Light Grey Walls With Dark Brown Floors
When walls are dark it tends to make a room feel smaller and bring down the ceiling height for a cozy effect.
Light grey walls with dark brown floors. A different approach to melding a brown floor with gray walls is to decorate in a soft natural palette focusing on moss greens wheat ecru and other shades of brown including tan. Brown which signifies grounding earthiness and stability is a natural color for the floor. Brown floors are usually dark and dark floors usually call for light wall colors or you run the risk. Dark floors stand out against a light wall white light wood floors brighten up a room with a darker wall color.
You could even opt for dark beige color to keep a classic look in a room with a dark. Avoid darker variations of brown and yellow as they can be too much of a contrast from your floors causing a clash. This living room has a large row of windows lining the front wall. Between grey beige taupe or greige neutrals are a great way to match your light wood floors while still giving your walls character.
You may not want to go as light as a white or an off white on your walls but a light cream color would look sophisticated in a living room dining room or bedroom. But sometimes doing 1 dark gray accent wall paired with whites on the other walls can really work. Walls and floors that are very different in tone have a tendency of highlighting both as separate features of the space. When contrasted with a light wall a dark floor helps to make the room feel brighter and taller.
The hardwood floors match the natural wood on the ceiling and window panes to create a wholesome country style. You just need to find the right undertone pending on the color of the floor. The hardwood floors and the textured walls unify this space with their light colors and subtle movement. Treat your floor color as a neutral.
They provide a nice secondary group of colors that complement lighter shades of blue or sage to help the room achieve its full potential in terms of atmosphere. Use the whites i suggested above. If you are considering light gray a complete opposite to the dark gray then instead of dark undertones use light colors like cream beige and lighter shades of brown. In general i m not a fan of gray on gray as it s too monochromatic when paired with gray floors.