Colors for a Boy's Bedroom
09/30/2008 04:26 PM by Gretchen Schauffler
Here are some great wall colors for a boy’s bedroom. I suggest reading the article Tips on Painting Children’s Bedrooms bedrooms from baby to teens if you haven’t already.
When it comes to choosing paint colors for a boy’s bedroom the first thing you need to do is ask them what color they want and then sit and wait for a little while. Keep asking, if you get the same response, great! Don’t be surprised if you get several different answers until your boy settles into “the one”. Boys will be happy at having some control over choosing a bedroom color so ideas will fly out of their mouths before they actually think about it. Here are a couple of pictures so you get the idea that anything is possible, including great ceilings!
Here is a typical room about to be “boy-ified”. The pieces are all in place, except for the wall color. That’s the hardest color for both kids and adults alike to imagine! You will see that these blues are as close to our Devine Color ‘Blues’ I could get. Remember computer screens distort color, so please use our color tools to confirm your decisions.
Boys love blue! The right blue color for a boy’s room is a matter of preference! Take a look at the ceiling options. A lighter blue ceiling color for the blue lover is perfect (like Devine Current™ with Devine Blue™)
Tip: A really cool thing to do with the ceiling is to bring the ceiling blue down as a border as a great design element. (like Devine Swell™ with Devine Agave™)
When leaving the ceiling white, make sure that there are other white accents in stripes, maps, or pillows in the room to tie it all together. A color like Devine Tide™ , Devine Cool™, or Devine Blue Silk™ with a white ceiling here works—sometimes white ceilings look like they were left blank.
Here are other grown-up versions of colors, including blue.This blue is more like Devine Storm™, Devine Denim™ or the new devinegreen: Shark™!
Then there are “gray” versions of blue that might be just enough blue like Devine Rain™, devinegreen: Buffalo™, or Devine Comtesse™.
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What about using colors for a boy’s room like Devine Manzanita™, Devine Date™ or Devine Cypress™ and put the blue on the ceiling?
Red looks fantastic. Notice the ceiling color! Imagine it white—too harsh!. Instead use colors like Devine Cayenne™, Devine Saffron™, or Devine Paprika™ on walls with Devine Filbert™, Devine Macadamia™, devinegreen: Siamese™ or Devine Shore™ to soften that ceiling line.
If you use richer reds, don’t forget to do a richer ceiling color. Try Devine Cabernet™, Devine Bordeaux™, the new devinegreen: Clover™ and devinegreen: Sarsaparilla™ with Devine Mocha™, Devine Cafe™, or devinegreen: Elephant™.
Your boy will learn that color truly makes a difference as he watches the magic pour out of a can!
The final look, a another beautiful blue we called Devine Adieu from our French Casino Collection, what can I say, you have so may color possibilities at your fingertips!
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MY BEDROOM COLOR IS BLUE BUT THAT BLUE COLOR NOT NICE .I WANT TO PAINT BULE COLOR BUT SAMETHING NEW.
— Haridass 10/20/2008 11:52 PM #
Haridass:
We have beautiful blues, as you can see by the pictures above. Devine Tide and Swell have a periwinkle cast to them, Devine Spray, Current, and Pool are more traditional. check out how to use our palettes.
Order our Ocean Tide Pools palette page and you will know exactly what blue you need!
— gretchen Schauffler 10/21/2008 11:57 AM #
Thank you so much for all your help with color options. I love how my son’s room looks now!
— melissa 10/23/2008 10:11 PM #