Living room interior in blue tones: features, photos

Blue promotes relaxation and peace. It is a symbol of success, self-confidence, stability. Recently, blue has become the most fashionable trend in interior design.

Blue has many shades and can be either very light or very dark, almost black. Therefore, a living room in blue can look very different, depending on what tone is chosen for decoration.

The color blue is considered cold, it gives a feeling of coolness, and is more appropriate in southern rooms than in those whose windows face north.

If, nevertheless, despite the "northern" location, you want to decorate the room in shades of blue, add to them the colors of the warm part of the spectrum - pink, yellow, orange, red. A room that has too much bright light can be “chilled” by adding turquoise and cyan to the blue.

If you use dark shades in the living room in blue tones, they can make the room gloomy, so it is worth adding white. The more diluted, whitened tones are used, the softer the mood in the room will be.

Lighting plays a key role in interiors that use blue. Usually one central light is not enough to evenly illuminate an entire room, which can make the corners look gloomy.

Therefore, it is worthwhile to prefer perimeter lighting, built-in ceiling lamps, or supplement the central lamp with wall sconces and corner floor lamps. In this case, the living room in blue will turn out to be light and give a positive mood.

Combinations

Blue goes well with many shades of color. But this does not mean that this color can be mixed with anything.

For example, dark tones of any color are not suitable for complementing blue - the room will look uncomfortable, cause anxiety, a feeling of anxiety. Remember also that a dark background visually reduces the size of objects observed on it, and makes them visually “heavier”.

Blue is best combined with the following colors:

• White. One of the most harmonious combinations. It is especially often used in minimalism, Mediterranean and nautical styles. A living room in blue tones with the addition of white will look strict and classic, and at the same time it will be possible to relax in it.

• Beige. The combination of blue and beige is soft and cozy. Beige can be either very light, almost milky, or active, sandy. This combination is appropriate in a nautical style, in classics and in various Mediterranean styles.

Brown.

• The color of chocolate, coffee, cinnamon goes well with blue and blue shades. Living room in blue with brown tones in furniture, decorative leather elements looks very advantageous. Suitable for ethnic styles.

• Red. Blue with red is a bright, active combination. It is better to use red only as an accent, and for balance it is worth adding white.

• Green. Various shades of green combined with blue tones create a classic and sometimes even conservative interior. It is always beautiful and graceful.

• Yellow. A living room in blue looks great in combination with additions of a yellow shade. The main thing is to keep the proportion, and not "overdo it" with yellow.

• Grey. The combination of blue and gray is classic, a modern interior decorated in these colors will look austere and ceremonial.