Bedroom Color Ideas:
What Color Goes With ... ?

Would these bedroom color ideas work!?  (Reader Questions).

1.  Purple & Yellow

Hi Caro,

In principle, yes.

However, as bedroom color ideas go, this is a very vibrant combination of complementaries. They bring out each other's strength, big time. If you're covering large areas in technicolor purple and yellow - really bright hues - it will almost certainly overpower the room.

Instead, you could choose slightly discolored, "dusty"/chalky softer tones to take the edge off - a velvety greyish plum and pale buttercup, for example. If you use really saturate purple & yellow, then you may not get much rest in your bedroom ;-)

All the best,
Renate

2. Bedroom color ideas that go with lemon yellow & cream

Hello Kim,

Here are a few ideas for you:

Greens: Lime green, chartreuse, deep leafy greens and bluish greens all go beautifully with lemon yellow. You need a selection of green hues to make the color scheme come alive.

Blues: Yellow and blue are opposing colors on the 4-primary color wheel, and they make a lovely, summery combination with white/cream. (Choose a combination of pale blues & mid-tones. Very dark blues would create too much contrast.)

"Citrus" color schemes: If you add orange and/or peachy pink to the yellow-green mix, you'll get very 'juicy' bedroom color schemes along these lines.

Please note, though, that before you settle on any bedroom color ideas, you need to take stock of all the other colors in the room. Whenever you go choosing bedroom colors, the following will usually tip the scales:

Click here for a complete list of things to look at before you choose (bed)room color schemes.

Good Luck!
Renate

3. Bedroom color ideas that go with apple green

Hello Pam,

Pale blue (plus maybe a few accents in cornflower blue) would combine very well with apple green.  Apart from that, I'd keep most of the room in white and gray. This will give you a calming, restful bedroom color scheme.

Apart from pale blue, here are some alternative bedroom color ideas that combine well with apple green / white / gray / black:

Hope this works - good luck with your project!

Best wishes,
Renate