Colour Focus: Pink And Green

By Ana Zuravliova

Trend Specialist at Blinds Direct

Tue 5 Apr 2022

Homes are places where we relax and find peace. While lovely soft sofas, chairs and beds are key to making a space comfortable, so too is colour. Today, we’ll be looking at pink and green and how these colours work together within interior design to add depth and peace of mind to a space! Read on to enjoy our top tips for using these colours in your home!

room set image of a pink and green living room

The benefits of a pink and green colour scheme

Pink and green are excellent colours that both enrich a space, and when combined, are greater than the sum of their parts. Beyond the fact that both pink and green are beautiful, calming colours to enjoy, these colours sit opposite each other on the colour wheel.

These polarised positions mean pink and green will contrast well against each other, without either colour overpowering the other. Additionally, their inherent characteristics keep them comfortable bedfellows that don’t violently clash with one another.

Moreover, a pink and green colour scheme provides you with different ways to elevate your home’s appearance. The different tones available in these colours can help you to create something that feels classical and timelessly elegant, or a space that’s at the forefront of fashion and captures the excitement of modernity. The only question is which you’ll pick!

How to use pink and green in a classic space

Pink and green can be easily used to add a sincere style element in your decor that’s deeply rooted in classical interior design.

By using these colours, you can create something inspired by French, Venetian, or English maximalist homes that while centuries old, are still celebrated today as paragons of style and sophistication. To capture this essence, we must consider tone and pattern for optimal effect.

When using either pink or green, you can use punchy colours if only as a minor spot colour, but when you want to enjoy the benefits of both, using duskier tones is the best way forward. Shades of blush pink coupled with natural, soft shades of green – particularly eucalyptus and sage green – can be enjoyed in furniture, paint and wallpaper, and especially soft furnishings.

Using pink and green as part of a delicate pattern in your heavy curtains or Roman blinds will create a feeling of effortless style. Moreover, you can add similarly patterned scatter cushions to your décor to add a deeper feeling to the space.

How to use pink and green in modern décor

Quite often, there is an impression that modern interior design should be dominated by chic black and white tones, or cool greys. While these are excellent choices, we must not forget that there is still a place for bold, juicy, and dynamic colours in contemporary inspired homes.

We’ve said before that reds and blues are perfect for such residencies, but so too are pink and green!

Making use of pink and green in a modern space couldn’t be easier. You simply take the steps outlined above and reverse them. Therefore, opt for juicy, bright tones and where possible, consider using block colours.

Bold pink roller blinds with funky lamp shades with bright pink and green cushions will electrify a space bringing it firmly into the contemporary camp. That said, you can also consider using patterns, we’d recommend using geometric patterns for a slightly retro twist on a modern interior.

photo of two chairs with pink and green colour scheme in living room

image of a curtain with a pink and green colour combination fitted to large window

We love pink and green in interior design. These colours are somewhat under appreciated but the impact they can make is substantial. If you’re not 100% sure on which tones to consider, you can order up to eight free samples off the website to help you make the perfect choice.