Dark screen background. Dark wallpaper. Unusual dark colors for the interior
Dark walls look beautiful, elegant. But they often cause fear of overwhelming darkness, optically reduce the room. Dark, dramatic colors can do wonders for bringing an extremely whimsical, upscale vibe to a room. They make the room cozier. Deep tones create a favorable atmosphere for evening meetings with friends, long conversations, pleasant moments spent with family or alone with an interesting book.
Among the most frequently chosen wallpaper colors are pastels or optimistic intense colors as an accent on one wall. Few people dare to cover the room with wallpaper in gray or black! But when used correctly, these "serious" colors will help create original, optimistic arrangements. No need to be afraid of them, you should look for that shade that wins the heart and interior. An excellent choice to help introduce dark notes into the design of rooms will be wallpaper. How to use dark wallpaper in the interior of the hallway, living room, bedroom, kitchen to emphasize the character of the rooms - this will be discussed below.
Dark walls - gloomy and uncomfortable?
Walls decorated in dark tones seem rather gloomy, but when combined with appropriate interior decoration, they create a surprisingly cozy, elegant effect. Combined with bright, contrasting colors of furniture and accessories, dark surfaces acquire depth, serve as an excellent background for bright, light accents that do not look so impressive on a light background. Dark walls with a light floor look spectacular.
With what to combine?
In order not to get a gloomy interior, you need to think about how to dilute the dark wallpaper? Dark shades include:
- black,
- dark grey,
- deep blue;
- bottle greens;
- purple;
- eggplant;
- chocolate.
In the case of using these colors, the selection rule - "tone on tone" is ideal for choosing furniture and accessories. It is a combination of different shades of the same color. For example, a living room with dark blue wallpaper will gain splendor by adding furniture, accessories in tones of blue sapphire, cornflower blue. Do the same with the rest of the shades.
How to lighten up a room with dark wallpaper?
The combination of dark shades with furniture, accessories in white, silver, pearl, pastel colors give the room a little elegance.
One wall is dark, the rest are light
Dark walls look beautiful in well-lit, spacious rooms. In small rooms, it is worth limiting their use to one wall, its section. You can highlight a certain area in the room in blue or purple:
- area behind the sofa
- bed
- niche,
- art gallery.
Wallpaper in brown tones
The living room needs to be cozy and comfortable. To get rid of boredom, you can add a pinch of drama. Deep brown wallpaper in the room, set off by a white ceiling, comfortable light sofas, armchairs additionally lit by natural light, will undoubtedly make the living room cozy and interesting. Warm chocolate shades contrast perfectly with white accents, look exceptionally dignified in the living room, bedroom, creating a cozy atmosphere.
Elegant black
Black is synonymous with elegance. Black dresses, suits, leather bags, cars look more luxurious. Black walls will be a great alternative to neutral shades, pastels. Black includes a wide range of shades.
When sticking black wallpapers, the main thing is to try not to overdo it with black!
Light touches in the form of black decorations of certain areas of the room will help to balance the design, preferably opposite the window, providing them with a generous amount of natural light. It is desirable that black wallpapers are not plain. The following options look interesting:
- embossed;
- decorated with a beautiful texture;
- with the addition of thin delicate patterns;
- cloth-like;
- imitating marble, brick;
- containing an interesting modern 3D texture that creates optical effects.
Black walls in the hall, photo
Trendy gray tones
Rooms decorated with gray wallpaper, depending on the shade, additions, may look like:
- warm or cold
- dark or bright
- subtle or dramatic
Gray in the interior is very popular, always associated with beauty. Graphite shade is ideally combined with other colors. You can use a wide range of shades in the same room, creating a unique, stylish space. Graphite wallpapers allow you to organize a classic and modern interior in styles:
- classic,
- loft,
- scandinavian,
- high tech,
- eclecticism.
The depth and calmness of blue
Blue tones are calm, soothing, deep. Blue is perfect for the living room, goes well with almost any other color. Deep blue is able to extract the beauty of architectural, decorative details, textures of materials. Blue shades are worthy of attention, create a special atmosphere, enrich the space. With them, the room looks exceptional, rich, spectacular, expensive decoration and equipment are not needed.
Elegant blue walls in the living room, photo
Blue wallpaper design may contain:
- geometric patterns,
- plants,
- interesting texture.
Photo wallpapers look spectacular, giving the interior depth, a feeling of more space. The solution is especially relevant in a small room, for example, a bathroom.
Intense green
The effect of depth, an atmosphere of peace, tranquility can bring a green tint. Green tones contribute to concentration of attention, therefore they are often used in offices, beautifully combined with wooden furniture.
