Regardless of the belief in the psychological effect of different colors on a person and commitment to Feng Shui philosophy, it is difficult to disagree that shades of red are one of the strongest. They set the mood and attract the eye. Dynamic red color in the interior is largely dependent on the chosen style and decoration materials. Other colors influence it: the right color combinations will help you find the most suitable combination for different types of rooms from the living room to the bedroom.
catchy, slightly futuristic, attracting and holding attention.
But when you design, you can not separate the color from the texture of those materials that will be used. There are styles that require glossy surfaces (plastic, leather, enamel, varnish) that enhance brightness.
More natural shades in combination with natural wood, a calm neutral background (for example, cream) - a consistent interior without intrusiveness, but memorable, spectacular. Terracotta, brick tones get along in different styles, they are quite natural, with the right companions are appropriate in all areas of the house.
Cheerful shades (mainly berry, coral) are perfect for accessories. Even the ornament will not make the interior colorful and chaotic if you adhere to moderation and create a good, soft background.
Modern interiors are not afraid of bright colors and red is combined not only with neutral colors. The deep shades used for the main surfaces (walls) can give undue drama, refer to the eastern style, historical classics.
Actually. Dosed amount of gold, glass will enhance the overall effect of the expressiveness of red shades.
Design Features
It is worth considering in advance how much red color will be acceptable in each particular interior:
If the total area of the apartment is small, then the space-reducing red color is used in detail. Large items like a cabinet, soft zone, base surfaces are made in neutral, mostly light colors. The total proportion of red should not exceed 30%.
When there is no feeling of certainty that the prevailing red color is suitable for decorating a room at home, and for a long period, then it is used only where a little time is spent - a bathroom, an entrance hall.
A strong red color should be distributed evenly, for example, echoing in patterns, ornaments, so you will have to spend time on the selection of textiles, upholstery, wallpaper, designer items.
When the room has constant natural shading, refuse to design large surfaces in a saturated color.
If red does not have a leading role in the design, then the table will help determine those options that will not greatly affect the budget when replacing.
Room
Furnishings, furnishings
Decor and Textiles
Living room
Replaceable covers for furniture, console, screen
Curtains, vases, decorative pillows, lamps
Bedroom
Ottomans, pedestals
Curtains, paintings, lampshades, bedding
Kitchen
Apron, small appliances, dining furniture
Towels, curtains, colored glass, serving items
Bathroom
The decision should be made immediately.
Towels, mats, accessories, curtains for the bathroom
Living room - luxury for all time
For the main, ceremonial premises in the house, a certain courage is quite permissible or, on the contrary, verified, refined sophistication, which is easily achieved by introducing red color into the interior of the living room. Furniture will attract attention, and the red walls are a serious application for interior chic.
What design techniques are in demand recently:
Modern style with a black and white base - cold tones for the largest piece of furniture - a sofa.
Replacing black with gray in the previous combination is an interesting alternative, with the addition of fashionable steel elements.
A beautiful solution would be a combination of muted red with white, beige. Add a touch of retro, if supported by the details.
Calm, but catchy classics - two-tone walls, for example, snow-white with wine.
A stylized (or even real) fireplace portal will inspire family evenings.
Wood may have a reddish tint, adding status to the interior - cherry, alder from a budget. Designers advise not to limit oneself to finding one perfect combination among textures and textures, but to use a sophisticated approach that gives volume to a room.
The kitchen is trendy and diverse.
When designing a kitchen, a bright red color is one of the popular solutions. But it is worth considering such a psychological influence: it enhances the appetite in direct proportion to the desire to create culinary masterpieces.
Very often, large steel-colored appliances push the decision to design a “red + gray” kitchen. Most often, headsets are made in modern minimalism with a certain share of actual industrial chic. This is facilitated by the materials:
glossy facades;
colored plastic;
fake diamond;
metal elements.
Another fairly common option is a red headset with the addition of white. Suitable for those who appreciate the aesthetics of appearance, conciseness, order. With red, it is easy to create coziness in the kitchen-dining room, using it as an additional rather than a basic one.
Manufacturers of household kitchen appliances are constantly offering new items in a daring, pure color. This tendency extends strongly to red - as an attractive, rather exclusive alternative to the bored. And such courage is appropriate in both large and small kitchens. The red refrigerator becomes an interesting subject with character in the studio apartment, declaring the owner on the winning side.
The bedroom is calm and comfortable.
