Tips for choosing colors in interior design

Several basic recommendations:

  • In a small apartment, it is better to use interior panels in light colors, since dark colors, such as purple, black, wenge or other shades, will make it gloomy, even smaller and uncomfortable.
  • It is not advisable to combine warm and cold shades.
  • According to Feng Shui, doors located on the north side can be painted in black, blue or white tones. Door structures that face northeast or southwest should be decorated in brown or yellow colors. For doors with an eastern or southeastern orientation, black, blue or green shades will be an excellent solution.
  • For a wooden house, the best option would be to install entrance or interior door models of a natural wood shade.

What color to choose for the door leaf?

The most popular combination options.

Walls

Doors made in the same tone as the walls will be especially appropriate if the furniture and floor in the room have different shades.

combination of doors with walls in the interior

Floor

When choosing a color for an interior door canvases, first of all, it is worth focusing on the shade and texture solution of the floor covering. Also, with this combination, the type of material plays an important role, for example, for a combination with laminate or parquet, doors made of solid wood are more suitable than plastic models.

Combination of doors and floors

Plinth

With the help of such important connecting elements as plinth and door frames, you can advantageously emphasize and accentuate the door structure or, conversely, smooth out the transition from one color to another.

Combination of plinth, floor and doors

Furniture

Quite often, a door is matched to the color or a couple of tones darker or lighter than large pieces of furniture, such as a kitchen set, wardrobe, shelving or other items. In the bedroom, the interior door leaf can be combined with the headboard, bedside tables or chest of drawers.

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How do the colors of doors and walls combine in the interior?

Opposite shades are attracted and complement each other very harmoniously. With the help of a contrasting combination, it is possible to create a memorable interior, giving it brightness and creativity.

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The photo shows a contrasting combination of an interior door with wall trim in the interior of a modern bedroom.

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Also boldly combine plain wall and door surfaces, this solution allows you to decorate the room and fill it with coziness and warmth.

combination of doors with walls in the interior

The photo shows a small living room and a monochrome combination of an interior door with brick wall cladding.

Popular colors of interior doors

There is a fairly wide color palette, which distinguishes between dark and lighter light shades.

Blue

Thanks to its brightness and saturation, blue always attracts attention and is very relevant in the design of various rooms.

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The photo shows a bedroom interior with a blue interior door decorated with glass inserts.

Gray

This shade has incredible plasticity, due to which it always looks advantageous and fits organically into a variety of interior solutions.

Gray doors in the interior

White

Perfectly suits any style and interior. The unobtrusive and discreet white color will undoubtedly add lightness and spaciousness to the interior.

White doors in the interior

Wenge

It will add bright notes to the room, give the design liveliness and reveal its best side.

Wenge doors in the interior

Bleached oak

A luxurious, comfortable and at the same time original shade of bleached oak, distinguished by its rich light and a certain volume. However, this color in the interior does not harmonize at all with chocolate, red and chestnut tones.

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Black

It adds dynamism to the atmosphere and creates a truly ultra-modern, bold and innovative design.

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Sand

Pacifying, warm, unobtrusive, flowing and very aesthetic sand shades seem to fill the room with sunlight, adding tenderness and lightness to it.

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Red

It is a dominant and bold color that creates a chic and quite catchy interior.

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The photo shows a paneled red interior door in the bedroom interior.

Green

Incredibly interesting and multifaceted shades green, fill the environment with bright notes of spectacularity and originality.

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Olive

This slightly complex natural shade, due to its elegance and depth, always stands out very favorably against the general interior background.

olive doors in the interior

Yellow

Juicy and bright yellow colors look especially impressive in modern design and give it even more unusualness and catchiness.

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The photo shows yellow sliding interior doors in the interior of a modern kitchen.

Blue

Such a refreshing and slightly cold shade, in contrast to the strict and slightly solemn blue color, makes the interior more delicate.

blue doors in the interior

Beige

Neutral beige, thanks to its sophistication and elegance, fits harmoniously into any room, forming a soft and calm design in it.

beige doors in the interior

The photo shows a nursery for a newborn, decorated with a glossy beige door.

Multicolored

They are quite bold, original and even a little shocking interior design solution that noticeably enlivens the surrounding space and gives it a unique character. Multi-colored interior models can even combine acid colors or, for example, turquoise, yellow, pink and green shades.

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Door surface options

There are two main types:

  • Matte. Noble matte interior door panels perfectly match the overall design concept and create a truly amazing interior, filling the atmosphere with special coziness and notes of conservatism.
  • Glossy. They look much fresher and more unusual and, due to the shine and brightness of the gloss, they give the room a presentable look and visually increase its area.

matte doors in the interior of a children's room

The photo shows a children’s room and a white interior door with a matte surface.

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Depending on the glossy or matte surface, you can significantly affect or completely change the overall spatial perception.

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Recommendations for choosing a color scheme in interior of rooms

Interior door structures should not only be a functional delimiter of space, but also be a harmonious addition to the design of the kitchen, hall, bedroom, corridor, bathroom, toilet and other rooms.

Doors can act as the main accent spot or become an excellent background, allowing interior items to sparkle with new colors. For example, for a child’s room, canvases are often selected in bright yellow, orange, crimson, light green shades, as well as in more delicate and pastel beige, cream, pink, blue, milky, pistachio or peach tones.

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The photo shows the hallway interior in light colors with a bright turquoise entrance door.

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Ideas for choosing a color scheme depending on the style

The choice of design and color scheme also depends on the given style direction of the room, for example, for Provence, which does not accept harshness, interior structures with a less pronounced color shade and a more modest appearance are suitable.

Doors in the loft style most often involve brown, gray, black panels or ivory-colored models. For high-tech and minimalism, glossy or matte doors with glass inserts or fittings in chrome and metallic shades will be appropriate.

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The photo shows solid interior doors of brown color in the interior of a bedroom in a modern style.

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In a classic design, natural textures, brown, beige, gray, white and other similar tones are used. Also, interior door products are decorated with handles of gold, bronze or silver color. The modern style has no particular limitations in the color scheme, both bright and contrasting, and calm and muted shades are perfect here.

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The photo shows a teenager’s room in the loft style and a gray interior door with frosted glass inserts.

What color of doors is in fashion now?

Designers in 2019 highlight the most relevant color scheme, which will bring a fresh idea and a new look at the door leaf to the interior. Neutral and calm shades are especially popular, such as beige, brown and terracotta. Also, in addition to warm tones, gray interior structures are in trend.

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