Bottle, swamp wallpapers look beautiful in the living room, study, especially the options, decorated with an interesting texture, pattern that matches the style of the interior. Popular patterns:
- for classic design - flowers, polka dots, striped patterns;
- for a modern interior - fantasy patterns, graphics, three-dimensional effects.
Living room decoration, photo
A living room with gray, blue, brown tones is a proposal for lovers of modern interiors, ready for change. Modern living room decorated with gray wallpaper is full of class and elegance. A gray living room can change quickly with the right additions.
- Muted gray wallpapers look harmonious in the company of beige, white accents, additions in a strong shade.
- Warm up the dark interior will help: yellow, pink, orange, green accessories, brightly contrasting with the walls.
So that the room does not look too small, you can not overload it with furniture, additives.
Undoubtedly, covering all the walls with black shades is not a very good solution even for a large, spacious living room. It is advisable to combine black wallpaper with light colors. Contrasting elements emphasize the advantages of each other. Some of the monotony of the design can be diluted by adding separate bright accents:
- red sofa,
- yellow chair,
- bright refrigerator,
- turquoise textiles.
Bedroom Design Ideas
Many people read that only light colors are suitable for the bedroom, allowing you to achieve complete relaxation. Lovers of a liberal approach choose dark bedroom design ideas. Gray, blue bedroom walls look a little gloomy, but make the design more attractive.
The design of the bedroom wallpaper in a noble chocolate shade looks impressive. Part of the walls can be decorated with brown, gray wallpaper, some areas are covered with oriental patterns. This is the recipe for an intriguing, mysterious interior. Complement the interior blue, red satin sheets. If there are fears of making the decor of the bedroom too gloomy, it is worth decorating one fragment, for example, the head of the bed, with patterned wallpaper.
Chocolate, satin lingerie is a good idea if you want to get a sensual, mysterious bedroom interior. In general, a dark brown design can look visually a little "heavy". Effectively combined with black, gray wallpaper beautiful additives:
- fur cover,
- fluffy pillows,
- crystal vases,
- candles.
However, it is better to apply a design with a light pattern, or place contrasting paintings, breaking the solidity of a rich chocolate shade.
Gray wallpaper in the bedroom will not be boring if you choose the option with fantasy patterns, choose original accessories:
- interesting lamp with a lampshade decorated with tassels,
- soft fluffy textiles.
On a brown background, they look spectacular, decorating the interior:
- white headboard;
- light bedside tables, dressing table;
- light bed;
- decorative cover.
Playing with flowers in the hallway
They try to decorate a small hallway that does not have natural light with light wallpaper. With the help of contrasting tones, it is possible to smooth out the proportions of the room. Since the corridor is often long, narrow, an interesting solution is to decorate the opposite wall with a darker shade to visually reduce the interior. In practice, this solution looks like this:
The wall can be covered with black magnetic marker paint, stick a special wallpaper on which you can draw with chalk. 
Conclusion
There are many ways to decorate the walls with dark wallpaper in the kitchen, in the living room, so that the interior does not look gloomy, reflects the style, character of the inhabitants, and acts as a real decoration of the room. The right combinations, combinations of shades, light and bright accessories, their skillful application will help to realize interesting ideas.
The interior with a dark design looks stylish, bright, depending on the chosen shade, they have a different effect on the proportions and character of the room.
Modern wallpapers are so diverse that anyone can choose a decent option for their home. There are a huge number of different colors, including most of the colors available, many beautiful drawings and photographs. A well-chosen color and pattern on the wallpaper can help eliminate the shortcomings of the room and highlight the advantages.
Today we want to talk about what wallpaper options you can choose for a small, dark room to make it comfortable and cozy, and not lifelessly gloomy.
Floral theme in the interior of a tiny roomDesign difficulties
In our apartments and houses there are different rooms: wide and narrow, light and dark. For large and bright rooms, it is quite easy to come up with and implement any interior, but in a dark, small room everything is much more difficult.
Why such premises are found is easy to explain, the following factors are to blame:
- Depending on the location of the house, many rooms in the apartments are poorly lit. There are also places where there is very little natural light.
- In densely built-up residential areas, situations often arise when one house closes access to sunlight to another. On the lower floors of the house, trees can also block the light.
- Illumination may be disturbed after repair work associated with the redevelopment of the premises.
However, the situation can be corrected if you choose the right wallpaper, they can help increase the illumination of the room and, possibly, its visual perception. Thus, from a dark and small room, you can get a completely habitable bright room.