Psychologists do not recommend using this color as the dominant color for the recreation area.But do not completely ignore it - as an additional color can increase sensuality, add intimacy, intimacy.
Moderation of red will allow the bedroom to be executed in various styles - from adapted Japanese to trendy urban or glamorous. The accent wall as a decorating technique, relevant for the bedroom, may well be colored if it is located behind the head of the bed.
In addition to the fashionable component of the design of the bedroom, tactile sensations are important. The rest room should not have excessive artificial gloss. Diverse texture, dullness of finishing materials will make the bedroom truly cozy:
velor headboard, furniture of small forms (ottoman, chair-chair);
silk bedding;
furry, "fluffy" details.
In any room, the determining criterion is not only the amount of red, but the colors that complement it.
The freshness of the red and white interior
This is a very noticeable combination, interesting, life-affirming and special in every style:
cage - country, English;
patchwork ornament - rustic;
linear drawing - Japanese;
abstraction is modern.
It looks beautiful in a patterned design. But if you do not like any floral and plant patterns, ornaments, but want to see the surrounding objects in plain colors, then decide in advance which piece of furniture will be red. Against a snow-white background, small decorative gizmos are able to get lost, but the console, sofa can become central figures.
Actually. With the same amount of red and white in one interior, the first will dominate, visually taking up more space.
If in such a two-tone interior to leave behind the red color - the walls, this will require white:
interesting furniture design;
cornices, skirting boards of the correct height;
increased demand for the beauty of the door leaf;
stylish design of wall planes - frames with a black and white photo.
Such a decision will be definitely memorable, appropriate for the living room, dining room area. White is absolutely not capable of reducing the dynamics of red, but there is an excellent candidate for its replacement - beige.
Red and beige: harmony is near
Beige shades give the interior softness, comfort, tranquility, and therefore are still in demand, although they are not fashionable favorites. A certain versatility is achieved thanks to a variety of gradations in color temperature:
sand, straw with a yellowish tint;
light coffee; grayish-sandy, close to khaki;
with the addition of gray, making the original color as neutral as possible.
Red in the interior of such a room is a color splash with a slight tonic effect. And if you choose shades quite simply, based on personal preferences, then they are more careful with the quantity so that the room from “beige with red interesting details” does not turn into something flashy.
What methods are used to make the duet appear in the best light:
Some interior photos confidently demonstrate a combination of two shades of red at once, but of different densities - wine and scarlet.
Adding to the red dominant accent color in the interior one more, in small quantities: the most logical is green, as well as bright yellow, pale blue.
White color will deprive the room of static, enhancing the overall brightness.
Black monochrome or dark brown in micro accents (photo frames, thin lines, pattern).
Floral motifs on textile in the spirit of retro or modern geometric, more dynamic - a red-beige combination can pleasantly surprise.
Red and Cheerful Yellow (Orange)
Such an invigorating combination with a northern location is a good choice, since associations with the sun in the summer will disperse grayness in the most natural way. On the color wheel, two colors are adjacent, but in order to create a harmonious combination, for regular finding - you have to try:
Vanilla yellow and raspberry - a bold modern combination.
Orange is the main one, and red acts as local accents.
White, cream shades - lower tonic "degree".
Gold instead of yellow is a respectable interior where pomposity is balanced by achromatic colors.
Use with caution in nurseries, despite the positive nature and apparent evidence.
A lemon-black gamut will contrast with red large objects.
The current version of yellow is mustard, in harmony with coral.
Rare combinations: red and blue (turquoise)
The combination of red as a warm color with cold blues and blues is not very popular precisely because of the different color temperature, the opposite of being on the color wheel. But if you take shades with a cold undertone - crimson, “cardinal”, and introduce them as small accents, then the room with the blue base will sparkle with “new” colors.
A harmonious way to combine these colors in one room is to use both as accents. Perfectly convey the mood in the following styles:
marine - a blue-red recognizable combination with white;
retro - bright blue and rich scarlet, complemented by black and white monochrome;
country - dusted bluish tones and several variations of red;
loft - a brick, as natural wall as possible and blue textiles, such as a palace, an interior art object that sets the character.
Extremely unobtrusive union of all possible is suitable for a children's room, bedroom, kitchen. Adding greenery to the interior of the room is quite appropriate, as well as other bright micro-accents (yellow, lilac).
