Your wood floor is no doubt one of the most striking aspects of any room in your home, which is why most home owners use it as their focus point when deciding on a complementing colour scheme for their rooms. There are many species of wood you can choose from, each of which include a variety of undertones ranging from yellow to red or even ash grey. We will look at some of the most popular undertones available and how to match your colour scheme to the type wood you have chosen.
Finding the right paint colour for your walls will complement the tones in your wood but may seem like a serious challenge. You need to decide how subtle or bold you want your space to look to get you on the right track. Once you are settled on colour it’s a lot easier finding a wall shade that compliments the tones in your wood floor and your furniture.
Warm or Cool
The key to choosing a compatible wall color is determining whether the floor colour is warm or cool. Warm floors have yellow, orange or red undertones. Cool floors have grey or taupe undertones.
Use this colour wheel to find matching, contrasting and complementary colours for your room – but before you do – identify your floors most dominant colour. This should be the colour you look for on the colour wheel to start the matching process.
Source: Interior Style Hunter
Warm Colour Scheme
If you’ve chosen a wood floor with warm undertones, you can use any warming colour for the walls. This will help to create a cosy space – perfect for bedrooms and living rooms. Make sure it suits your furnishings too. You can learn how to match wood furniture to wood floor here.
Cool Colour Scheme
Cool colours will, unsurprisingly, complement cool-coloured flooring. From icy pastels to darker wintry colours, choose from blues, violets, true greens and greyish greens. As with the warm to cool mix colour schemes, opt for medium-bright-to-dark cool colours if your light-wood floor has warm undertones. A popular example is using a aqua blue paint for your walls, combined with orange toned hardwoods.
Warm and Cool Mix
If you want to pair a warm coloured wall with a cool toned floor, opt for a medium-bright to dark paint. By combining a warm colour with an intense cool colour, the colour remains vibrant despite the floor’s cool undertone. A pumpkin-coloured wall paint combined with grey toned hardwoods is a great pair that you can put together to create a striking warm-and-cool mix.
Dark Colour Scheme
For those who want to create a sophisticated look to their space, you may have opted for a dark toned wood. It helps to bring richness to the room. There is no denying that when paired with the wrong furnishing, dark woods can make the space look gloomy and heavy. So tread carefully with this one (no pun intended). Make sure your wood furniture matches the warmth undertones of your wood floor but is a few shades later – this also applies to your flooring.
What colour scheme have you chosen? Let us know in the comments.