Color Palettes

Ideas on how to use color in your home as well as seasonal color palettes used for Homes & Gardens monthly print publication.

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Creative touches such as panels and contrasting colour or pattern make simple window treatments stand out from the everyday. Applying a border to plain curtains is a good way of introducing pattern to a room. This blue and white fabric cleverly pulls together the colours of the scheme. Homes & Gardens, Curtain Call, Finishing Touches, March 2014, Photography Jake Curtis, Styling Lorraine Dawkins

Deep, dark blue walls envelop a room, creating a romantic mood, especially when paired with the soft tones of chalky whites and soft dusky pinks. Homes & Gardens, Photography Tom Leighton

SHADES OF BLUE

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Decorating with red is a bold move. Yet it can also be an effective color choice to create a deeply warming and sophisticated look in the home, that's guaranteed to make a statement. But what are the best red paints to choose from? We've rounded up five of the most popular, according to interior color experts, with a shade to suit everyone. . Image credits: Farrow & Ball, Benjamin Moore, DeVOL, Glidden

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SHADES OF PINK & RED

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Sage green is our color of the month, so what are the best sage green paints to create that perfect green kitchen design? Here’s some of our favorites.

Image credits: Little Greene, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, BHDM Design / Adam Kane Macchia, Glidden, Benjamin Moore

Brightly coloured walls provide a striking foil for decorative panels. Photographer Adrian Briscoe. Styling Katrin Cargill.

SHADES OF GREEN

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In years gone by, gray has dominated the world of interior design, but in recent years the color has somewhat fallen out of favor. However, there are still stylish ways to decorate with gray and give this cool-toned hue a new lease of life. See our full advice at the link in bio. . Image credits: Future, Paul Massey, Future / Jan Baldwin, Kate Guinness Design, Benjamin Moore

Combine an intricate ikat wallcovering with a simple striped fabric and beautifully crafted pieces to create a relaxed hallway | housetohome.co.uk

Echoing the scupture stands around the studio, we showcase a selection of contemporary side tables perfect for displaying collected pieces. Styling by Emma Thomas and Laura Vinden. Photographs by Emma Lee. http://www.hglivingbeautifully.com/2015/05/19/the-look-barbara-hepworths-st-ives-studio/

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Powdery Pastels, Rooms feature, July 2014, Homes & Gardens. Photograph Paul Raeside, Styling Ali Brown

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What are interior designers’ favorite color combinations?

Choosing a color scheme for your space is an opportunity to bring in your favorite colors, whether that's brights and bolds or pared-back neutrals. However, it can sometimes be hard to pick so here are a selection of interior designers' favorite color combinations to help you on your way. Image credits: Benjamin Moore, Sarah Tract Interiors / Reid Rolls, Annie Sloan, Marie Flanigan Interiors / Julie Soefer, R. Higgins Interiors / Emily Followill, KA Murphy Interiors / Michael Partenio (MPProductions), Ries Hayes / Lesley Unruh

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5 of our favorite rooms that prove blue can be used as a neutral color

This sprawling lake house in the Adirondacks, designed by Redd Kaihoi, is the perfect laidback holiday home, and the goal with this bright blue color palette was to create a bedroom that felt like climbing up into the sky. . Photography by Noe Dewitt / Otto

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Yellow kitchen ideas – 12 ways to add sunshine all year round

Although yellow can seem like a strong color to decorate with, it can actually be very soft and brings a lot of warmth to your home. This yellow-painted cabinet makes this family kitchen, designed by Polly Ashman, look bright and fun. . Photography by Malcolm Menzies

And so, you may be wondering how to use yellow without overwhelming your home. These yellow decor pieces are a perfect way of incorporating this happy shade into your home without it feeling overwhelming.
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Shop our favorite yellow decor to brighten your home during the darker days

And so, you may be wondering how to use yellow without overwhelming your home. These yellow decor pieces are a perfect way of incorporating this happy shade into your home without it feeling overwhelming. . Image credit: Future / Paul Massey *Aff links

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Color drenching ideas – 6 ways to embrace this monochromatic paint trend

We've been big fans of the unexpected red theory this year using a dash of red in a room, but designer Flora Soames takes it one step further to color drench this living room in red to make it warm, cocooning and interesting. . Photography by Ellen Christina Hancock

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Outdated kitchen color trends – five colors to avoid in 2025, and what to use instead

This shelving is tiled in marble with a warm beige tone, using timeless materials and colors to create an inviting kitchen that wouldn't feel dated in ten years. . Photography by Fanny Rådvik, interior design by Cathy Nordström and Inuti Design

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Our favorite sage green shades

Sage green is our color of the month, so what are the best sage green paints to create that perfect green kitchen design? Here’s some of our favorites. Image credits: Little Greene, Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, BHDM Design / Adam Kane Macchia, Glidden, Benjamin Moore

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7 designer-approved ways to decorate with red paint – guaranteed to make a statement

Our love affair with red continues this month with these bold bookshelves ❤️ . Photography by Kensington Leverne, paint color is Bamboozle by Farrow & Ball

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Should you always paint a ceiling white? Color experts weigh in on this old-school approach

Would you try painting your ceiling instead of leaving it a traditional white? . Photography by Dean Hearne, interiors by Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler

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These are our favorite pink paints

Dusky pink is our color of the month for August: a versatile shade that manages to be calm and characterful and warm and fresh all at once. In this kitchen, Earthborn's Flora's Tale is a deep, dusky pink balanced with earthy tones that give it a timeless quality and add coziness to the space, making it feel like the perfect inviting atmosphere to host and dine in.