When it’s freezing cold outside and the weather consists of snow and ice, it’s always a good idea to just stay in your nice warm house, wrap a blanket around you, and curl up by the fireplace with someone you love.
One way you can enjoy this toasty atmosphere, even more, is by designing your living room around a color that matches the warmth you want to generate in your home while also reminding you of the cheerful winter season. There are certain tones you can choose from that will help you do just that. Read on to learn about some of the colors that are inspired by winter.
Woodsy Brown
When the leaves fall off the trees and other plants in autumn and winter, leaving only bare branches, the focus is no longer on the bright greens of summer or colorful leaves of autumn. Some of the colors of winter include white snow and sky, blue ice, crimson berries, and brown branches.
This shade can remind you of being inside a cabin that’s nestled in the woods with fresh, sparkling blankets of snow outside on the ground. The best part about this color is that it goes well with many other colors. This makes it easy to mix and match shades while designing your living room.
Lilac
This pretty, light shade of purple can cause you to look ahead to spring, perhaps getting you through the winter months. It can bring on visions of dancing in fields of flowers.
It is ideal as an accent color.
Rust
A nice rust color can make you think of a warm flannel shirt or a brick chimney that’s expelling smoke on a cold winter night. It can work very well in combination with many other winter shades.
Sky Blue
This is another color that can work better as an accent color, at least as far as your winter living room design is concerned. You can combine it with shades such as alabaster white and pale pink.
Honey Yellow
Any shade of yellow is an obvious color choice to opt for during winter. It brings about tingly feelings of warmth and joy; after all, it is the color associated with the sun. This particular shade of yellow, honey yellow, is richer and deeper than a brighter shade that makes the eye busier.
This is a great color for the whole room since it isn’t too dark. However, it also makes for a wonderful accent color.
Burgundy
If burgundy doesn’t remind you of the holidays, no color will. Along with pine green, this shade is one of the most commonly seen colors around the winter holidays. There are also many berries that are common in the winter months, which are a beautiful shade of burgundy.
Its warmth can provide a toasty feeling to your living room while also appearing dark and classy. If it is too dark for your taste, you can opt for simply using some burgundy accents rather than painting the whole room this color.