When looking for color combinations for a tranquil master bedroom, look beyond paint colors for the walls. To create a calm palette for a relaxing atmosphere, you can use wallpaper, upholstery, fabrics, and accessories as well. Neutral shades, such as white, gray, ivory and beige, create an inviting mood. When you want to add color, think of medium tones or muted pastels. Your home’s general color scheme, distinctive architectural features and the size of the master bedroom can influence color choices.
Colorful Inspiration
Get inspiration for your master bedroom’s color scheme by looking at colors in other rooms of your house. If it mostly has grey walls, go with a hue that is one or two shades lighter and use it as your master bedroom color. Look at existing area rugs, window dressings, upholstery and furniture colors in your house to develop a harmonious master bedroom scheme. Since lighter tones promote more rest when compared to darker hues, use paler shades of vibrant colors in your bedroom. For example, if your home has a lot of burgundy details, set out with pale berry or rose accents.
Interior designers often use 60-30-10 ratios to come up with balanced palettes. The first number, 60 percent, denotes the wall color. Then 30 percent is the prominent hue and pertains to bedding, window treatments, woodwork, and upholstery. The final 10 percent of the color scheme includes accessories, artwork, and decorative pillows.
When you have a small master bedroom, make it feel more spacious by using light tones. One example would be a mix of pastel blues or greens with beige or white accents. To complete the look, add darker shades of blue or green. You can primarily use these richer tones for window treatments and bedding. Blue and green are good examples of color combinations for a tranquil master bedroom, both colors are calming and have a soothing effect.
Location, location
The location of a master bedroom can also influence its color scheme, and you can counterbalance with cool or warm tones to compensate. Rooms with windows that face the west receive much natural light, cooler color palettes that include fresh white, icy blue, watery green, light purple or soft gray bring out these good qualities. While those that have north-facing windows look best with color schemes with warmer tones, such as beige, ivory, peach, and yellowish-green colors.
Color Test
Buy a small container of paint of your selected colors and apply on the wall surface in roughly twelve-inch squares. After the painted areas have completely dried, look at the samples during different times of the day, under various lighting conditions for a few days.
There are also a variety of online color viewer programs to try out combinations before heading to the paint store. Some you can upload a photo of your room into their program, and get a real sense of how the proposed colors will work in your space. Most of these paint color programs are available on major paint manufacturer’s and home improvement store’s websites.
Once you've found that perfect tranquil bedroom color scheme, you'll be ready for a good night's sleep!
