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Who said the ceiling should be white: when is it appropriate to use other colors?

White ceiling is a classic option for interior decoration. The popularity of white finishes is due to simplicity, excellent compatibility with other elements and a visual increase in the room. Nevertheless, the snow-white canvas seems to be lost in the overall design, remains inconspicuous. In some cases, you can replace it with a more interesting type of finish, saying goodbye to boredom and banality.

Why change the color of the ceiling

Deciding on a radical change in the “image” of a building is not easy, but there are a number of good reasons why you should think about revising your preferences. Bright, unusual ceiling can become the basis of the whole interior, its starting point. The updated arch will violate the usual monotony of design, give the room life and dynamics.

White interior of the living room

By repainting the ceiling, you can get a lot of beneficial advantages:

  • to assemble the interior together if it looks fragmented;
  • eliminate coldness, give the room softness, warmth;
  • visually lower the arch too high or raise the low;
  • zoning a large room into several functional areas;
  • make the room unusual and memorable.
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Bright color for high ceilings

It is desirable to paint low ceilings in white to make them higher, to raise. But for rooms with wall heights from 2.7-2.8 meters, you can choose a more interesting shade. The choice of a specific color will depend on the rest of the interior and the size of the room.

White ceiling in the interior of the living room

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Ceilings in a small room

Most often, in small rooms, ceilings are left white. But designers recommend using such a trick: to paint the ceiling surface in dark shades that dissolve the borders of the walls. A good example is the glossy black ceiling in the bathroom.

Glossy black ceiling in the bathroom

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Small room with high ceilings

It happens that tiny rooms have high walls, which makes them look like wells and leaves an unpleasant impression. If you decorate the ceiling in such a room with a dark color, it will help to visually lower the walls and restore the room to its lost harmony.

High ceiling room interior

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Colored ceilings in a spacious room

When the walls in the room are painted in bright colors, and the area is significant, you can trim the arch in the same color. Borders in the interior are smeared, will be invisible, which looks original and unbroken.

Turquoise color in the bedroom interior

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Cold Shade Ceiling

Cold tones as the main color of the arch can be used in rooms of any size. It is important that the shade is not too dark, otherwise the space will become gloomy.An interesting technique is how to paint the ceiling surface to match the skirting boards. You can also use different subtones from the same color scheme.

Wide ceiling baseboard in the interior photo

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Panel on the ceiling

Color pictures - panels look original on the ceiling. They are located throughout the upper zone or only in a certain area. Well, if the panel is made in the tone of the walls, furniture, textiles, and its shades are not too bright. Similar design elements should be used with care so as not to overload the interior. So, drawings in the form of large flowers, animals have long gone out of fashion. Better to use discreet floral prints or geometric pictures.

Ready panel for the ceiling in the living room

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Partially colored ceiling

Partial staining is used for zoning the room. In this case, part of the ceiling is painted in white or pastel colors, combining it with brighter elements. This technique is suitable for spaces of any size.

White and pastel combination ceiling

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Choosing a shade for the ceiling

It was decided to paint the ceiling in a less familiar, original color? It is worth carefully considering the design of the room and choosing the right paint. It is better to take latex or acrylic material, which will be safe and ideal for ceiling surfaces. Light shades of colors are indicated by B1, bright - B2, dark - B3.

Wall and ceiling paint color picker

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Pastel shades

Such shades are close to white, therefore, practically do not differ from it in properties. Designers are advised to choose a powdery, pale blue, light gray color, which are the most relevant in interiors.

Bedroom in blue tones.

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Blue and purple

Too juicy, bright colors from the blue palette may look dark. It is better to use more modest variations with an admixture of white. Such ceilings look good in the dining room, bathroom, and in the office can cause excessive relaxation. For the living room, on the contrary, a purple tone is good, which calls for creativity, gives maximum energy, improves mood.

Lilac and violet tint in the living room interior

The light blue ceiling will fit perfectly into the bedroom. This shade is calm, slightly cooling, contributes to a quality rest. If you add a little blue details, accessories to a room with a blue ceiling and white walls, the interior will look amazing. Complementing it with light white curtains, you can get a bedroom in the Mediterranean style, evoking thoughts of the sea, reminiscent of a beautiful villa on the coast.

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Brown

Brown ceiling vault is the right solution for your office. Brown symbolizes confidence, stability, although it can also cause a feeling of gloom, wilting. It must be remembered that brown visually makes the walls lower. Do not use it in an ordinary apartment: it is better to leave this color for office ceilings.

Brown ceiling vault

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Green, red, yellow or orange

Bright shades are ideal for increasing mental activity, therefore, they are introduced into the interior of children's rooms, classrooms, meeting rooms. They literally charge with optimism, improve mood, invigorate. Orange and yellow are favorite children's tones, colors of joy and fun. Red has an exciting effect and in excess can provoke aggression.

Orange ceiling in the bedroom

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The black

Black is the exact opposite of white. Vaulting the vault with black paint is a bold and unusual solution. It is best to combine this option with white walls and apply glossy coatings that successfully reflect light. Without the use of bright lighting, the black ceiling may look dark.

Interior of a room with a black ceilingBlack ceiling white floorBlack ceiling gray wallsBlack suspended ceiling in the interior photo

Colored ceilings - a fashionable novelty in design, which firmly enters into modern interiors. With proper implementation, this technique will be a real highlight of the house, which cannot be appreciated.

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