Every family, about once every five years, is faced with the problem of choosing wallpaper during renovation. As a rule, this process takes a fairly large number of days. Let’s simplify the torment of many apartment owners and consider: what wallpaper colors are suitable for the living room, what this or that color means in terms of psychology, how to choose, as well as examples of different colors in the interior.
Modern wallpaper for the hall is distinguished by a variety of colors and textures
Criteria for choosing the color of wallpaper for the living room
For a harmonious and complete combination of wallpaper with the interior as a whole, some criteria should be taken into account:
- Environmental friendliness. The most important point when choosing quality material. The ideal option would be breathable wallpaper that does not attract dust and is resistant to moisture.
- Appearance. These include: coloring, ornament, style. All parameters must be combined with the design of the room and furniture.
- Difficulty of the sticker. Some wallpaper, especially with thematic patterns, require adjustment; such models are too expensive, since about half a roll can be thrown away during the entire process.
For any interior style, you can choose interesting options for decorating walls with wallpaper.
Modern wallpapers, what are they?
Wallpaper for a living room should convey a certain message, especially since a huge selection of materials of various textures and colors contributes to this.
- Paper wallpaper has long moved from the budget niche to the premium segment. Foreign manufacturers offer interesting options with modern prints; plant themes, herbariums, and complex geometric patterns are in fashion. A special place is occupied by paper wallpaper with voluminous figured embossing and photo wallpaper with a 3D effect.
- Non-woven wallpaper allows you to create an ideal surface with a complex pattern on which you will never find seams, since the wallpaper is glued end to end. This type of wallpaper is as environmentally friendly and safe as paper wallpaper. They allow air and moisture to pass through, maintaining a healthy microclimate in the room.
- Textile, metallized, glass wallpaper, liquid wallpaper are new materials that allow you to create a unique interior that emphasizes the individuality of the owners of the house.
Color meanings from psychology
As you know, color has a great influence on a person’s mood, consciousness, thoughts, activities and health. That is why the choice of colors should be treated with maximum attention.
Using the color of the walls, you can create a variety of interior effects - highlight accent areas, brighten the room, or, conversely, create an intimate atmosphere
The color scheme is divided into three subtypes:
- Calming cold (purple, blue, light blue, green).
- Stimulating warm colors (yellow, orange, red).
- Neutral (black, gray, white).
Red
It is considered a stimulating color that should be used in small quantities. Is tiresome for imaginary, excitable and anxiety-prone people. The use of this color is prohibited for rooms occupied by people with high blood pressure.
Among the many shades of red, coral, burgundy, wine and terracotta tones are best suited for the hall.
But if you use color correctly, you can achieve the opposite results. By nature, red gives energy, optimism, and confidence. From the psychological point of view, red color can be used in the interior of a hallway, kitchen, gym, stairwells, and office.
Orange
An invigorating and life-affirming color that belongs to warm shades. Obtained by mixing yellow and red, from the first it acquired warmth and kindness, from the second - activity. Well suited for a living room that requires sunshine, cheerfulness, friendliness and comfort.
Wallpaper with an orange print is an excellent solution for creating a positive environment
It is better to combine bright colors with neutral shades, best of all - white, beige, gray. These colors will calm down the brightness a little while maintaining the positivity and energy of the room.
Yellow
It is considered the color of freedom, happiness, sun, fun, creating an invigorating and optimistic mood. It carries a positive charge, promotes the emergence of new ideas and making the right decisions.
Pure yellow color can cause overwork, so it is better to dilute it with green, white or brown tones
Yellow is best used in rooms where concentration of attention is required, such as the kitchen, living room, office, study. It is also suitable for increasing cognitive interest and improving memory when used in a children's room.
Blue
The cold color of the sky, sincerity, calmness, tact. Promotes inspiration and peace. Well suited for bedrooms, as it helps you fall asleep faster, fighting insomnia.
Blue wallpaper can be matched to any interior style
Additionally, the use of such colors is allowed in work areas, sanatoriums, and resorts. The main thing is not to overdo it with blue, otherwise conflicts and disagreements between the inhabitants are possible.
Blue
A fresh and relaxing color that brings peace. It embodies serenity, calmness, lightness, depth, leisurelyness. Able to free you from negative anxieties, fussy thoughts and immerse you in an element of coolness and tranquility.
Blue wallpaper takes away a significant portion of natural light
Perfect for the bedroom of a person living in a metropolis. Some shades of blue can be used in children's rooms, but without fanaticism.
Green
A fairly universal color that symbolizes spring, nature, kindness, nature and harmony. Depending on the specific shade, there may be different energy transmitted by the room to a person. To accurately understand the differences between the tones, you can look at the colors of the wallpaper for the photo hall in green.
