Color combinations
For a monochrome living room, additional tint effects are selected that allow you to refresh an elegant and slightly austere interior. To achieve a stylish and beautiful design, use the following companion colors.
White and blue hall
A magnificent tandem that evokes weightless white clouds against a clear blue sky. Achromatic snow-white shades combined with heavenly colors fill the space with incredible lightness, airiness and light.
The photo shows the interior of a small living room, decorated in white and blue tones.
Living room in gray-blue tones
It is an excellent solution for those who strive to create a calm, cozy environment and sophisticated, sophisticated design. Light gray tones are ideally combined with azure, dove, aquamarine and bright blue colors. Thanks to such duets with a similar color range, you can create a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere that sets you up for relaxation.
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Brown and blue living room
Sky blue color paired with a chocolate shade will harmoniously fit into the interior of a spacious living room. Due to this combination, the room takes on a catchy, luxurious and stately look. Natural and neutral brown tones neutralize the coldness of blue and add coziness to the room.
Living room in beige and blue tones
A classic combination where cold, heavenly undertones are combined with warm beige colors, contributes to the visual expansion of space. Sand, cream and almond colors complemented by blue are ideal for a small living room with insufficient lighting.
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Combination of blue with bright accents
Colorful inclusions in the interior of the hall in rich blue, ultramarine or cornflower blue tones can be used in any quantity. For rich elements, choose upholstered furniture upholstered in orange shades, install a floor lamp with a purple lampshade, or decorate the windows with cherry curtains.
To create a warm and sunny atmosphere, it is appropriate to dilute the main azure blue color with yellow. The pink-blue tandem is very advantageous, as it is associated with the crimson glow of the sunset against the backdrop of a bright blue sky. This combination gives the living room additional contrast and at the same time imparts lightness and tenderness.
Gold and silver shades are considered unique, harmoniously combined with the entire heavenly palette. The design of the hall, decorated with golden accessories, will look solemn, pompous and luxurious. Silver and metallic details will add coolness and elegance to the interior.
The photo shows the living room interior in blue, complemented by a bright rug and sofa cushions.
Living room arrangement in blue
Blue is mainly associated with blue skies and water. It is considered to be one of the most beautiful flowers in nature and has a relaxing effect.
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Blue is a neutral that combines almost all types of styles and combinations with other colors (brown, beige, green, grey).
This combination of neutral colors adds space and light. Optically enlarges the surface and gives a sense of depth, making it great for use in low and small rooms.
Turquoise and aquamarine are shades of blue with a hint of green. They go well with other shades of green, as well as with natural plants. This color harmony brings order, a sense of balance and peace to the interior of the blue living room.
They are also interesting when combined with red and orange or pink and yellow, making the environment lively and modern.
Turquoise color is refreshing. It also goes well with all natural materials such as wood.
Indigo and ultramarine are intense shades that add elegance. These colors love space, so they are most often used in living rooms and dining rooms.
The gray shade of blue is calmer and a little more serious, sophisticated. To give the atmosphere a little more warmth and comfort, you can combine gray-blue with warm, delicate colors:
- beige,
- brown,
- light beige.
Blue walls visually enlarge the room. Most often, the shades chosen for wall decoration are:
- blues,
- sapphire,
- turquoise.
These colors bring coziness to the interior of a blue living room and at the same time give it character.
Finishes and materials
Thanks to its incredible lightness, blue visually increases the height of the ceiling and expands the space. However, this effect can only be achieved in rooms with good natural light. It is necessary to take into account all the features of sky blue shades. Despite the fact that this color scheme belongs to a cold palette, it can also have a warm tonality, which is suitable for rooms with windows facing north.
The walls in the room can be covered with blue wallpaper. Canvases in light colors should be used for small rooms, and coatings in darker and deeper colors should be used in spacious living rooms or to highlight only one accent plane. Painting wall surfaces with white and blue stripes will help to significantly refresh the design and add attractiveness to it. To ensure that such a design does not look too colorful and does not irritate the eyes, paint in faded sky tones is used.
In a blue living room interior, the best look would be a classic white or pale milky ceiling, which advantageously sets off the wall decoration and visually expands the room.
The ideal floor covering is laminate or natural wooden parquet. In the guest room you can also lay carpet in milky shades or lay out the floor with white ceramic tiles.
The photo shows blue wallpaper on the walls and a light-tiled floor in the living room design.
Wallpaper for blue living room interior
There are some nuances in working with blue wallpaper; they need to be used carefully in a living room with little daylight, because the blue color can turn out cold and a little dirty, and this in turn will make the room lifeless and gloomy. But in the living room, where the windows face the sunny side, blue will shine with bright colors and greatly lift your spirits.
To decorate the walls in the living room, you can try taking a pale shade and making one wall a few shades brighter. It is better if this wall is central, for example, the one on which the fireplace or TV will be located.
Decor and textiles
Turquoise curtains, characterized by a simple and strict cut, will add special elegance to the living room. It is advisable to choose products from a denser fabric that will stand out against the background of the wall covering. As an alternative, windows can be decorated with chocolate, brown or golden curtains, two-tone curtains or canvases with large patterns.
It is appropriate to decorate a blue living room with light fluffy carpets and rugs, and refresh the room with fresh green plants or flowers.
The photo shows the decorative design of a small room in beige and blue tones.
Accessories in the form of various vases made of white natural stone will fit perfectly into the room. If the room has a fireplace, the open shelf above it can be supplemented with decorative candles, and the wall can be decorated with paintings or photographs.
