How to Bring Creative Color into your Kids’ Room

 Entry #2116, February 17, 2013

A  child’s bedroom is a wonderful space to play around with color. However, parents often cannot resist the temptation of creating a mess by littering the space with oversized posters, incorporating a host of clashing furniture items, or painting the walls with lots of contrasting, bold colors.

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Red for Brightness

If you think of using a bright color, red will come in the first position of the list. While an exaggeration of this color can ruin the decor, a subtler tone can make the setting welcoming in a moment. A darker red offset on one wall of the room with printed fabrics on the window or on the bed can create a warm atmosphere. You can lighten up the dark tone by adding lots of toys and fun things.

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Yellow for Fun

Yellow is a great, fun color for both boys and girls. This color is available in many shades. So, you can create either a soft or a bold room depending on your kid’s preference. Using a combination of bold and soft yellow pastel shades will present a menagerie of colors without becoming overbearing. On the other hand, a bright yellow shade can be toned down by applying light and neutral colors to the rest of the room.

Gorgeous Black & White

Black and white is the two colors that parents dislike to use in their kid’s room. They think that white will get dirty easily and cannot be exploited for creating a fun theme. On the other hand, parents loathe black thinking that it will create a murky, gloomy room for their kid. However, you can think of a combination of black and white. Black or ash can serve as an excellent backdrop for color artwork and other bright colored accessories.

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Color Varieties for Liveliness

The atmosphere of the kid’s room can be made funnier by incorporating a few different complementing colors into the décor scheme. Adopting a block style will be a great option for combining different colors. Use different blocks of color in storage, desk, and cabinets. A rug on the floor, a painting on the wall, or a photo frame on the desk can serve as a block of bold hue. You can also put big blocks of color across the room including a block of green on the storage, yellow on the bed, and orange on the self while leaving the rest of the space in light colors.

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Choosing a too bold theme for your kid’s bedroom would be a mistake. Though bright and bold colors reflect the liveliness of kids’ nature, you have to create a combination of subtler accents and bold hues so that your child can be relaxed and alive at the same time.

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