It is clear that you will have to work with the lighting in such a room, increase the number of lighting fixtures, and distribute them successfully into zones. But lighting partly solves the problem, you won’t always keep it on. Therefore, it is worth considering the possibility of pasting wallpaper in light colors, a pastel palette is also suitable. If you want to bring some color into the room, you can pick up accent wallpaper and place it in the brightest part of the room.
One of the rooms in a multi-room apartment It is not necessary to achieve strong contrast in a small room, it does not contribute to an increase in illumination, however, it is permissible to use more than one color, but several. A successful combination of colorful and calm shades allows you to get the illusion of a bright space.
Plain wallpaper is perfect for such a room, you can consider what options wallpaper stores offer us and choose. It is advisable to stay on pastel colors. It is also acceptable to use a small drawing and a small relief, they will not spoil the overall picture, but will add originality.
It is strongly not recommended to use a large ornament on the wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room. Since such a pattern will negatively affect the perception of the room as a whole, it will give the impression that it is smaller and darker than it actually is.
Another design technique will allow you to transform the room by increasing its illumination: stick light wallpaper with a small, discreet pattern on the wall opposite the window, and cover the rest of the walls with canvases in the same tone, but a little darker. Thus, you will achieve an original perception of space, it will seem to you that the light expands the room, reflecting from one of the walls. In reality, this will happen, which means that in this way we will immediately get two very light walls in the room.
Striped wallpapers will help to work with the geometry of the room. Depending on the direction of the strips, they can increase the height of the ceiling or lengthen the walls. A strip of medium thickness works well, while any color can be used: bright colors will make the interior more lively, restrained more strict.
Expansion of the room through the use of light wallpaper Colors and their combinations
To lighten the space of a small and dark room, you can use several colors. A couple of light ones and one bright one will be enough to make a balanced interior, and to put a little emphasis on important places in the room.
If you apply a larger number of bright colors, the room may turn out to be too blurry, saturated. Of course, outwardly it will look more lively, bright and even bright, but it will be difficult to stay in it for a long time. Do not forget that the use of contrasting combinations in such a room is also inappropriate.
Wallpaper for a dark and small room should work with all its texture for lightening, so options should be considered with a glossy finish. Very good, if not, then they can always be added to liquid wallpaper or paintable options. Reflective elements are very easy to mix into the prepared mixture of liquid wallpaper. After applying it to the walls, the sparkles will be located on them in a chaotic manner. By adding similar elements to the paint for painting walls or wallpaper, you can also achieve a similar result.
When choosing glossy wallpapers, we know for sure that matte wall paintings are not suitable for our room, since they contribute to the absorption of light, and not its reflection.
Comfortable and warm atmosphere in the bedroom Do not forget about the side of the world, which the windows of your room face. In our situation, most likely it will be the north side, which means that they are perfect for us:
- yellow colors, sunny and cheerful;
- beige tones, soft, light and at the same time very warm;
- various variations of orange, gold colors.
White and its shades will not be appropriate here. In low light, they will look gray, nondescript and dreary, and we do not need depressive moods at home.
You can use the original move when choosing wallpaper in the store. Just ask for your favorite wallpaper rolls to try on, and in the immediate conditions of the room, see how they will look on the wall on a typical day in natural light and in artificial light. If this type of wall suits you, buy them, otherwise keep looking for the right color.
The psychology of color
Understanding the psychology of color will make it even easier for you to choose wallpaper for a room with small dimensions and poor lighting. As you probably know, psychologists have long identified the effect of different colors on people.
An approximate list of primary colors and their influence is as follows:
- One of the positive colors that can improve mood is peach. It is quite soft and light, but at the same time slightly assertive. It is used in living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens.
- To accumulate vital energy in a room, a yellow color palette is often used. Such wallpaper colors remind us of summer, relaxation and fun, which means it brings joy and pleasant emotions. Yellow is a bright enough color, so it will be in place in the living room, kitchen or bathroom.
Cozy small living room - Orange color has similar properties, wallpaper in this coloring energizes, increases brain activity and awakens appetite. Toning the body, orange predisposes to action. Wallpaper in this tone is appropriate in the kitchen, in the living room.
- The luxurious golden tone is used as accents; it cannot be the main one due to its high impulsiveness and saturation. With it, you can add brightness, solemnity and nobility to the room. Wallpapers with drawings of this color fit perfectly into the classic interior of living rooms.
- A calm, comfortable, warm and cozy atmosphere in the room will help create the colors of the beige palette. This relaxed tone promotes rest and relaxation, which means that the main place of its application is the bedroom.
- In combination with beige, a brown tone is often used, as it were, it stabilizes the interior. looks the most advantageous, it brings comfort to the house, and with its internal energy it helps to relieve stress.
- Pink is considered to be a characteristic romantic color. In its bright performance, it soothes, brings tenderness, while in its bright and rich performance it excites passion. It is customary to use a similar color scheme in bedrooms, bathrooms, children's rooms.
- Red tones have always been associated with the holiday, they bring joy and fun. Most often, red is used in large living rooms, where it is necessary to achieve a solemn atmosphere in the interior. In the kitchen, it is also appropriate, because it helps to awaken the appetite.
Bedroom design in an apartment on the upper floors of a multi-storey building - Even in a small and dark room, you can consider using purple-colored wallpaper. Despite the fact that it belongs to the galaxy of dark tones, it also contributes to the expansion of visual space. If you successfully combine it with a light tone, you can expand the space and brighten it.
- Blue tones are also designed to expand the space, they can be used in both large and small rooms. They add freshness, lightness, reduce human fatigue and emotional stress. Wallpaper in blue is most often used in bedrooms, living rooms, children's rooms.
- The blue tone, on the contrary, narrows and reduces the space, it is a cold and deep color that acts extremely calmingly. Wallpaper in this color is applicable in large rooms where there is very good natural and artificial lighting.
- Natural green colors promote relaxation and rapid recovery of the body. Depending on their saturation, such tones can be used in rooms of any size. Wallpaper with green colors is actively used in children's rooms, living rooms, and kitchens.
Summarizing all of the above, it is worth noting that when choosing wallpaper for a small, poorly lit room, it is important to pay attention not only to the color of the paintings, but also to the size of their pattern, the glossiness of the texture and the presence of relief on it. Do not forget about the side of the world, which the windows overlook from the room. If you take into account all these factors, and besides, you take wallpaper from the store for fitting, the probability of error will be minimal.
When it comes time to repair, choose wallpaper or paint for decorating an apartment, few of us think about dark walls. We are used to the fact that designers often decorate our apartments in standard colors. Immediately before the final answer - whether to use heavy tones during repairs in your interior decoration of the apartment, we advise you to first look at the photo of dark wallpapers and how you can decorate the apartment.
How to combine
Traditionally, we are used to decorating an apartment with light colors, because we associate them with harmony, tranquility and stability. Do not be afraid to glue dark wallpapers in the interior - with the right combination, you will not get a completely black interior, but on the contrary, you will have a very refined and elegant room.
The best combinations:
- contrast - one of the walls can be gloomy (if it is a dining room - the dining area will be black, in the living room black tones will look great behind the sofa, and so on);
- dividing the apartment into several zones is quite possible when using light-dark wallpaper (ideal in a small room);
- transition with shadows - ideal for a very bright room;
- using one or two non-light walls (it is desirable that they are located opposite to each other) you can visually increase the length of the space of the room;
- dull tones are ideal for rooms where there is increased pollution - a kitchen area where they cook a lot, a corridor and others.
Remember a couple of simple rules for combining - in a simple version, two colors will do; with a complex option, you can apply more than two colors; non-standard combination involves the use of more than three shades.
Black color will look good as a background - this way you can emphasize all the details of the situation. The interior of a small room, pasted over with black wall coverings, can be broken up with mirrors, wall lamps, white cornices or skirting boards. Furniture should also be bright and light.
Don't forget green plants. A small recommendation - the flooring should also be in harmony with the wall coverings. Parquet or laminate is better to take classic wood colors.
Don't be afraid to use a blue tint in your home decor. A bright blue hue will go well with beige, white, brown, metallic, sand and other warm wall covering paints. These combinations of cool and warm colors will give your home interior a more chic and bold look.
You should not combine other bright colors with blue wall coverings - they will draw all the attention to themselves. In case you want to stick dark blue wallcoverings, stick them on one side of the wall. The rest of the walls are better to decorate in other cold colors.
To dilute the gloomy green walls, you can add accessories in blue, beige, white, yellow colors. These can be pillows on sofas, bedspreads, curtains, and more.
Dark gray wallpaper does not look friendly. In order to smooth out the effect of not being friendly, play on the contrast - add some warm tones (red, yellow, orange or green).
Features of using dark wallpapers
Using a combination of gloomy and bright areas, we can make a contrasting accent on one of the main surfaces of the room. The most common options for combination with gloomy wallpapers are purple, brown, blue and green undertones.
To create an excellent interior decoration of the room, use for combining not only wall decoration, but also furniture in other brighter halftones. The most popular dark-colored wallpapers can be paper, non-woven, vinyl or fabric.
If the apartment is well lit by sunlight, you can apply gloomy paints on the walls, like certain spots. An interesting option that deserves your attention is wallpapering with drawings in a gloomy room. For more light, use paint with a gloss that will reflect the sun directly into the room.
Effects with gloomy colors will help achieve visual effects. Wall coverings in gloomy shades will do a good job of emphasizing the classic style of the interior, art deco, baroque.
If you want to visually stretch the space, paint the farthest wall in the room with dark paint. You can also paste over or paint in gloomy colors two opposite sides. Thus, you can decorate any room, regardless of what its purpose is.
Basic rules for interior decoration of an apartment
- Opposite the window, the darkest side must always be located.
- The room should have bright spots - if the walls are pasted over or painted in a light color, then the furniture should be brighter and vice versa.
- Heavy undertones should be used in spacious rooms.
- There should always be a bright side opposite the bed.
- It is forbidden to use gloomy undertones in the children's room.
- Wallpaper in a dark hallway can be used in white shades.
Photo of dark wallpaper in the interior
Often people do not even consider the idea of making a room beautiful and elegant with dark walls. What if they make the room seem stuffy and gloomy? At the same time, dark tones can give any home a chic and sophisticated look. Today Dekorin will tell you how to use dark wallpaper for walls in the interior and what is the best way to combine them, as well as provide ideas for inspiration in 37 photos.
Dark walls in the interior: choose a color
Do you want to know how you can beat dark wallpapers in interior design? Then you should consider not only black wall coverings, but also wallpapers made in dark shades of blue, gray, green and brown. Below you can appreciate their view in 25 photos of beautiful small and spacious rooms.
Interiors with black wallpaper - 8 photos
Black is an excellent background color that can highlight every detail of a setting. However, in small rooms it is recommended to use it only on one of the walls or “break” black wallpaper with paintings, mirrors, light window frames, wall lamps, white cornices and skirting boards. It is preferable to fill the interior with black walls with light or bright furniture, as well as green plants that will bring natural freshness, youth and tranquility to it. In addition, parquet, wooden furniture and other wood products will look great on a black background.
What is combined with dark blue wallpaper in the interior
Dark wallpapers in blue tones are best combined with brown, orange and yellow colors, as well as various wooden elements and metallic shades (bronze, brass, gold and copper). A similar combination between cool and warm tones will give the interior a bold and chic look. An interesting touch to the design of a room with dark blue walls will be brought by the details of white, light blue, beige and wine red tones.
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Dark brown wallpaper for walls in the interior
Dark brown is the color of wealth, elegance and chic. At the same time, it is neutral, which means that the interior with dark brown walls will well accept furniture and decor of almost any tones: white, beige, cream, blue, red, green, gray, black, etc. We can say that it's hard to mess it up. Note that light brown and wooden pieces of furniture can only emphasize the stylish chocolate shade of the walls.
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Dark wallpaper of green shades - 6 photo rooms
Various warm shades of brown and yellow will fit perfectly into the interior with dark green wallpaper, as you can see for yourself by looking at the photo below. Complement them with snow-white details for a fresh, natural vibe.
Buying dark wallpaper is a rather risky step, which is definitely forbidden for small rooms or those rooms where there is little sunny natural color. However, as small accents, such canvases can be acceptable in any room - the main thing is to combine them correctly, because the dark color narrows the space and absorbs the sun's rays.
If light wallpaper means lightness and purity, then the catalog of dark-colored wallpapers in the interior demonstrates the depth of color perception, mystery and saturation, a certain status. Do not be afraid to experiment with dark walls, but you need to know how to properly use such a finish. As a rule, dark wallpapers play a role accent- they either bring contrast, or set off light furniture, or help zone room, creating perspective in it. Also, you can not do without dark wallpapers and in some styles :
- luxurious baroque;
- theatrical and feminine art deco;
- mysterious gothic.
Sometimes the functionality of the room requires dark shades - for example, in the office or in a corner for relaxation in the living room, as well as in the hallway, because such tones are more practical. Dark wallpapers are used to balance bright decor or deepen a neutral finish.
Dark wallpaper in the interior of the living room
The dark color wallpaper catalog includes the following shades:
- black - most often used in contrasting combinations with white or red, silver, yellow or orange, but can adequately prove itself only in large areas;
- deep blue - ideal for well-lit bedrooms, this color is non-aggressive and creates a calm atmosphere;
- festive and luxurious red also requires a lot of light and large-scale areas;
- dark brown will create a warm atmosphere in the living room, bedroom, study - it's good if the walls are complemented by wooden furniture.
Unusual dark colors for the interior
Dark wallpaper on the photo in the interior there may also be an expressive purple tone - this shade is considered one of the most beloved among modern designers. But dark green is almost always used as an accent - it is diluted with lilac, blue, yellow or purple. challenging in combination gray graphite is also considered.