In a hall designed in a marine style, thematic decor would be appropriate. For example, a steering wheel is placed on one of the walls, a coffee table is decorated with shells or a vase with stones.
Furniture
Since sky blue belongs to a cold tint range, furniture items in warm beige, brown, sand or milky colors are chosen for the hall. Soft sets in red tones look great in a blue interior.
Blue or turquoise furniture will fit perfectly into a light blue room. For a living room designed in deeper and richer colors, a sofa and armchairs with gray, white or other discreet upholstery will be suitable.
Furniture items with silver lining deserve special attention. To prevent such elements from adding even more coldness to the environment, they are complemented with bright decorative pillows or blankets.
The photo shows the interior of a blue living room with orange upholstered furniture.
In the living room you can place a wooden coffee table in a brown shade or a model made entirely of glass. An unusual solution would be a whitewashed design with an aging effect.
For an interior in blue shades, you also choose furniture with forged metal parts or wicker sofas and armchairs.
The photo shows a large sofa with blue upholstery in a blue kitchen-living room in a modern style.
Blue living room design ideas
Supporters of classic solutions in interior design most often pay attention to muted colors in the design of the room. However, it's worth venturing into brighter colors that can liven up a room and make it more interesting.
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Selecting a shade
To liven up a blue living room, you can choose either an elegant dark blue or delicate blues or rich colors.
A dark blue wall in a modern living room enlivens the interior and adds elegance to it.
Blue fits perfectly into the Scandinavian style.
Little blue living room
When decorating a small living room, bright shades of blue are best, as they will visually enlarge the space. It will also look good to have only one wall in blue - as an accent among the blue.
Light blue walls make the room seem larger than it actually is.
The blue wall does not overwhelm the small living room, but is a wonderful interior decoration; everything is complemented with elements in similar shades.
Spacious living room in blue with blue
For large rooms, you can afford darker shades. Elegant navy, deep cobalt or blue fading to grey, are ideal for both modern and classic designs.
Of course, you don’t need to paint all the walls blue - here, as in the case of small rooms, you can paint only one, the accent one. Gray and neutral white pair well with navy blue.
Wooden furniture or light wood flooring will also look good in a spacious blue living room.
In a large room, darker shades of blue can be successfully used.
What can you use instead of paint?
Blue paint on the wall is not the only way to create an elegant room. To create a comfortable living room in blue tones, you should think about the location of the wallpaper, the design of which will correspond to both the general style and the color used in the design.
Beautiful wallpaper can complement the composition in any style direction. They will be an interesting alternative to painting.
Blue living room interior with blue accents
Monochrome design is not always optimal. At the same time, white, beige or light gray combined with blue can create a stunning impression. If you don’t want to paint or paper the walls blue, you can choose beautiful furniture in this color.
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A comfortable blue sofa in the living room or a large corner will look especially good. Dark blue, turquoise, soft blue - the choice is really huge. All you need to do is choose a model that matches the design and specific configuration.
Blue upholstered furniture matches New York, modern or Scandinavian style. If you add decorations in the form of elegant pillows, then the whole thing will take on a more interesting character.
Design ideas in various styles
Blue color is primarily associated with a marine theme. In a room with this design, light or rich heavenly shades are combined with white, beige and gray. This style is characterized by a striped print, which can be present in wall decoration or furniture upholstery.
In the classic style, pale blue walls are covered with wallpaper with vertical patterns and floral prints or painted. The wall cladding is complemented with a dark floor covering. The hall is furnished with expensive solid wood furniture on elegant carved legs and sconces or floor lamps with pale blue lampshades are installed. For classics, blue-blue textiles in the form of curtains, high-pile carpet or sofa cushions are especially appropriate.
The photo shows the design of a blue living room, made in a classic style.
The heavenly palette will fit perfectly into the gentle and romantic Provence. To create a light and relaxed French atmosphere, the windows in the guest room in pale blue colors are decorated with cotton curtains, the sofa is covered with a blanket and several pillows with floral patterns are placed. The interior composition will be completed by walls decorated with watercolor sketches in a wooden frame.
The photo shows a white, gray and blue living room interior in Scandinavian style.
Combinations of blue with other colors
Blue and white
This mix of colors always looks advantageous and, in addition, works to visually increase the space, especially if you use cool shades in the design. Are you afraid to overdo it with cold colors and make the interior uncomfortable? Add accents in warm colors, such as gold-colored lamps or accessories.
The combination of blue and white looks very advantageous in classic and modern interiors.
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Blue with beige or wood
Another successful tandem: beige and light wood do not weigh down the interior, but add that same warmth to it.
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Blue with gray
These colors are close to each other in spirit and are perfect for decorating a room in a modern style or with notes of Nordic Scandinavian. You can dilute the interior with the same white.
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Blue with metallic shades
Metals are one of the trends in interior design, and they also go well with any colors, blue is no exception. It looks great with the above-mentioned gold, brass, and silver.
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Blue with pastel
Blue is close to pastel shades, so it will look great next to them. This combination can be used to create a delicate and light interior, for example, a living room or bedroom.
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Blue with red
In this case, blue should be the background color, and red should be the accent color. It is important to choose the right shade of red (it can be deep or complex), so that it sets off the blue well.
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Blue with bright colors
Of course, blue can be combined with other bright colors: yellow, green, orange. It’s better to add them point by point so that the room doesn’t look tacky. Here you can add white and other light shades to complement the blue.
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Blue with similar shades
If you want to create a mono interior, try combining different shades of blue and blue - it will definitely look impressive. Be sure to think through the details: it is better to choose them in a different color scheme so that the interior is not too intrusive.
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