Pairing Wall Color With Hardwood Flooring

Pairing wall colors to the tones of hardwood floors may seem challenging. The tone of your flooring can help to determine which paint color will look best on your walls. Some flooring is dark, with a warm and organic feeling. Then there are the lighter, cooler feeling wood shades. The tone of the hardwood floor itself contrasted with the color of your walls can drastically change the look and feel of a space. Below are some suggestions on which colors pair best with various types of hardwood flooring.

Green: For medium to darker colored hardwood floors, tones of sage or olive green tend to work extremely well. With the medium, darker brown stained wood representing the earth itself, the sage green will only complement that, giving your room a worldly and organic feel. If you have lighter colored hardwood floors in your home, use light shades of green. This allows you to still capture a sense of nature within your home.

Blue:  Blue and yellow are complementary colors, and many shades of yellow are used with hardwood floor colorings, so do not be afraid to experiment with blue. Typically, blue walls will complement blonder and lighter hardwood floors much better than they would a darker shade of wood flooring. A traditional shade of blue will play off of flooring with light yellow accenting perfectly, and has been a rising trend within home décor.

Brown: If you are looking to match brown hardwood floors with brown walls, be sure to take note of the floor coloring.  Dark brown hardwood floors will look great with warmly tinted brown or beige walls, while light brown floors will serve as a great complement to any lighter tone of brown or beige. According to Lake Mary Painters, effortlessly matching your browns is key, and important so as to not overbear a room with too much of the same tone of brown.

Cream: If you are more interested in a simple look, cream colors will work with any type of colored hardwood flooring. Cream will blend easily with almost any tone of hardwood floor, so if you’re unable to decide on a color, try an off- white cream tone. Cream also has the ability to make a room pop. When placed against dark hardwood floors, a striking contrast will instantly appear in a room, breathing a whole new life into a space.

Choosing the right paint color in any situation seems like a daunting process, so use your colored hardwood floor as a starting point. For more guidance choosing paint color, contact the professionals at CertaPro Painters of Freehold, NJ .