Best 5 Bathroom Colour Combinations

Best 5 Bathroom Colour Combinations

Bathroom Colour Schemes

A good bathroom scheme is essential to creating a look, feel and design that fits with the interior designs in the rest of your home, it is reported it can add 5% to the total value of your home. Picking colours that you love and that set the right ambience is key to making it a room you enjoy, the availability of endless colour tones can make this a daunting task.

Decide what feel you'd like your room to have, whether you want it to be a haven for relaxation to shut the world out for an evening or an energizing room to make you feel more alive each morning.

Little Greene's extensive colour portfolio has something for every bathroom scheme, it brings together the most popular and beautiful luxury paint colour combinations from key periods in the UKs decorative history.

 

Little Greene Finishes

Selecting the right finish for your bathroom is equally as important as the colour scheme, bathrooms can be prone to black mould growth as well as stains from toiletries and cosmetics which will require regular cleaning, so it is crucial that you get the best finish. Intelligent Matt is the perfect solution for your bathroom walls and ceilings within the splash zone.

This is a hard wearing and washable finish that is 15 times more durable than ordinary matt emulsions. If you are planning a project yourself, this paint has excellent coverage and is quick drying so you can complete it quickly with minimal disruption. It has been named the Best Buy Washable Paint by Which? It is a scrub-resistant, easy clean finish making it perfect for the bathroom walls.

Intelligent Matt combines practicality with beauty, providing a subtle, sophisticated 5% low-sheen.

For the interior woodwork in the bathroom such as cupboards, windowsills and doors, a hardwearing washable finish is also available. Intelligent Satinwood has been specially formulated to withstand the many knocks delivered to your wooden surfaces, it provides a low-maintenance and scrubbable finish.

Intelligent Satinwood offers a sophisticated 30% sheen level that combines beautifully with Intelligent Matt. It is quick drying, contains near zero VOCs and has high coverage rates to reduce the applied costs and time of completing your bathroom project.

 

What are the 5 Best Bathroom Colour Combinations?

When looking to decorate your bathroom it is a good idea to choose a main colour that will command it, then add extra colours to transform the vibe of your bathroom by creating a unique and cohesive look.

 

Create a Cocooning Effect

Bathrooms are perfect for creating a luxurious, indulgent space. By using rich, deep colours all over, you can create an immersive and cocooning scheme. Use a colour such as Adventurer (7) which is a regal and reassuring plum aubergine that is suitable to create a rich atmosphere with intimacy.

Pair this colour with Dash of Soot (244) to match the scheme creating the perfect flow. This is a colour that combines a dash of soot with mineral white paint to create a warm pale grey shade.

 

 

 

 

Colour Combinations for a Tranquil Bathroom

In your home, the one place with supreme tranquillity should be your bathroom. Light blue shades infuse an atmosphere of calm and  and can be combined together to create beautiful combinations.

Use Bone China Blue (107) to create the perfect relaxing bathroom. This colour is based on Wedgwood Jasper Ware, poignantly 1930s.

Combine this with Bone China Blue - Faint (325) for a soft contrast in a blue bathroom.

 

 

 

Add Impact with a Monochrome Scheme

Bathrooms are a fabulous place to create real impact with a strong contrasting, monochrome look. Create an inviting space by choosing complementary off-black and white shades for a softer and more restful environment.

Paint the ceiling in Loft White (222) which is an almost pure white that doesn't aggravate the eye compared to Brilliant White.

Pair the walls and woodwork in Mid Lead Colour (114) which will bring subtle warmth to the space. This has been formulated to be a darker lead colour providing a more powerful finish, favoured for woodwork and doors.

 

 

 

Create a Light and Restful Scheme

In bathrooms that are flooded with natural light, choosing a neutral palette can make a space in which you feel happy, welcome and relaxed.

By painting the ceiling in a soft, blush pink such as Dorchester Pink - Pale (285) and the lower walls in Dorchester Pink (213) you can create the perfect warm and peaceful room.

A 1960s article on an interior in the Dorchester Hotel describes the use of Dorchester Pink as an unusually restful setting for the hotel bedroom.

 

 

 

 

Use Bold Colours and Patterns in Small Washrooms

By using bold colours and patterns you can transform these small spaces into an unexpected, captivating setting.

Arras (316) comes from an Elizabethan house, Hardwick Hall, which was built in the late 1500s. Within the house, a chapel contains rare wall hangings, painted with scenes from the life of St Paul, where this deep, earthy red repeatedly features.

Pair it with black accents like Jack Black (119) for a contemporary feel. This colour has been produced by collecting soot from burning oil making it an absolute black.

 

 

 

 

Period Home Inspiration

Many period homes have been built using lime rendered walls and ceilings to avoid damp in often poorly heated and ventilated rooms. Lime render is breathable due to the high vapour permeability. Air can pass through it in a way that is not possible with denser materials such as polymer-based renders of cement render. It allows the building to breathe so that moisture can escape its formation. When decorating these lime rendered surfaces it is crucial that you use a breathable paint such as Grafclean Premium.

GrafClean is reinforced with Graphene technology for excellent durability and adhesion. It is a breathable matt emulsion ideal for lime rendered walls and can be applied internally and externally. A washable and scrubbable finish, it is ideal for use on walls in high traffic areas of your home such as hallways, nurseries and kitchens. It meets the highest environmental standards certified child safe, based on natural ingredients it contains no microplastics with near zero VOCs. Specifying Grafclean will help you lower your Carbon Footprint in your period home.

Grafclean is available in over 1000 colours including RAL, NCS, British Standard, Farrow & Ball as well as 96 bespoke heritage and contemporary colours.

 

Inspirational Colours

If you are looking for more inspiration on colour, you can request a free Little Greene colour card here, we recommend you try out your chosen colours within your home before ordering, sample pots are available in all Little Greene Colours. Sample pots are for colour selection only and are based on Absolute Matt, so they may not exhibit the properties of your chosen finish.

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