Blue Paint Colors

Blue Paint Colors

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• Eggshell Blue Paint Colors

  Invoke peaceful vibes in your nest with hues inspired by blue-tone eggs.

  
  

  Robin's-egg blue is Ontario-based decorator Michael Penney's signature hue. "Robin's-egg blue is a good beginner color," he says. "We see it in the sky and water all around us, so our eye is used to it."

  
  

  Pale blue is difficult to pick from paint chips. "If you look at a real egg, it has a dash of green with the blue," Penney says. "Choose from blues that neighbor greens."

  
  

  This livable hue can underscore the palette of a whole house. "Maybe it's the walls in your living room and the ceiling in your bedroom, a table in the den, and china in the dining room," Penney says.

  
  

• Watercolor Blue Paint Colors

  Inspired by vibrant skies and ocean waves, the appeal of these watery blues is hard to deny. The love of blue is instinctual because we see so much of it in the sky, says designer Elaine Griffin, who explains how to translate this beloved hue into a gorgeous blue paint color for your walls.

  
  

  Consider how much light the room receives. "A south-facing room flooded with sunlight will always look great in a rich, bold color," Elaine says. In a room with less light, opt for a pale color on walls, and save intense hues for accents.

  
  

• Aquamarine Paint Colors

  Try out the bolder side of blue with aquamarine hues.

  
  

  Designer Khristian A. Howell recommends giving aqua a test run on a piece of furniture. "It's not a sub for painting the whole wall -- nothing is -- but it gets your hands dirty with the color a little bit," Howell says.

  
  

  "Being bold is all about balance," she says. In other words, don't use aqua on every surface in the room. A tiny dose will make an impression, especially in a room full of grays, creams, and whites.

  
  

• Mood-Lifting Blue Paint Colors

  Soft colors aren't the only hues to impart a relaxing tone. These serene blues will also do the trick.

  
  

  It might seem counterintuitive to call bold blues relaxing, but "when we gaze out into deeply hued ocean waters, is that relaxing? Absolutely," says San Francisco designer Kelly Berg.

  
  

  If a color makes you feel good, it will likely soothe you, too, Berg says. "Listen to your intuitive response to color. Fear can hold us back from picking the colors that feel good, but be brave!"

  
  

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