How many color accents should there be in the interior?

Art Deco in the interior

The Art Deco movement emerged at the beginning of the 20th century, but continues to remain relevant. It adds chic and shine to modern interiors and is an indicator of the status of the home’s owners. Not only apartments and residential premises, but also restaurants and hotels are decorated in the Art Deco style.

Main features characteristic of interiors:

• abundance of velvet;
• large patterns and ornaments on the walls;
• rich colors are combined with strict and neutral shades;
• use of geometric patterns in design.

Art Deco is well suited for large spaces. However, it is also appropriate in small rooms. In the latter case, designers do not use many details, but make one or more bright accents. An ordinary mirror can become the center of a composition if it is framed in an original frame. In spacious rooms with high ceilings, a glass or crystal chandelier looks organic. Art Deco is characterized by African motifs, bright rich colors, and unusual ornaments.

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Advantages

When choosing a particular shade to decorate a room, you should take into account your own preferences, and not blindly believe the fashion trend. Thanks to the inclusion of bright accents, the room can be visually enlarged, giving it color and exclusivity.

Key benefits of adding bright accent colors to your home decor:

• you show your personality;
• literally a few bright accents complete the style of the room;
• Surely your friends will appreciate your creativity;
• plain rooms are no longer relevant for a long time - today the presence of bright accents is welcome, since they delimit the space into zones and force you to pay attention to the overall design of the room;
• the use of bright colors fills the room with fresh colors;
• if you are tired of the monotonous design of the room, it will be enough to just refresh the room a little by diluting it with a couple of bright accents.

Bright colors are a must in children's rooms. They improve your mood and put you in a working mood. Bright colors in the kitchen interior

- juicy green, red, purple increase appetite. The use of blue flowers, on the contrary, suppresses the desire to grab something tasty - this is also a definite advantage for those who want to lose weight.

Fashionable colors

Deep and rich blue color is considered one of the main trends of the season. It is used by designers against a background of neutral shades, including classic beige. The blue color dilutes the light color scheme and gives the interior individuality. Upholstered furniture, accessories, and textiles can be used as accents. Designers often recommend painting an entire wall blue, which allows you to visually expand the room if the remaining surfaces are finished in light colors. The deep, rich shade looks impressive in classic interiors of neutral shades.

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In addition, colors such as:

• amber;
• terracotta;
• mint;
• grey-green;
• warm grey.

Amber color is suitable for decorating a living room, bedroom, nursery, and dining room. It fills the room with sunlight, making the room brighter and more comfortable. This shade is used by designers to decorate small spaces, including those with a minimum of natural light, to visually make it wider.

Terracotta color combines with natural materials. It is ideal for rooms where wooden panels are used for decoration. In order to highlight the shade, it is recommended to complement it with white, beige or gray tones.

The color mint remains relevant throughout 2020. It is used to create bathroom, bedroom or living room interiors. Psychologists believe that the mint shade has a good effect on the mental state, relaxes and calms. Therefore, designers often use it in combination with red and other rich tones.

Gray-green color suits classic and modern styles. It is recommended for conservators for finishing premises for any purpose. Gray-green walls will complement white or beige shoes. To highlight individual style elements, you can use bright colors.

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Warm gray is a classic finish. It can be used as a main shade or in contrasting combination with bright colors. The color is used to decorate the bedroom, nursery, and living room. To prevent the interior from looking too boring, add various bright details, pillows, and accessories. Warm gray color is often used by designers as a technique to visually expand space.

Number of accents

Choosing a color palette that perfectly matches the main color scheme of the living room, kitchen or office does not mean completing the design of the room. It is important that bright details do not overload the space.

• The main color palette should occupy 60% of the total space of the bedroom, living room, and kitchen.
• 30% of the area is allocated for the use of a companion color.
• 10% should be accents.

In practice, this may look like this: walls, flooring, bedside tables and shelves - beige or brown. Furniture and curtains are decorated in lilac tones. And bright accents are presented in the form of an elegant carpet, sofa cushions, and one large floor vase in sky blue or yellow in the photo.

