It's not without reason that mint color has become so popular lately. It is used by clothing designers, manufacturers of finishing materials, furniture and various accessories for living spaces. Mint color gives a feeling of freshness and lightness, spring coolness and awakening of feelings and colors. One mint-colored detail or surface is enough to refresh the atmosphere of any interior. But mint color is not as simple as it might seem at first glance - it has many shades. We invite you to familiarize yourself with this incredibly fresh and light tone in combination with various shades when decorating a room using the example of our impressive selection of design projects. You will definitely be inspired to use mint color in the interior of your own home.
The meaning and features of color
A mint shade is a combination of blue and green; the intensity of the mint shade depends on the predominance of one color or another. The resulting mint is not directly related to the color of the mint leaves.
A variety of mint can be considered menthol, turquoise in a light shade, sea foam color and light pistachio.
Like the entire group of green shades, mint has a positive effect on the psyche, induces relaxation, and has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the visual organs.
The photo shows a bedroom interior with green and purple patterns and white ceiling beams that add depth.
Photo gallery
Mint color is considered universal, because it has dozens of options for combinations. In the photo you can see the most successful combinations in the interiors of this color and create a cozy place to relax, have a good time and receive guests.
Combination with other colors
Grey-mint
Gray-mint is often found in the interior; gray is the background for the mint shade. Used as an unobtrusive combination for the kitchen, living room and bedroom.
White-mint
This combination gives a cool combination in a clean Scandinavian and modern interior.
The photo shows an interior with uneven walls, one of which is painted mint. The absence of curtains and white walls make the room brighter.
Beige-mint
The interior looks balanced, often complemented with white or black.
Brown mint
The interior combines coziness and brightness, suitable for a combination of wood and wall painting. The combination of chocolate and menthol makes a modern interior unusual.
Mint-peach
Like beige, it combines airiness and bright color. Pastel mint looks unobtrusive but bold.
Mint yellow
The interior looks harmonious and quite bold, bright yellow warms the room, and mint cools it down.
The photo shows a living room in mint yellow with mint armchairs, a sofa and textiles.
Mint pink
Suitable for a girl's room in Provence or shabby chic style. For the walls, you can choose a combination of pink flowers on a mint background.
Mint lilac
Mint-lilac and mint-lavender are suitable for bedroom interiors in pastel shades. The color of lavender and light foliage will remind you of flowering valleys.
Mint purple
Must be used carefully due to the dark undertone of the purple. It is better to complement the mint interior with a small amount of lilac.
Mint children's
A children's room in a delicate menthol color will be a very good solution, especially if you dilute it with colorful shades. For girls, you can add pink, peach or light lilac, and for boys, turquoise, blue and apricot are suitable. Alternatively, textiles can be mint.
Photo in the interior of the apartment
Kitchen
In the interior of the kitchen, the set or walls can be mint; when choosing a mint set, it is better to make the walls beige, white or gray. The walls can be painted or use vinyl textured wallpaper that is not afraid of moisture. The apron can be selected in white, black and brown.
The photo shows the interior of a modern island kitchen with matte wooden facades. The mint gray mosaic and gray and white flooring match the steel appliances.
Living room
In the interior of the hall, only curtains and textiles can be mint if the room is small. For a marine style, mint wallpaper and beige-yellow decor are suitable. Mint color will make the interior cool while maintaining an airy feeling.
Children's
In a nursery, mint goes well with pink, blue, white and gray. The walls can be striped or patterned. Plain mint walls are combined with light and dark wood colored furniture.
Bedroom
In the bedroom, mint creates coziness and relaxation, cools the room and promotes easy awakening in an atmosphere of pastel shades. A classic bedroom is recognizable by plain or patterned wallpaper and luxurious furnishings.
The photo shows a bedroom with plain walls and a classic set with candelabra bedside lamps. Flowers are a bright accent in a room.
Bathroom
In the bathroom, mint cools and at the same time reflects light, making the room brighter. Moisture-resistant panels and tiles are suitable for finishing. In an area where water does not reach the wall, you can use plaster and vinyl wallpaper. Combines with white floors, gray and yellow decor.
Cleanliness of the bathroom
Mint color is ideal for a bath or shower. Such a bathroom will shine with freshness, cleanliness, coolness, and vigor and excellent well-being after water procedures will be doubly enhanced! You can apply the shade as a base, decorating the entire bathroom with such tiles - the ceiling, walls, and floor. But the details may be different.
A white bath or shower, white bath curtains, sink, furniture, decor - this will create the perfect freshness. Here you can “play” with textures, add pearls (for example, to the decor or design of a mirror frame), mirror or metal elements, and combine glossy mint with matte white. It will be just a royal bathroom!
You can also safely add dark or bright shades in a single color scheme: lush green, bright blue, pure blue, turquoise, sea green, azure. Such a mint-bright bathroom will be much fresher, more fun and lively. And for more variety, combine it with bright orange or yellow decor, dilute the plain tiles on the walls with bright decorative inserts, and experiment.
The mint shade in modern interior solutions is very versatile; it can be combined with a wide variety of colors, textures, patterns and shapes. The only limitation is your imagination and taste - and there are simply no strict frameworks, rules, or restrictions here! The main thing is that the overall ensemble gives inspiration, lifts the emotional mood, pleases the eye every day, without getting boring. Mint color is exactly that! He will never irritate, never get bored, but will only make you happy every day. How to use it, in what proportions and combinations is up to you!
