternated with:

Base and pastel colors

This is an option for those who feel uncomfortable in a monochrome interior, but also do not want bright colors. Introducing a few soft pastel tones is the safest way to add variety.

Pastel colors are the same blue, red, green, but muted with white, mixed with it. The result is dusty, calm, delicate colors.

Base + bright accents

If you want a holiday, you can add accent details to the neutral base and pastel tones with juicy colors.

At the same time, it is important to observe the proportions. Non-professionals can use a simple scheme: 60% primary color, 30% additional and only 10% accent.

In the next section, we will take a closer look at the palette for decorating the bright interior of the living room.

Composition of the palette: how to distribute colors

Basic colors

These are the ones that form the space, fill it. They occupy the largest area in the room and are the background for furniture, decor, textiles. For the living room, the basic color is the color of the walls, ceiling, floor, large pieces of furniture: sofas, bookcases.

White

In fact, designers rarely use boiling white. If you look closely, you can see a subtle milky, smoky or other of the many existing shades. This avoids the feeling of “sterility”.

White is a rather capricious color. It is often used in spaces where there is little light to add air. But here it is important to know: in dark, poorly lit rooms, it can become grayish. Moreover, white will look different in the morning and evening, winter and summer. Electric light also has a strong effect on perception.

But white has a significant plus, it is “omnivorous”, combined with absolutely any colors. White perfect canvas.

Pale grey

Another neutral, achromatic color. It will serve as a good background for furniture and decor.

Over the past few years, it has become so popular that it has competed with the eternal leaders of white, black and beige.

Gray is multifaceted, can be warm and cold, have different subtle shades: green, blue, brown. It is suitable for sunny, hot rooms with windows facing south and southeast. It will help to make the space more “cool”.

Gray is easily combined with many other colors: yellow, blue, red, green, purple.

Beige

After an overabundance of beige interiors in the early noughties, this color has been on the list of anti-trends for a long time. Beige was perceived as a synonym for boredom and monotony. And there is some truth in this. Such an interior can easily become faceless and dreary. Beige requires carefully selected accents. They are necessary to create character, dynamics.

In recent years, designers have returned beige to our homes and apartments. It is especially relevant for eco-terriers, styles that imitate the natural landscape.

In terms of compatibility, beige is more difficult than white and gray. It’s much harder to find a mate for him. Different partners will suit different shades. And there are a dozen or more shades of beige: ivory, gray-beige, sand, creme brulee.

Warm beige will be good with brown and terracotta. Cold with shades of blue and green. And both with black.

Pastel colors

Dusty pink, peach, cream, gray-green, pistachio, mint, diluted blue, lavender and other pastel colors can occupy a fairly large area.

Since they are muted and calm, they will not irritate the eye. But they will perfectly shade the base ones, make the space deeper and more voluminous. In such tones, you can paint sections of the walls, choose a pastel carpet or curtains, a sofa or armchairs.

Bright accents

Decorative pillows, a blanket carelessly thrown on the arm of an armchair, a bright spot on a painting, a vase or a statuette for all these small but significant details, you can choose a bright color. Or paint one of the pieces of furniture.

These can be:

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