The light green background on the wallpaper evokes extremely positive emotions
Brown
The color of devotion, endurance, common sense, reliability, hard work. Helps you focus on something specific. This coloring prevents waste of time and helps you get closer to your goal.
Brown wallpaper looks attractive both alone and in combination with other colors
There is also the other side of positive qualities - fear, boredom, disappointment, depression. Such negative consequences can appear if there is a lot of brown in the interior, or the wrong shade is chosen.
Black
Black color, especially in combination with white, looks quite bold and unconventional. You can verify this by looking at photos of black and white wallpaper in the interior of a modern room. But it is worth remembering that this color greatly conceals the space, so you should not add too much of it to small rooms.
To prevent the room from looking too gloomy, you should not devote more than 1/4 of the surface of the walls in the room to black wallpaper.
Application of photo wallpaper
The use of photo wallpaper appeared relatively recently with the advent of inexpensive large-format printing technology. The selected section of the wall is covered with photo wallpaper. Other sections of the walls in the hall should be in harmony with the color scheme of the plot on the photo wallpaper.
The choice of subjects allows you to radically transform the living room and give it a special atmosphere:
- Photo wallpapers with a plot perspective that goes deep into the picture visually expand the room and increase the space of the hall. Usually on such photo wallpapers there is a motif of a road or steps going into the distance;
- Photo wallpapers with landscapes of nature and sea expanses carry a calming note, bringing relaxation and tranquility to the atmosphere of the room;
- Photo wallpapers with views of world capitals and sweeping cityscapes enliven the space. Such scenes can fit well into the loft style.
Options for choosing wallpaper colors for the living room
- Dark shades. To fully understand what kind of dark wallpaper there are in the living room, you can look at examples of photos in the apartment. For example, the most popular on the Russian market are black, purple, brown, green and blue. It is better to use dark colors only on one side, or in the form of a panel, and combine them with pastel-colored wallpaper. The depth of dark shades will help to concentrate all the attention on the necessary wall and give the room a stylish look.
Dark wallpaper will harmonize perfectly with light-colored furniture - White wallpaper. As you know, white is the color of purity and innocence. But in the interior it serves as a visual expander of space. White wallpaper can be: plain, with a relief pattern or with a colored print. Such wallpapers can be used both on all walls at the same time, and in combination with colored ones.
Light wallpaper will save the room from excessive darkening if the windows of the hall face the north side of the house
In Khrushchev-era apartments, it is better to use as many light shades as possible, which will visually expand the area of the rooms.
- And others.
The color scheme of the wallpaper is selected taking into account the location of the living room on the sunny side (cold shades are suitable) or on the shady side (warm colors are used). It is necessary to give preference to colors that best suit the style of the room. Colored wallpaper will refresh the atmosphere and give you a mood
For the shadow side, neutrals are suitable: beige, white, pink; pastel shades: yellow, red, orange, green.
Beige wallpaper looks calm and elegant at the same time
A room with white wallpaper and furniture of the same color looks very light, but such an interior must be diluted with a contrasting shade
For illuminated ones - blue, lilac, turquoise. Or combined wallpaper with a light background and bright patterns.
Stylish living room with lilac photo wallpaper
Wallpaper with a gray print goes well with most other colors
Living room zoning
The living room serves as a place for joint leisure of the whole family, a room for receiving guests. But, often, this room serves as an additional sleeping place or a permanent place for study or relaxation. Using one room with different functions becomes more convenient if you divide the space into several zones. The principle of zoning space using different colors and different types of finishes creates areas for different activities. It is important to take into account the layout of the room. A place of rest and privacy can be located in a niche (when planning a room with a niche) or against the far wall.
For handicrafts or reading, it is preferable to arrange a separate area by the window or connect a suitable light source. It is more convenient to organize children's games in the central part of the room. Combining wallpaper with a good arrangement of furniture and properly selected lighting will help all household members and guests of the house find their right place.
If possible, when combining two or more types of wallpaper in the interior design of a living room, it is advisable to opt for wallpaper products from one manufacturer. The use of one dye recipe and the creation of drawings in one creative manner make this choice an ideal solution in finding the optimal combination.
Photos of examples of wallpaper colors for the living room
To summarize, you shouldn’t run to the store and buy the first wallpaper you come across. The best thing is to sit down and think through the design of the living room, understand what color of wallpaper to choose for the room and, taking everything into account, buy beautiful wallpaper that will delight you for a long time.
Photo examples of successful style
Below you can see samples of wallpaper for living rooms, decorated in different ways.
