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“Look at the stars,
look how they shine for you
and everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow” – Coldplay
Yellow – a colour that stands for hope and happiness. One of the lightest shades on the spectrum, it is associated with cheerfulness and optimism. According to colour therapy, yellow is often used to initiate happiness. The colour creates a sense of warmth and is one of the popular colour schemes in home interiors. So, if you are planning to paint your walls yellow, we have got some incredible colour combinations with yellow walls to guide you in your journey of creating lively yellow home interiors. So, pause all your colour combination plans and browse through our gallery of designer-approved ideas for colour combination with a yellow wall!
1. Grey & White Makes A Great Colour Combination With A Yellow Wall
The first look that we have for your yellow home is a subtle one. This living room’s grey and white colour scheme is accompanied by a beautiful yellow textured accent wall. The grey and white lend a subtle effect to the setup while the yellow textured wall brings an impressionistic charm. Balancing the yellow amidst the subtle grey and whites is a wooden-finish floating TV unit. This type of simple yellow setup is excellent if you have minimalist interiors in the entire house.
2. Try Our White Colour Combination With Yellow Wall
If you’re not up for a bright yellow, go for other shades of yellow. One of our favourites is mustard yellow. It’s a bit on the darker side than the famous illuminating yellow. Mustard yellow brings a gorgeous earthy and inviting feel to the interiors and has become quite a popular choice in recent times. In this look, we have combined a mustard yellow wall with a white colour scheme. This bedroom’s interiors elegantly use mustard yellow’s zingy shade to complement the vintage-style design. The white bedroom colour combination with yellow wall acts as an accent element in the moulding Patti design wall.
3. Do Not Hesitate To Go All Yellow In Your Living Room
Yellow doesn’t have to be limited to an accent element in your home interiors. If you are up for it, here’s a fantastic combination for the yellow walls in your home! The look here displays a bright setup with a yellow colour scheme on the walls. The flooring features a yellow-wooden finish that adds to the brilliant look. Both plain and panelled white ceilings work as a great colour combination with the light yellow wall. The room is decorated with bright white floor lamps and ceiling lights to enhance the lively yellow palette.
4. Mix A Bold Charcoal Colour Combination With A Light Yellow Wall
Dark shades like black and charcoal are usually not that popular in home interiors as they tend to eat up the brightness and create a gloomy ambience. However, over the years, contemporary home interiors have brought back these shades in smart ways that are too hard to ignore! It is particularly true when the colours are used with happier shades like yellow. So, if you are up for indulging in some bold colour dynamics for your home, this charcoal colour combination with light yellow wall can be your thing! Charcoal is used in a matte finish to subdue the dullness and keep things cheerful enough to blend with the illuminating yellow. Complement the darker side of the room with a mustard yellow loveseat cum sofa. This type of look would be fantastic for studio apartments.
5. Don This Brown, Red & Grey Colour Combination With Yellow Wall
Yellow looks excellent with red and grey. And this living room interior replicates the unparalleled mix of a yellow accent wall with a grey fabric couch and red velvet cushions. The living room interplays with the selected colours’ bright shades and makes a stunning colour combination that is rare and unique. Besides the colour choices, the texture and fabric in the setup play vital roles too. The grey fabric on the couch subtly mixes with the solid orangy yellow wall in the background. And then the red velvet brings an intimate crimson connection to the whole structure. The brown floor ceiling on the side of the couch completes the look.
6. You Can Flaunt This Lively Brick Red Combination With Yellow Wall
Have an interesting living area layout where you can play around with various colour schemes and textures? Then go for this creative red brick combination with your yellow wall. Plan your layout arrangements and decide to colour one of the walls in bright yellow. Then use red brick as a seasonal colour among all the other shades. In this look, we have used yellow on one of the sidewalls and have connected it with wooden flooring and a white ceiling with surprising pops of red brick on a storage unit and on the attached kitchen slab. Besides the red brick, the brick cladding wall, the white dining chairs also make excellent combinations with the yellow wall.
7. Select A Playful Yellow Wallpaper For Your Living Room
This look brings another grey and white colour combination with a yellow wall. But the setup here also exhibits a beautiful interplay of wooden finish and black colour shade. The accent wall has a white and yellow wallpaper design, placed in the background of a metallic black multipurpose shelf. The yellow wall connects to a white wall with grey curtains that bring out an elegant balance of bright and yellow colour palette. The wooden flooring blends well with the yellow wallpapered wall.
8. Get A Fresh Look By Creating A Lemon Green Colour Combination With Yellow Wall
Do you know how some places can freshen you up instantly? This setup is such a place! Lemon green is a closer colour shade of yellow and both the colours exhibit cheerful vibes. So, we bring you the ultimate mix of the two colours to create an interior setup that feels as fresh as fresh lime soda! The yellow wall is complemented with a lime green border and a lime green accent door. It is a new colour combination, highlighted with a pair of two cool basket/pod chairs. The lemon green is accentuated with a small green indoor plant. You can go for this set up in your living room. Or you can also create a replica of this in any of your corners at home!
9. Jazz Up Your Kitchen With This Traditional White Colour Combination With Yellow Wall
Remember the old kitchen styles with wall Patti mouldings and vintage beer tap handles? You can sport this look for your kitchen because hey, kitchen decoration is a crucial part of your home interiors. So, if you want to add some brightness to your food haven, paint your kitchen walls yellow and use white on the cabinets, shelves and moulding Paati designs. You can use traditional design elements to enhance the look. Use teapots, flower vases and vintage knobs to unlock this classic kitchen look.
10. Add A Yellow Wall To Your Bedroom Without Disrupting The Subtlety
Bedrooms are supposed to be calming and soothing which is why most people avoid vibrant colours like yellow in the bedroom. But we promised you diverse colour combinations with yellow walls, so here it is – a bedroom with a yellow accent wall that will not disrupt the bedroom harmony. For this setup, we have used a wavy wallpapered yellow wall. The black and white colour scheme balances the yellow accent wall. The walls follow a dominantly white colour scheme with black colour in exciting elements like the paintings on the wall, the bed and the window and clock borders. You can also add some light golden design elements to this bedroom setup. So, go, try to yellow up your bedroom and tell us how it’s working!
Yellow is a lovely colour to have at home. It brings a cheerful ambience and can make any place lively. And now that we have given you some diverse choices of colour combination with yellow walls, don’t hesitate to incorporate some yellow love in your home interiors.
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