Don't you like the color green?Well, well, don’t be disingenuous. You may stubbornly ignore the green color in your wardrobe, but it is simply impossible to remain indifferent to the transparent lace of the first spring leaves or the velvety greenery of a coniferous forest. And why? Because our eyes, as they say, rest on green. Because green is the color of life. And that is why green has long been and remains one of the most popular colors in the interior. Living room interiors in green were fashionable in the homes of the European aristocracy and Russian nobility, and even palaces always had green rooms. However, today an exclusively green interior will irritate rather than please. Therefore, those who want to use this color in home decoration have to combine it with other colors and shades. And the ability to combine colors in any interior is a whole science, where the laws of psychology, and the rules of interior design, and painting techniques are involved. So how can you achieve a harmonious combination of green in the interior of a living room, bedroom, hallway or kitchen? Let's try to figure it out.
Green color for different rooms
Green is versatile and suitable for decorationany room in the house. It has a beneficial effect on the human psyche and will be equally appropriate in the living room, kitchen, and even bathroom. However, not all shades of green are equally suitable for different rooms in the house. After all, green can have light and dark shades, bright and muted, warm or cold. If we draw an analogy between green and its natural essence, then we will divide the entire palette of green shades by seasons.
- Living room, bedroom, anteroom, study
For interior decoration of living room and bedroomDark and rich shades of green and its autumn palette are suitable: dark green, olive, mustard, swamp, khaki. All these colors can be used both for decorating walls and the general tone of the entire room, and for individual accessories. In general, it is the autumn palette of green colors that sets a respectable tone for the living room and study, and makes the hallway and bedroom cozy.
- Kitchen, nursery, bathroom
A summer palette of green is appropriate here.These are bright, rich and natural colors: pistachio, grass, salad, green apple and young foliage. If such shades are used as the base color of the interior, they must be diluted with bright contrasting accents. If we talk about the winter palette (cold shades of green) and spring (fruit tones), they are appropriate for decorating any room in the house. The winter palette is deep green shades, which in the spectrum gravitate towards blue and blue (emerald, turquoise). The spring palette is pastel colors: the color of avocado, kiwi, lime, mint. In general, any green color has an extremely beneficial effect on the psyche and the atmosphere in the house. And it does not matter whether you choose this color for the living room or the bathroom. The main thing is to correctly combine green in the interior.
The main combination of green
Let's try to decide on the combinations of differentshades of green. Naturally, the most popular of them are light green (light green) and natural green (medium saturation). A harmonious combination would be the reproduction of natural combinations of this color.
- Green and blue are the color of the sky and grass. Such a combination should be smooth, so these colors coexist not only in nature but also in the spectrum.
- Green and blue are green and water. A more contrasting combination that is appropriate when decorating bright interiors.
- Green and brown - a tree trunk and a crown. That's how you need to combine these colors in the interior. Moreover, light shades of brown will brighten the green color, and the dark ones will make it thicker and heavier.
- Green and black - wet land and grass. Very contrasting, but also very positive combination. True, black color should be just an accent emphasizing the life-force of green.
- Green and red - flowers and greens. Very successful combination. And, we mean not only the red color, but also its shades: pink, orange. In this case, the red color should be noticeable and bright, but only complementary to the base green.
- Green and white - a sublime combination,built on contrast. This combination is rarely used undiluted. Most often, the white-green interior is depicted in yellow, brown, blue and pink.
Additional combinations
Additional combinations are combinationsadditional shades of green. Here you have to focus not on naturalness, but on the laws of painting. It should be remembered that the darker the green, the closer it is to black, which is combined with any bright or light shade. The classic combination of dark green shades is snow white, gold, bronze. This combination can be considered the most expensive and appropriate for traditional interior styles of the living room, bedroom or hallway. Other popular combinations of different shades of green look like this:
- Mint green (closer to gray) is combined with all yellow-green tints and wine tints. It does not combine with black color.
- Olive (closer to yellow) is combined with white and soft shades of yellow, pastel purple.
- Gray-green (green-gray) is considered a universal color for the background of any interior. It is combined with gray, white, beige, bright shades of turquoise and grass green, as well as dark red hues.
- Turquoise (blue-green) is perfectly combined with all metallic colors: from silvery-gray to bronze. Harmonizes with black, olive and rich gray.
- Nephrite (rich green) is combined with contrasting pink, beige, cocoa, gray, salad. The combination with white color is acceptable, but limited.
- Milky green (pastel) is combined with white and blue, successfully diluted with turquoise, yellow and blue. Black is allowed only as non-aggressive accents.
- Verdun green (bluish green, bottle). Has an amazing property in the cloudy light to turn green, and in the sun to turn yellow. It is combined with white, gray, yellow and black. As a contrast accent, use a dirty red color.
- Khaki (dark olive) is perfectly combined with ocher shades, gray, brown and white. Pink color is suitable as a contrasting color.
Basic color and accessories
Interior design in green can bedifferent. The main thing is to skillfully combine the base color and accessories. For example, for a green interior, only one shade of green is always used as a base. Any harmonious combinations should only dilute the base shade. Green wallpaper with gold embossing is suitable for decorating the living room interior, and smooth green walls will harmonize perfectly with contrasting curtains or furniture in light green tones. Combinations of different shades of green, complemented by accessories in contrasting colors, always look advantageous in the living room interior. Two-tone green panels will look great in the hallway, green walls and a green carpet, brown laminate and brown furniture in the living room. At the same time, curtains and upholstered furniture can also be green, but in a different shade or sand, beige, white. For the bedroom, combinations of muted green tones and soft pastel colors are good, and in the kitchen - rich or light green shades with bright orange or yellow accessories. In general, decorating an interior in green or light green is quite easy if you know the right combinations of different shades of green and the base green color with an additional one. After all, green is one of the most common and most natural colors on the planet. And in nature, it combines with absolutely all colors of the spectrum. That is why this color remains so popular in interior design. It gives a feeling of security, it calms and pacifies. And isn't this the feeling we all strive for in our own home? We recommend reading:
