Pastel colors are the most gentle and soft, they will help create an atmosphere of lightness, weightlessness and comfort in the interior. Design in pastel colors will look sophisticated and spring-light.
The pastel palette consists of tones diluted with white: pale shades of yellow, blue and purple, as well as mint and other colors of a similar range.
Pastel colors in the interior can be present in the main background, furniture or accessories. The colors of this range are perfectly combined with each other, which allows them to be used in various stylistic directions of design. It is worth choosing combinations of shades based on what atmosphere you want to create in the house and in what style you want to decorate the room.
Pastel colors have a number of advantages, thanks to which they are popular in interior design:
- Calm neutral tones reflect and drown out the surrounding vibrant colors. Therefore, the use of more saturated colors in summer creates an atmosphere of freshness and coolness, and in winter, on the contrary, it will make the room more «warm».
- Pastel colors make the interior calm, sophisticated and light. You only need to choose the right color combination, as well as furniture and accessories..
- A room decorated in pastel colors will be visually brighter and more spacious. This property will be especially useful for small rooms, which, moreover, are not on the sunny side..
Selection of shades by cardinal points
A shade for design in pastel colors is chosen depending on the cardinal direction.
- South. For the south side, it is necessary to select cold shades. These include lilac, turquoise, ultramarine, white with a blue tint. This palette is suitable for both small and spacious rooms with a lot of natural light, the room will not look faded, and on sunny hot days it will visually be filled with coolness.
- North. For rooms on the north side opposite, you need to use warm colors. Such as peach, pink, sand, light brown. These shades of pastel colors in the interior will visually make it warmer..
Choosing a style for a pastel design
The choice of stylistic direction for design in pastel colors depends on what kind of atmosphere you want to create in the house and what style of decoration you prefer..
- Scandinavian style
The Scandinavian style is characterized by a large amount of air and light. Perfect white is often used as the main color, which makes all pastel shades perfectly appropriate in such an interior. A combination of white, gray and blue will contrast well with wood elements. Light shades will make the interior fresher, airy and visually expand the space.
- Provence
Provence in design embodies comfort, tenderness and freshness. Accordingly, the most suitable shades for this style will be soft lavender, azure, blue, yellow, olive and always white. The floral print is very often used in the Provence style, both for upholstery and for the selection of decorative elements..
Wood products in its various variations are in perfect harmony with such a palette. The shade of the tree is selected in accordance with the main color of the interior. So for a tree of cold flowers, lavender will be most suitable..
- Shabby chic
The main tones in the interior of the shabby chic style are white, pastel pink, blue. It is especially important that furniture, textiles or accessories are also sustained in such colors..
- Minimalism
The traditional combination of black and white, characteristic of minimalism, can be successfully replaced with light and airy pastel tones. They have the same ability to give a room a visual “expansion” and a feeling of weightlessness. In this case, pastel colors in the interior can be used both as basic colors and when choosing accessories. There are no restrictions on the selection of shades.
- Loft
Ideally, an interior in this style needs a lot of space and light. Rough textures are used in the decoration: brick, untreated wood, concrete. An excellent option would be white brick walls combined with furniture or accessories in pastel colors..