In conclusion, we note that it is important not only to choose the right color of bright accents, but also to determine their quantity; to create a beautiful interior design, you need to think about the arrangement of parts. The best solution is to use frames for paintings and photographs, napkins, tablecloths in the kitchen, vases, sculptures, textiles in the living room.

In the bedroom, curtains, bedspreads, and pillows can serve as bright elements. In the study and office there are bright accents - objects of art, stationery, lamps.

How to choose the right color for a room? When creating a new interior, you will most likely want to radically change the color of the walls.

, floor and ceiling, add color accents. Make everything as beautiful as in some interior design magazine. Regardless of which color in the interior is considered the favorite during the renovation period, first of all you need to take into account your own preferences for the color scheme. Fashion passes, but taste remains. In addition, in order to create a room design that is interesting and correct in terms of color combinations, the shape of the room, its size and lighting, you need to take into account some nuances.

Three main reference points will help you decide on the color of the room:

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1. What color the walls should be is decided by the owner of the future room. Children, for example, choose warm, “cheerful” shades. If this is a living room, then the color is chosen neutral or taking into account the size of the room and its lighting.

2. The color of the room must be consistent with the future interior style.

For example: ** is presented only in soft pastel, very light colors. ** Style – natural shades of wood and stone. ** “Baroque” – rich burgundy, gold, blue, etc.

3. An object that will become the center of attention in the room can be fundamental when choosing a paint color for the walls (floor or ceiling). For example, you decided to create a design around an antique mirror (portrait or painting) framed in a dark green frame. Accordingly, all other colors will be repeated (different shades of the same color) in the design of the room.

Furniture made of glass and transparent plastic

Glass furniture looks harmonious in various interiors. Its popularity continues to grow as it is especially suitable for small spaces. In living rooms and kitchens, tables, cabinets, and shelves made of transparent material fit harmoniously. They look harmonious in various styles, and meet the main trend of the season - eclecticism and minimalism.

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The furniture is functional without visually cluttering the room. This is especially important for small rooms in typical city apartments. Plastic furniture is practical, it can be used even if there are small children in the house. Interior elements made of glass are more expensive, however, and look much more impressive.

Gold

Gold decor is trending in 2020. It is used not only in luxurious baroque, where bright colors are relevant. Designers use matte shades of gold in classic interiors. They are used for wall decoration, including the color of tiles or panels. The status of the precious metal corresponds to the status of the interior, which explains its demand in design. Gilded elements look impressive against the backdrop of trendy shades, including gray-green, beige, and warm gray. In interiors, matte gold can be used as an accent to highlight certain details. This color can be represented by decorative elements, including vases, curtains, furniture legs, etc.

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Individual gilded details or bright accents look impressive against the backdrop of austere interiors. So, in a bathroom decorated in a modern style, a sink finished in gold looks elegant and rich. It will become a bright accent that attracts attention and adds chic to the interior. In living rooms and dining rooms with high ceilings, you can hang a chandelier with gold leaf.

What design styles allow for bright accents?

If you start decorating a room from scratch, you need to think through all the nuances and details in advance. The most important aspect is the correctly selected style of the room, in which the renovation will be carried out, to which all the furniture will be selected.

There are 4 groups of the most basic styles:

• Traditional;
• Modern;
• Ethnic;
• Electrical.

We discard the last style immediately, since this direction combines many themes from different cultures and centuries. That is, one room can contain an immense amount of bright accents, but we are interested in more traditional ways of decorating rooms.

In turn, all of the above groups are divided into subgroups. Let's consider exactly those options that involve the presence of bright color accents in the interior.

Traditional style

- creates coziness and comfort in the room, suitable for people who are accustomed to elegant designs in interior decoration.

Here they highlight:

• Vintage style
  - involves the presence of aged items.
  The bright interior
  is decorated with the addition of various household items from the 80s. It belongs to the retro style, so the presence of bright color accents (carpet, table, etc.) is a must.
• Country
  - decorated in a rustic style. Rough rugs and a large amount of color must be present. Many people prefer to add bright accents - wall hangings with bright patterns, unusual floor lamps and paintings.
• Interior in modern style
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  Today, the most popular interior is in light colors
  with well-placed bright accents. A large amount of free space, simplicity and clarity of lines, a minimum of furniture.