Style selection
Classic
In a classic interior, mint monochromatic walls are combined with plaster molding, a high white ceiling and parquet boards. If bright upholstery is used, it should be repeated in curtains or lambrequin.
The photo shows a spacious classic two-tone bedroom with thick curtains, a soft panel and a bed. To darken the room during the day, plain Roman blinds are used.
Minimalism
In a minimalist interior, striped walls or painted walls with geometry are suitable. Wallpaper can be textured, decorated with framed paintings. Large patterns and combinations of more than three colors within one room are unacceptable.
Provence
In the Provence style, mint can be the main color; it can be painted and slightly shabby furniture, walls made of clapboard or with floral wallpaper. Gray tulle with mint frill or white and mint cafe curtains will decorate the room.
Country
Country style is combined with light and dark shades of brown and beige. The rustic style is decorated with pillows, covers and blankets, textiles and curtains in a mint shade.
Nautical
The marine interior combines a pastel cold palette: blue, light blue, turquoise, green and mint. The walls can be wide striped, single-color, the curtains repeat the pattern on the pillows. The tulle is chosen to be light and translucent.
The photo shows a nautical-style kitchen with a mint splashback, an island and an open cupboard.
Shades
Although the mint color takes its name from the aromatic mint, its shades have little in common with this plant. Mint leaves are dark green, covered with light grayish fluff on the outside. The plant blooms with lilac-blue flowers.
In the palette of fresh green tones, shades of mint and turquoise are close to each other. When comparing the mint tone with the colors of the blue palette, the mint color is closer to pale blue.
Designers highlight 4 shades of mint color:
- menthol;
- light turquoise;
- pistachio;
- sea wave.
It can be argued that mint color is on the border between warm and cool colors. Just add another shade and it will change beyond recognition: for example, if you add yellow, it will become softer and warmer, and blue will become cooler and cooler.
Let's take a quick look at each shade.
Menthol is a color that literally exudes freshness. It will give the room freshness, lightness, and also visually expand the room.
Light turquoise is a warmer shade of mint, it is a spring, light and gentle tone that is relaxing and helps you unwind.
Pistachios are close to green. Unlike previous shades, it does not have such coolness, but rather radiates warmth, energizes and is positive.
The color of the sea wave is reminiscent of the warm blue sea, but at the same time in combination with other shades it becomes colder.
Depending on the concentration, those close to turquoise can exhibit calming properties, while brighter ones, on the contrary, encourage action.
Finishing walls, ceilings and floors
Walls
For the walls in the bathroom, tiles, plaster, latex paint, vinyl moisture-resistant wallpaper are suitable; non-woven and paper wallpaper, paint, and a combination with brick or stone are used in living rooms. Photo wallpaper will become the central decor for one of the walls.
Floor
Parquet, dark oak laminate, rosewood, and walnut are suitable for the floor. White, gray boards and tiles also go well with mint.
Ceiling
It can also be mint, with a fresco, covered with soft panels or wallpaper. Stretch ceilings and plasterboard construction are suitable for the living room and bedroom. In the kitchen, it is better to whitewash or paint the ceiling white.
Furniture selection
Bright furniture in any room will become a point of interest; when choosing mint furniture, you need to take into account the shade of the walls (they should not match), or make the walls white.
The sofa can be upholstered in brocade, jacquard, linen, or decorated with a pattern or lines. Curved backs are suitable for classics, straight frames for modern style.
The photo shows sofas in mint color in different shades that match the carpet in a modern living room.
Chairs are used in the kitchen, children's room and living room. A solid wooden office chair can be painted in mint color, then it will suit the bright interior.
The chair most often matches other upholstered furniture, maybe like a cocoon, mini-sofa or leather chair.
The photo shows a green bedroom with a mint chair with soft armrests and a deep back.
A wardrobe for clothes or books, a secretary, a kitchen cabinet can be without doors, with glass inserts or a compartment type.
Decor and textiles
The paintings are suitable for the living room, office and bedroom, wide hallway. Depending on the style of the room, the image will be appropriate (abstraction, ships, painting, reproduction).
Curtains and tulle are selected according to the type of fastening (eyelets, loops) and the quality of the fabric (natural, synthetic). The length and type of curtains (thread curtains, drapes) also plays a role. Gray, white, scarlet, beige and brown colors are suitable for mint walls.
Pillows as the main decor of the bedroom should echo the curtains or carpet. They come in different shapes, with ornaments or fringes. The carpet creates warmth for the feet and acts as a bright accessory for the living room, nursery, and bedroom.
The rug can be dyed or have a design applied to it.
The photo shows a studio apartment with space zoning, where in the living room area the carpet is combined with the walls.
What not to do?
Less is better than more. If you think that rich mint walls or furniture will be unnecessary, start exploring the color small first.
TIP Use it in pillows, scatter accents throughout the rooms, add a small vase in the window. Even a small amount of menthol accessories will perfectly refresh the space.
Try to get acquainted with color in the spring, when nature wakes up and freshness is felt especially sharply.