Fashionable turquoise, like a bright dominant, quite coexists with a calm red color close to coral, especially if both are used sparingly, based on an achromatic base. It can be chairs, sofa cushions, chests of drawers. But the saturated blue (indigo) in this combination makes the design too eclectic, more suitable for creative people.This is one of the most controversial combinations, and even the perfect selection of shades is not a guarantee that the interior will be liked for a long time.
Red and Green: Association Game
Most of the finished palettes with these two colors are natural, personifying nature. For a calm, soft combination:
Noble marsh, rich lime, fashionable shade of young greenery.
Pure scarlet, burgundy with notes of brown.
For a cold palette: dark, extremely close to black (violet, blueberry), cream-white with a bluish base, will contrast.
For a warm palette: dark brown and a lot of diluted light yellow, vanilla. Peach, orange - a spectacular addition.
Together, “red + green” sets a certain mood, requires embodiment in decoration and decoration: floral and plant ornaments, berries, bouquets of flowers, autumn palette. Different color saturation, the addition of wood, screen elements will allow to embody the country style for the bedroom, dining room.
Important. Lighting strongly affects the tandem of red-green, sometimes not in the best way - preliminary dyes, tissue samples will help.
Too pure, not muted colors - for a youthful atmosphere, as this is a rather rich combination. Overly obvious implementation is also avoided - for example, murals with poppies, tulips. A close-up can bore you quickly, and in rooms that are small in size, you can look oppressive, despite the life-affirming palette.
Red and brown - noble chic
The classic solid combination of red and brown is still used in the design of the cabinet, library. This noble harmony is in many historical styles, complemented by gilding, natural wood, leather.
Some designers were able to rethink it in a more modern way. And the first thing to consider when betting on this duet is the gloom of the room.Additional light sources will not interfere - from sconces with beautiful lampshades that give diffused light, to spot lights on wall decor, paintings.
One of the varieties of brown color is chocolate, with which you can get beautiful combinations. Lovers of dark wood, wenge for flooring and furniture, should look at brick red, terracotta, and other warm shades.
Several rules for error-free design work:
one shade of red;
light yellow, vanilla companions;
a lot of glass elements.
Actually. Red-brown shades of the ornamental floor carpet are a win-win solution for many interiors, luxurious but not pathos.
Red and pink: the right to exist
Unlike brown, the combination with pink is an ambiguous combination. With the abundance of these two self-sufficient colors, rapid fatigue is possible. They can cause strong dissonance, and it is not surprising that photos of such interiors often become anti-examples, as they should not be done.
How to get rid of "puppetry", excessive infantilism? In any case, this color combination will be considered exotic, but it is quite possible to get away from stereotypes about a purely feminine affiliation:
The red-pink range complemented by gold is a typical oriental interior.
Complex patterning, including for metal (Moroccan and other ethnic styles).
Adding a third companion - lilac, sky, yellow for micro accents.
Strict lines, conciseness, a share of minimalism, simple forms of furniture.
Dark pink (fuchsia, purple) against the background of burgundy - muffled, as if powdered side surfaces.
A moderate proportion of decor with a character that sets a positive mood, only a few antique gizmos that do not lead to a sense of "museum".
Red and gray: a new level
This combination is quite hackneyed.Surely, everyone met posters with English themes (buses, telephone boxes). To move away from the templates, from the budget to a new level, you should:
Use a bold combination: gray with a bluish tint and raspberry.
To complement the main red accents - yellow, orange.
The main gray should be different - for example, light walls and a dark (close to graphite) sofa.
Matte, muted shades of red will give the interior sophistication.
Different textures - for example, gray stone, trend concrete and a laminated surface.
Natural light wood (floor, furniture legs), mirrors, silver metal will refresh the interior, making it more interesting.
Too much dark gray in combination with scarlet tones can make a depressing impression, especially if it is a living room. But the bathroom will be very elegant. They will correct the situation even in a small space:
logical large amount of white (standard plumbing);
silver shiny components (like a heated towel rail);
mirror surfaces.
Red and black: dark contrast
If even gray does not always make the interior feel comfortable, suitable for permanent residence, then black is the champion of depression. Special:
small room;
the ceiling is not white;
insufficiently thought out lighting;
lack of a clear style position.
Adding snow-white, as a way to "dilute" the interior, sometimes does not work. You can achieve the opposite effect, only increasing the contrast, turning the interior into a Gothic. If such a task is not set, then others are added that mitigate the categorical design: pastel, light gray.
