7 Popular Decorating Colors

Picking the right color for a room can often be the most difficult decorating decision. The best way to find a color youlike is to look at other homes, restaurants, and goodold-fashioned paint chips. Here are some popular colors indecorating right now.

Buff: This is the new neutral. It is neutral but not boring off-white. Everything works well with it. Buff can range from tan to deep taupe. Some specific colors are Tyler Taupe, Porter Ridge Tan, and Shelburne Buff. Also, consider Chestertown Buff, a designers’ favorite. It’s warm, not too gold, not too taupe and not too bold. It works well in many settings and any room.
Mocha: Similar to Buff but deeper in hue. This is the rich warm color of coffee and chocolate and a very popular color for 2006, used as an accent and alone as well as paired with turquoise and hot pink.

Blue: Making a big comeback, blue is no longer the robin egg’s blue of your grandmother’s house growing up or powder baby-boy blue but either a slate or steel blue (Jamestown Blue) or even a more vibrant Caribbean blue (see Ash Blue or Deep Ocean). It can go from bedroom to bathroom to more formal rooms quite easily. You’ll often see this paired with white or red for a nautical theme or with light yellow or gold in traditional patterns. In our office, we used Summer Nights, a deep blue that’s not navy, not turquoise, not royal but really rich and vibrant.

Coral: This color is used in dining and living rooms. Use a pale color on the walls and a deeper hue as accents. Or be bold and use it alone.

Green: Green is  a versatile soothing color, appropriate for living rooms and bedrooms.

Red: A favorite of decorators. Use it in dining rooms or living rooms where you want to make a bold statement. Great for traditional or Asian styles. Take a peek at Ladybug Red or Raspberry Truffle.

Gold: Paired with every color imaginable - red, blue, purple, or by itself. As an accent or as the predominant color. Very popular in Tuscan decorating, especially with faux finishes.

Bold colors still rule although lighter pastels are being shown as accents and increasingly for dining and living rooms.

Source: Julie Lohmeier

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