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Cozy Bathroom Color Schemes

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Cozy Bathroom Color Schemes

Cozy Bathroom Color Schemes

8 Cozy Bathroom Color Schemes

Bathrooms are just as important as any other room in your home. Not only do they provide privacy, but an opportunity for peace and comfort. Because they are so small, choosing the right paint colors is crucial. See the range of choices within these color families to help you find the best ones for your cozy bathroom.

Bathroom Color Schemes

Blue Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Blue is the color associated with water, encouraging a prolonged, relaxing bath. With hues ranging from almost black to delicate blue, you can be sure to find one that matches your tastes. Blue paint colors contrast beautifully with many other colors. 

Use darker blues for a striking look and complement with crisp white trim and dark woods. Lighter blues add a spacious feel to a bathroom and go well with light brown tones.

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Bathroom Color Schemes

Green Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Green is the color most associated with nature and green paint colors bring a refreshing feel to a bathroom. Darker forest greens give a powder room a stately appearance. Brighter green paint shades lighten the mood. 

All green paint colors go well with wood accents and greenery. For trim, use an off-white with yellow undertones. Add pops of color for visual variety.

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White Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

White paint colors give a bathroom an airy, fresh feel and using a variety of white hues will give your bathroom the depth it needs to keep from looking too bland. Use the color strip to make sure that the undertones of your whites don’t clash.

Use a darker white for the walls and lighter whites for the trim and ceiling. With white as your background, accent pieces can take center stage and be easily updated throughout the seasons. 

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Bathroom Color Schemes

Gray Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Gray paint colors can go from booming to hardly a whisper. A powder room in dark gray will make an impressive statement to your guests. Lighter grays give your bathroom a pensive tone, perfect for a place to unwind.

Complement darker grays with copper or bronze fixtures. Lighter grays go well with nickel and white accessories. As with whites, your accent pieces will have an opportunity to shine, no matter the hues.

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Red Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Darker red paint colors make a striking statement in a small, formal powder room. Trim in crisp white and fixtures of brass or copper tones will impress visiting family and friends. Accents in black and green stand out in this elegant bathroom.

Light reds and pink give a feminine air to a young girl’s bathroom. Use off-whites with a pink undertone for trim and accents in pastel colors, to complete this ladylike retreat.

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Gold Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Gold paint colors, while in the yellow family, have a deeper tone that adds a feeling of sumptuousness and peace to a bathroom. 

Dark golds go well in powder rooms or as an accent wall in a larger bathroom. Lighter golden hues lend warmth to any bathroom. Gold flecks in vanity tops or floor tile enhance the effect. Accent with large mirrors to reflect the opulence throughout the bathroom.

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Brown Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Brown paint colors produce a down-to-earth feel in a bathroom. Darker browns go well with white vanity tops and tubs. Lighter brown hues bring out the beauty of wood in the floor or vanity.

Use green and brown shades in accents to compete the calming feel of nature in your rustic bathroom.

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Aqua Bathroom Colors

Bathroom Color Schemes

Blue-aqua paint colors can be quite feminine, but also bring brightness and airiness to a small bathroom. A combination of blue and green, teal-aqua paint shades are more masculine.

Blue-aqua shades will give a daughter a bathroom that may be girlish now but, with a change in accents, also grow up with her. Teal-aqua hues in a master bedroom add a romantic flair. To enhance the softer feel of aqua, use creamy whites for the trim.

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