“Using color strategically keeps the look clean and uncluttered.” In this kitchen, pairing silvery gray on the ceiling and upper cabinets with charcoal on lower cabinets and trim “anchors the intense blue-green wall color,” Woelfel says. Ready to take a risk? If you’re itching to try a strong color on your walls, “the secret is finding a balance between color and neutrals,” says Behr’s Erika Woelfel. Sweet Tea Mid-Century: Bold Strokes Courtesy of Behr Vary the intensity, pairing saturated accents with more modest wall and ceiling hues. Sweet Molasses (beams) Spanish Revival Palette Tried Another Way Photo by Andrew McCaul Spanish Revival Palette Photo by Andrew McCaulīehr 1. Warm white overhead hints at typically stuccoed walls and makes the painted wood beams really pop.
“The less traditional blue accent calls attention to the style’s signature graceful curves,” says Behr color expert Erika Woelfel. The dark beams, iron railings, and arch details in this Spanish Revival–influenced interior inspired a lush, neutral palette with classic browns and golds. Palamino Pony Spanish Revival: Deep and Rich Courtesy of Behr For a more traditional take on this look, dial down the wall color with an earthier shade of red. Concord Buff (kitchen walls) Craftsman Palette Tried Another Way Photo by Andrew McCaulĬolors borrowed from nature make sense for showing off unpainted wood. The scarlet and honey shades here turn up the volume on the usually subdued earth tones in a Craftsman color scheme. That means using related colors, like yellow and red. The other way to go, as seen in this dining room, “is to create a look that’s all about warmth,” says Wadden.
“One option is to balance warm wood tones with cool colors like blue or slate gray,” says Sue Wadden, director of color marketing at Sherwin-Williams. In a room where orange-tinged woods are the standout detail-in furniture, flooring, or casings-choose colors that enhance those existing hues. Always Apple Craftsman: Warm Tones Courtesy of Sherwin-Williams To get a similar effect that’s a tad subtler, swap in colors that share the same undertone (here, yellow). Eat Your Peas (door panels) Victorian Palette Tried Another Way Photo by Andrew McCaul Greener Pastures (trim, cabinet boxes) 3. “But the layers of over-the-top color here are true to the home’s original character.” Victorian Palette Photo by Andrew McCaulĭunn-Edwards 1. A Victorian-era kitchen might have included more stained wood, says colorist Sara McLean of Dunn-Edwards Paints.
GLIDDEN COLOR MATCH PLUS
This kitchen, in an 1889 Stick Victorian, showcases three shades of green: a dark trim color taken from the original floor tile, plus two shades that echo hues used in other rooms.Ī strong yellow runs up the walls and onto the ceiling to help draw the eye up and brighten the small space it’s a visual trick that also would work where ceilings are low. Historic Interior Paint Colors Victorian: Layered Brights Courtesy of Dunn-EdwardsĪmp up the color without veering into kitsch by sticking to one part of the spectrum. Consider the 10 historical color combinations showcased here. Interior paint schemes grounded in period architecture can look as fresh now as they did in their heyday, especially when given a bit of a twist. Color trends may come and go, but some paint palettes just seem to have staying power-perhaps because they’re rooted in the past.
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