Ten best colour combinations for living rooms

All of us are well aware of the purpose of your living room - and its importance for living at home. It is a reference area for interacting, communicating, connecting at emotional level, recreation and fun. Look here for excellent modern colours and combinations for your living room. Also, here [add a link with the text titled ‘’How to find your own ideal colour for your living room’’ when posted] you may contemplate ways to find your own ideal colour for the most critical as well as largest room in the house, but also to obtain inspired ideas.

Still, this article will present colour combinations for living and dining rooms; these are suitable two - tone pairs that can deliver unique, personalized results.

Two-tone combinations are a current trend as well as a clever way to reinvigorate your living room. These may be applicable to walls and ceilings, as well as opposing walls or elements of the structure. Colour combinations for living rooms may be either based on the same colour group, or be contrasting, using colours from different colour spectra. In every case, they should reflect the character and mood of the tenants, as well as match the existing furniture. When combined together, all these factors may seem challenging to figure out. That’s why we provide you with 10 safe combinations; at least one of them can respond to your desires and requirements.

A perfectly balanced combination for an urban living room with minimalist aspirations. White (e.g. KR1103 ABSOLUTELY WHITE by KRAFT Paints) lightens and offers an expanded impression, while warm grey (e.g. KR1072 SOLITUDE / F by KRAFT Paints) offers a contemporary neutrality. This combination is unlikely to let you down.

In this case, you may keep a white ceiling and choose cyan for walls, or selectively paint the room's largest wall surface in cyan (e.g. KR1623 CRYSTAL SEA by KRAFT Paints) and choose a brighter white for the remaining surfaces (e.g. KR1107 BRIGHT WHITE by KRAFT Paints). This result offers an impression of premium elegance, in addition to the serenity it emanates.

Using variations on the same colour and dual tones from the same spectrum - a pair of darker and lighter hues - is a trendy and increasingly popular option. Combinations of beige hues, from sand to cappuccino (such as KR2058 PRETZEL / F and KR1017 ROSE SAND by KRAFT Paints) are in perfect balance and are particularly befitting to wooden or metal furniture.

Grey and brown can be also considered in the same context. Regarding brown in particular, sweet shades reminiscent of milk chocolate (e.g. KR2585 STONE WHALE and KR2583 URBAN AFFAIRS / F by KRAFT Paints) offer more family-friendly, welcoming spaces and add a tone of prestige and trendiness, one that can be enhanced by decorative elements. And while dual tone sets of grey become the perfect background for industrial spaces, brown is suitable for boho style furnishings as well as typical modern designs too.

Let’s take a look at acute, eye-catching dual tone combinations. Here, more vivid shades are used to highlight certain living room details, such as a wall surrounding a window, the fireplace or a wall mounted bookshelf. Take for instance a mustard yellow (e.g. KR1368 SUNKISSED by KRAFT Paints) combined with a dark brown (e.g. KR2370 CHARLIE BROWN by KRAFT Paints), that block boredom and monotony.

A second example refers to a playful, utterly youthful combination, ideal for student dorms as well as homes that accommodate unconventional couples. A light pastel pink (such as KR1224 PINK BLUSH by KRAFT Paints), pared to a plum purple (such as KR1787 SPARKLING PLUM by KRAFT Paints) can provide the ideal setting for parties as well as for romantic reveries.

A third example would be a light, optimistic and creative orange (e.g. KR1339 CHEERY TUNE by KRAFT Paints), combined with a dark, sustainable, and serene green (e.g. KR2151 CHEERFUL GREEN by KRAFT Paints). A colour blocking - type combination that will make your living room look like a pop art shrine. Orange, the lightest colour of the two, will be used on most surfaces to brighten the space. That is why it is recommended for small homes.

The following colour combination for the living room follows the method of matching an earthy colour (used as the base) to a cool colour to apply to structural details. Such cases produce a timeless sophisticated result that emits prestige and individualism. We propose using a dark, deep blue (such as KR2230 REVEL by KRAFT Paints), combined with a cream beige (e.g. KR2014 WHIPPED CREAM by KRAFT Paints).

In the same sophisticated vein and the same mindset but wider scope for interpretation, comes a combination between a moderately cool beige (e.g. KR2064 MEDITERRANEAN SAND by KRAFT Paints) and an olive green (such as KR2446 OLIVE by KRAFT Paints). It is a Mediterranean, agreeable proposal that can lift country or suburban residences to new heights. 

A somewhat unadventurous proposal, yet in the spirit of Greece and the Mediterranean, passes through the creation of colour zones, to allow the development of a sharp visual stimulus. Alternatively, you may place emphasis to brick - terracotta red (i.e. the brown - orange KR1977 HERRITAGE FIRE by KRAFT Paints) to match boho or rustic interiors. Make your space immediately stand out with a light ice grey (such as KR2721 SILVER BUSH by KRAFT Paints) for details.

Possible combinations are not exhausted here. These are simply to offer a good idea of the way dual tones function in living rooms. KRAFT Paints offers a vast colour selection containing in excess of 1000 shades, hence your operations are practically unlimited.

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* Shades may slightly vary, owing to the colouring of photos displayed in this article, the owing to your device’s display or the nature of the surface to be coated.