Modern style

- does not allow the presence of lace, multiple frills and floral colors. A prerequisite is that the interior of the room must contain hand-made items; they will highlight and decorate the room.

Here we highlight:

Fusion

- implies a combination of several styles, so color accents should be placed very carefully - in order not to spoil the overall impression, not to “overload” the room with the presence of small details.

Loft

- created if there is a need to convert a premises intended for production into a household one. The flight of fancy is unlimited.

High tech

- this is the ideality of all proportions and the absence of excesses.
The most common is a beige interior
combined with brown, sand color. The use of old furniture and equipment is unacceptable. Bright color accents are allowed only if they are in harmony with the overall decoration of the room.

Ethnic style

- a great opportunity to realize a flight of fantasy. As a rule, the main difference between this style is the imitation of everyday life and the design of a room in the spirit of a particular country.

Here we note:

• Venetian style
  - implies the presence of handmade items, bright symbols depicting the moon and sun, and decorative items made of glass.
• Biedermeier
  is a style that can be attributed to German. The room should be spacious, but at the same time cozy. Color accents in the form of bright carpets with floral prints, or bright upholstery of sofas or armchairs are welcome.
• French style
  means aged cabinets, light-colored carpet, and discreet wallpaper. The most important thing is a large number of different small bedside tables with doors and cabinets with carved handles, and the presence of porcelain. Despite the fact that the classic French style is not initially created with the presence of color accents, today designers skillfully furnish the room with the addition of bright colors.

Eclecticism

Eclecticism remains relevant thanks to the original and sophisticated interiors that are created with its help. The main feature of the style is the combination of contrasting elements and decorative items. Its popularity is explained by the fact that more and more people prefer to travel and bring original souvenirs from their trips. Eclecticism combines things of different styles and times.

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The peculiarity of the interiors can be seen, first of all, in the original furnishings. They simultaneously contain soft and rough fabrics, glossy and worn surfaces. When creating an interior, it is important that decorative items are connected by a common idea.

Textile

The rug in the living room is back in style. In addition, it protects the floor covering and can be used for zoning a room. When choosing a carpet, you should pay attention to the following recommendations:

1. For classic interiors in soothing colors, you should choose bright and colorful accessories that attract attention.
2. The color of the carpet should match the shades used for wall decoration or upholstery.
3. A fashionable design technique is the use of interior items of different styles to decorate one zone.
4. Carpets on the wall can become a bright accent in the interior.
5. Products with an unusual geometric pattern will add originality to the interior.

In addition to carpets, the design uses various textile accessories that will not take up much space but will create a cozy atmosphere. Cushions, blankets, and bedspreads will be the finishing touches to any interior style.

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Choosing the main color

It is advisable to choose a color for a bright spot, for the main accent, that is different from the other prevailing colors in the interior. For example, all textiles or furniture, various accessories and various decor in orange or peach colors in a room decorated in white and blue colors are the main accent. But everything blue or blue in the same room is just an addition to the interior. In a room decorated in beige tones, pink will act as an accent color, but light brown tones will only complement the main color scheme of the interior.

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Eco-interiors

Everything natural remains in fashion. City residents, tired of urban styles, increasingly prefer eco-interiors. They are characterized by natural materials, a large number of indoor plants, natural colors and natural lighting. Among the main features of the style are:

• lack of synthetic materials;
• Natural flowers;
• predominance of green, brown, beige, light blue;
• furniture made of natural wood.

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The interiors are characterized by simplicity and conciseness, while at the same time giving a feeling of harmony with nature and the surrounding outside world. One of the main signs of eco-style is a wall with a climbing vine. But this is only available to experienced flower growers, so often indoor flowers are simply used in interiors. They should be planted in ceramic or clay pots or wooden tubs.