Natural greenery, metallized surfaces, forging, wood, interesting and relevant objects (piano, fireplace) can smooth out excessive sharpness. Black and white interiors, despite the lack of novelty, do not lose their leading positions in demand.Emphasize red as an accent - an option for confident owners who love clarity, structure.
All the photos presented demonstrate a variety of cold and warm tones, and it is important to find your own. Individuality is an integral part of a successful project, but to a greater extent it is manifested in the decor. This is a good way to create a red interior, not only in those rooms where you are awake, but also to make a connecting color for the whole house.
Regardless of the belief in the psychological effect of different colors on a person and commitment to Feng Shui philosophy, it is difficult to disagree that shades of red are one of the strongest. They set the mood and attract the eye. Dynamic red color in the interior is largely dependent on the chosen style and decoration materials. Other colors influence it: the right color combinations will help you find the most suitable combination for different types of rooms from the living room to the bedroom.
Content
Shades
Red color is very diverse:
But when you design, you can not separate the color from the texture of those materials that will be used. There are styles that require glossy surfaces (plastic, leather, enamel, varnish) that enhance brightness.
More natural shades in combination with natural wood, a calm neutral background (for example, cream) - a consistent interior without intrusiveness, but memorable, spectacular. Terracotta, brick tones get along in different styles, they are quite natural, with the right companions are appropriate in all areas of the house.
Cheerful shades (mainly berry, coral) are perfect for accessories. Even the ornament will not make the interior colorful and chaotic if you adhere to moderation and create a good, soft background.
Modern interiors are not afraid of bright colors and red is combined not only with neutral colors. The deep shades used for the main surfaces (walls) can give undue drama, refer to the eastern style, historical classics.
Design Features
It is worth considering in advance how much red color will be acceptable in each particular interior:
If red does not have a leading role in the design, then the table will help determine those options that will not greatly affect the budget when replacing.
Living room - luxury for all time
For the main, ceremonial premises in the house, a certain courage is quite permissible or, on the contrary, verified, refined sophistication, which is easily achieved by introducing red color into the interior of the living room. Furniture will attract attention, and the red walls are a serious application for interior chic.
What design techniques are in demand recently:
The kitchen is trendy and diverse.
When designing a kitchen, a bright red color is one of the popular solutions. But it is worth considering such a psychological influence: it enhances the appetite in direct proportion to the desire to create culinary masterpieces.
Very often, large steel-colored appliances push the decision to design a “red + gray” kitchen. Most often, headsets are made in modern minimalism with a certain share of actual industrial chic. This is facilitated by the materials:
Another fairly common option is a red headset with the addition of white. Suitable for those who appreciate the aesthetics of appearance, conciseness, order. With red, it is easy to create coziness in the kitchen-dining room, using it as an additional rather than a basic one.
Manufacturers of household kitchen appliances are constantly offering new items in a daring, pure color. This tendency extends strongly to red - as an attractive, rather exclusive alternative to the bored. And such courage is appropriate in both large and small kitchens. The red refrigerator becomes an interesting subject with character in the studio apartment, declaring the owner on the winning side.
The bedroom is calm and comfortable.
Psychologists do not recommend using this color as the dominant color for the recreation area.But do not completely ignore it - as an additional color can increase sensuality, add intimacy, intimacy.
Moderation of red will allow the bedroom to be executed in various styles - from adapted Japanese to trendy urban or glamorous. The accent wall as a decorating technique, relevant for the bedroom, may well be colored if it is located behind the head of the bed.
In addition to the fashionable component of the design of the bedroom, tactile sensations are important. The rest room should not have excessive artificial gloss. Diverse texture, dullness of finishing materials will make the bedroom truly cozy:
In any room, the determining criterion is not only the amount of red, but the colors that complement it.
The freshness of the red and white interior
This is a very noticeable combination, interesting, life-affirming and special in every style:
It looks beautiful in a patterned design. But if you do not like any floral and plant patterns, ornaments, but want to see the surrounding objects in plain colors, then decide in advance which piece of furniture will be red. Against a snow-white background, small decorative gizmos are able to get lost, but the console, sofa can become central figures.
If in such a two-tone interior to leave behind the red color - the walls, this will require white:
Such a decision will be definitely memorable, appropriate for the living room, dining room area. White is absolutely not capable of reducing the dynamics of red, but there is an excellent candidate for its replacement - beige.
