What Are The Best Colours For North, East, South And West Facing Rooms?
March 19th, 2024
We all know that light can have a huge
effect on colour, so it’s a good idea to think about the orientation of your
room before you start choosing your samples! Here is our guide to choosing the
right colours for your space.
Colour featured: Silver Surf.
South-facing rooms:
South-facing rooms benefit from strong natural light, giving you more freedom in the colours you choose as there is no risk in making the space feel gloomy.
Colours featured (from left to right): Adam, Faded Denim, Fordingbridge, Fountain, Silver Surf and Seaspray.
Colours featured (clockwise): Crocus, Lilac Wash, Northern Glow and Heritage Rose.
Since south-facing light is warm, it can be easily balanced with cool tones such as blue, green and violet.
In bright rooms, these colours will create a bright and airy feel.
You can also look for whites, greys and neutrals with blue, green and violet undertones to balance the warmth without needing to commit to a colour.
North-facing rooms:
North-facing rooms tend to be darker, offering cooler light, making them feel uninviting.
Colours featured (from left to right): Victorian Butterfly, Fudge Cake, Chocolate Berry, Taupe, Claret, Zanzibar and Deepest Ruby.
Colours featured (from left to right): Desert Glow, Camel Sand, Straw and Mild Mustard.
The use of warmer colours such as pinks, reds and yellows will help make the room feel cosier and create a real cocooning feeling.
Greys and whites with warm undertones will also make the room feel more balanced and giving you a more welcoming atmosphere when you enter the room.
East-facing and west-facing rooms:
East-facing rooms will have warm natural light in the mornings, whilst north-facing rooms will benefit from the light in the early evenings.
Colour featured: Plumpton Green.
You will want to choose your colour based around the time at which you use the room most.
If you use your east-facing room in the morning or your west facing room in the evening, you will benefit from cooler colours and vice versa.
Once you have chosen a few samples,
paint them onto lining paper and hang it up on the wall. This will allow you to
see how the colour interacts with the light throughout the day!
