Green living room: shades, color combinations, design recommendations

Interior in green tones is not very common, especially for the living room. However, psychologists and designers consider it almost perfect in terms of showiness and impression. This natural shade soothes, soothes, but does not depress. In addition, it makes the room fresh, lively, positive.

Living room design in green tones requires a certain amount of courage, but in the interior it often looks quite harmonious and non-irritating. It is worth evaluating all the advantages and disadvantages of the palette.

Let's start with the pros.

• It has a positive effect on the nervous system, is able to neutralize anxiety, tension, especially if the shades include a blue tone.
• For those who use the living room as a dining room, keep in mind those shades that reduce appetite. This is the color of olive, malachite, lettuce.
• Gamma has a good effect on relationships between households. Reduces the need to conflict, pacifies.
• Helps relieve eye fatigue, relax after a busy day.
• If you are prone to mood swings, these shades can help get rid of it. Green contributes to the formation of an even emotional background.
• To give the living room dynamism, which will influence the mood, motivate and inspire, add a few red elements to the composition.
• Ideally combined with yellow, brown, white. Suitable for many styles.
• Looks good in any size room. The main thing is to choose a suitable tonality, correctly combine colors.

There are also disadvantages:

• too relaxing design can lead to a state of apathy;
• with nerve disease, green in excess leads to a loss of energy;
• not suitable for many modern styles.

Psychologists have identified the influence of different shades on a person's condition. Depending on your desires, you can make a living room that forms a certain mood:

• soothes herbal tones;
• stimulate emerald and mint;
• dark greens of a rich spectrum give the room a status, respectability;
• olive and sage greens are well suited for an even emotional background, such a living room will be warm, elegant;
• pistachio and apple at the same time create a fresh and relaxing interior;
• for large living rooms in a classic style, dark turquoise, emerald, pine needles are suitable, these are saturated, but strict and rich tones;
• light green is able to expand the space, well suited for small rooms.

If you choose greenery as the main background, you need to figure out which palettes to take as an additional and accent scale.

Perfect for the formation of modern design, where there are metal surfaces, modular furniture. Greens and crisp whites look good in retro-vintage directions. This combination will visually expand the room, fill it with air.

These colors are similar in palette, so they look great when paired. They are widely represented in a lively landscape. Here, only moderation and restraint are needed, since in excess, both tones can create a flashy picture. An excessive amount of yellow is especially harmful to the composition. It is better to choose more faded tones.using yellowness as an accent.

Another duo close in palette, but you need to be more careful with it. Excessive blue in a rich tone can lead to a feeling of tightness. In this case, light, light shades of blue, blue in a small amount are optimal.

A sophisticated tandem, original, contemporary and noble. Gray is able to balance greens, give it laconicism, restraint. This is a calm combination where only dark shades should be avoided.

Another soothing hit perfect for living room decor. Beige is not as categorical as white, it is warmer, calmer and perfectly balances the composition. Light greens and all shades of beige look good in a pair. The energy of such a living room will be calm, warm, but cheerful. Looks luxurious in classic and rustic interiors. Shades of grass, olive, lime look as respectable as possible in a company with beige.

Everything here is naturally organic, these are the colors of a summer tree, therefore it is well suited for all eco-destinations. There are many opportunities for experimentation, in any case, the interior in this variation will always be relevant and non-trivial. Splashes of red or orange will well complement the composition, but only in minimal quantities and, if desired, make it more active.

Designers advise to combine in any variation until you find the perfect color combination.

The variety of styles for such a basic background allows you to choose. Moreover, based on the chosen style, you can select color combinations, this will significantly narrow the range of variations:

• in an oriental style, it is better to use shades of olive, jade;
• in the Mediterranean - light colors and aqua;
• in the tropical - light green.

This color looks good in all rustic directions:

• in provence - mint, light muted greens combined with white and beige;

• in country - richer shades in combination with brown and beige;

• in English - deep and dark tones of greens in combination with coffee, gray.

Scandinavian style the use of snow-white, gray, beige and greenish is appropriate. In classic styles the tandem of noble greenery with gilding or silver is optimal. In modern - pistachio and salad are mainly used.

The greenish background of the hall in the apartment is created by finishing primarily the walls. Moreover, it is not at all necessary to arrange all the walls in the same way. Especially not ideal for cramped living rooms. The optimal choice is wallpaper or paint in beige, pastel shade. One or two walls can be decorated in green tones. Wall murals look good in green versions.

The ceiling in a green living room is usually decorated in a classic white color - this allows you to make it higher. You can use not only white, but also beige or faded green colors, but only in large living rooms.

The floor in the hall of this color is ideal for choosing wood or imitating wood or stone. Parquet, laminate, tiles, linoleum in the appropriate design are suitable.

Furniture of green shades in leather and suede looks respectable and solid. If the background is discreet, then this option can be used in almost any style. Such a composition with expressive accents is sure to impress. Cabinet green furniture is an original solution. It is necessary to correlate the size of the pieces of furniture and the room.

Window decoration is the finishing touch to the interior. Translucent, airy fabrics of delicate green color will add lightness and freshness to the room. Heavy curtains, satin, velvet are appropriate only in large classic living rooms.

Regardless of the style, you need to complete the composition with beautiful details.

In such a living room, they will look perfect:

• black and white framed photos;
• landscape or floral paintings;
• wooden, bamboo, wicker items;
• clay products.

Here are some beautiful living room options:

• white and green living room;

• gray and green;

• brown and green;

• combined with yellow;

• greens and beige.

You will learn about the combination of colors in the interior in the next video.