What color for a contemporary living room?

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What color for a contemporary living room? This publication is dedicated to all those who ask themselves this question and who are looking for inspiration for a paint color of the walls of their living rooms.

We present you with a gallery of images in neutral and clear tones and talk about the advantages of such a palette of nuances.

What color for a contemporary living room: the benefits of neutral shades

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Before seeing answers to the question what color for a contemporary living room, let’s define an important term in terms of choice and color association: that of neutral colors. It is an expression for a set of shades of white, black, beige and gray. These shades are considered easy to harmonize with other bright or light colors and, as a rule, they blend well with almost any decorating style.

Decide what color for a contemporary living room: why bet on neutral colors

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This is precisely why many decorators prefer to bet on colors that belong to this category. This approach then allows them to accumulate other nuances, neutral or otherwise, in the room and easily obtain balanced sets of point of view of the color palette.

Contemporary living room interior with neutral color paint

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Living room decoration with neutral paint color and accessories in bright colors

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This image is a good illustration of this principle. Asked the question “what color for a contemporary living room”, the decorators of this space have selected a very light shade of gray. This neutral mural gave them the opportunity to select furniture pieces and accessories in bright and varied colors.

Living room image painted in light gray and contemporary design upholstered furniture

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This contemporary living room is another example of the same approach. Its walls have been painted in light gray and white so that the room can accommodate really interesting furniture in color such as red and purple.

Living room wall painting in light gray and furniture in light yellow

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Gray and other neutral and light shades will appeal to those who love the decoration with warm shades.

Console table in light yellow and wall paint in gray

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In fact, as can be seen in the picture above, the warm tones of the furniture become even more remarkable when combined with a neutral and pale wall painting.

Living Room Dining Room Set in Light Beige

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This rustic-style dining room, which occupies an area of ​​a contemporary living room, is painted in light tones of beige that highlight the bright yellow wall tapestry and solid wood furniture installed in the room.

Deco in neutral colors: gray paint and cold shades of blue and green

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The so-called cold colors, such as blue, are also suitable for living room decorations painted in gray. The same goes for the green that is generally accepted in this same category of cold shades.

Association of colors in contemporary style living room with shades of gray and pastel colors

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The neutral, light or dark paint will also appeal to most lovers of Nordic design and pastel-colored decorative objects.

What color for a living room with contemporary style office corner?

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Just take a look at the picture at the top to see why: the taupe gray used for the mural of a work space in a contemporary living room is a perfect background for Nordic-style decorative objects and for accessories in pastel pink.

Living room with white wall paint and sofa dressed in gray fabric and deco in pastel shades

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This is a similar Scandinavian living room interior with white painted walls that draw attention to the cushions and other accessories in gray and pastel.

Contemporary living room interior in neutral colors *

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All of these examples are enough to explain why neutral colors are so popular for the decoration of contemporary living rooms.

Harmony of neutral colors in living room with painting in beige tones, white furniture and accent wall in black

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Moreover, let us not forget that a living room can be entirely dominated by the neutral hues and that we can omit any other color, especially if its owners seek to obtain a relaxing atmosphere.

Living room with industrial decoration painted in light and neutral tones

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The image shown above indicates that such a combination of colors is also suitable for modern industrial style living rooms.

Natural decoration with gray wall and wooden wall cladding

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The natural decoration being one of the great trends of this moment, do not fail to observe that the wood and stone claddings and coverings unite with the neutral and clear colors in a way quite logical and very aesthetic. The photo above gives us a very nice example with a wall painted gray which completes a room adorned with wooden wall cladding.

Palette of light colors and pastel shades for a Scandinavian living room

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Before concluding, let’s also observe that some neutral tones are very close to the light shades of other colors, such as pink, blue and yellow.

Pastel paint color and natural stryle accessories

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As a result, these colors of paint could fulfill a function identical to that of neutral tones and appear in the background of a number of decorations of contemporary salons. The following two pictures perfectly illustrate this idea, with an interior painted in pastel pink and a living room in light blue.

Wall painting for contemporary living room in pale pink and decoration with frames

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Contemporary living room painted in light blue

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Finally, here is a deco tip that will give you the opportunity to play with the shape and color of your interior: install a large mirror that will reflect the color of the painting space and strengthen the presence of this color !

Decorating salon trick with mirrored wall cladding

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* Design and photo by Russell Groves and Simon Upton