Red and beige: harmony is near
Beige shades give the interior softness, comfort, tranquility, and therefore are still in demand, although they are not fashionable favorites. A certain versatility is achieved thanks to a variety of gradations in color temperature:
Red in the interior of such a room is a color splash with a slight tonic effect. And if you choose shades quite simply, based on personal preferences, then they are more careful with the quantity so that the room from “beige with red interesting details” does not turn into something flashy.
What methods are used to make the duet appear in the best light:
Red and Cheerful Yellow (Orange)
Such an invigorating combination with a northern location is a good choice, since associations with the sun in the summer will disperse grayness in the most natural way. On the color wheel, two colors are adjacent, but in order to create a harmonious combination, for regular finding - you have to try:
Rare combinations: red and blue (turquoise)
The combination of red as a warm color with cold blues and blues is not very popular precisely because of the different color temperature, the opposite of being on the color wheel. But if you take shades with a cold undertone - crimson, “cardinal”, and introduce them as small accents, then the room with the blue base will sparkle with “new” colors.
A harmonious way to combine these colors in one room is to use both as accents. Perfectly convey the mood in the following styles:
Extremely unobtrusive union of all possible is suitable for a children's room, bedroom, kitchen. Adding greenery to the interior of the room is quite appropriate, as well as other bright micro-accents (yellow, lilac).
Fashionable turquoise, like a bright dominant, quite coexists with a calm red color close to coral, especially if both are used sparingly, based on an achromatic base. It can be chairs, sofa cushions, chests of drawers. But the saturated blue (indigo) in this combination makes the design too eclectic, more suitable for creative people.This is one of the most controversial combinations, and even the perfect selection of shades is not a guarantee that the interior will be liked for a long time.
Red and Green: Association Game
Most of the finished palettes with these two colors are natural, personifying nature. For a calm, soft combination:
Together, “red + green” sets a certain mood, requires embodiment in decoration and decoration: floral and plant ornaments, berries, bouquets of flowers, autumn palette. Different color saturation, the addition of wood, screen elements will allow to embody the country style for the bedroom, dining room.
Too pure, not muted colors - for a youthful atmosphere, as this is a rather rich combination. Overly obvious implementation is also avoided - for example, murals with poppies, tulips. A close-up can bore you quickly, and in rooms that are small in size, you can look oppressive, despite the life-affirming palette.
Red and brown - noble chic
The classic solid combination of red and brown is still used in the design of the cabinet, library. This noble harmony is in many historical styles, complemented by gilding, natural wood, leather.
Some designers were able to rethink it in a more modern way. And the first thing to consider when betting on this duet is the gloom of the room.Additional light sources will not interfere - from sconces with beautiful lampshades that give diffused light, to spot lights on wall decor, paintings.
One of the varieties of brown color is chocolate, with which you can get beautiful combinations. Lovers of dark wood, wenge for flooring and furniture, should look at brick red, terracotta, and other warm shades.
Several rules for error-free design work:
Red and pink: the right to exist
Unlike brown, the combination with pink is an ambiguous combination. With the abundance of these two self-sufficient colors, rapid fatigue is possible. They can cause strong dissonance, and it is not surprising that photos of such interiors often become anti-examples, as they should not be done.
How to get rid of "puppetry", excessive infantilism? In any case, this color combination will be considered exotic, but it is quite possible to get away from stereotypes about a purely feminine affiliation:
Red and gray: a new level
This combination is quite hackneyed.Surely, everyone met posters with English themes (buses, telephone boxes). To move away from the templates, from the budget to a new level, you should:
Too much dark gray in combination with scarlet tones can make a depressing impression, especially if it is a living room. But the bathroom will be very elegant. They will correct the situation even in a small space:
Red and black: dark contrast
If even gray does not always make the interior feel comfortable, suitable for permanent residence, then black is the champion of depression. Special:
Adding snow-white, as a way to "dilute" the interior, sometimes does not work. You can achieve the opposite effect, only increasing the contrast, turning the interior into a Gothic. If such a task is not set, then others are added that mitigate the categorical design: pastel, light gray.
Natural greenery, metallized surfaces, forging, wood, interesting and relevant objects (piano, fireplace) can smooth out excessive sharpness. Black and white interiors, despite the lack of novelty, do not lose their leading positions in demand.Emphasize red as an accent - an option for confident owners who love clarity, structure.
All the photos presented demonstrate a variety of cold and warm tones, and it is important to find your own. Individuality is an integral part of a successful project, but to a greater extent it is manifested in the decor. This is a good way to create a red interior, not only in those rooms where you are awake, but also to make a connecting color for the whole house.