what color paint should i use with my red couch?

Question

Hi. I bought a really nice red sectional couch a few months ago..we are about to move into our first house and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what color paint or accent colors would go good with it? I have looked online and can not find anything. Any tips/ advice would be great! Thanks!!

Answer 1

white/yellow?

Answer 2

Red is a great color to work from. As far as walls go are you wanting a neutral to take into other rooms, or are you wanting this room to stand on it's own.

Very contemporary looks use white or black walls.

Very traditional as well as a good basic color would be something from the gold or yellow beige family of color. Try looking at Porter Paints - Color Raw Silk or Neutral Beige, almost any color on these two paint strips will go with red. For a less yellow base, try looking at the Lincoln Home Beige.

The sage family is also good, go earthier vs bright to stay more neutral. Look at Porter's Dried Basil or a little brighter color Reisling.

For great drama, try a chocolate color - like Sherwin Williams - Tea Chest. Has an undertone of umber green family. Wonderful color to work from.

Remember you will never get the full feel of a room until all four walls are painted. Swatches from quarts are good, but never fully give you the end result. Don't fear color, obviously you don't, you purchased a red sofa.

Answer 3

Red Couch Decorating Ideas

Answer 4

My daughter just did her living room in red,darkish olive like green,gold and a dark purple/with some plum color to it. It is great together! I painted a 3x41/2 ft painting of a large simple purple flower and a half of a red one and used the greens on the leaves and then the little background that showed was in the golds, to hang over her couch.She had red tab curtains with a neutral sectional couch and throws in a gold and then one in all of the colors in geometrical shapes. I also did 2 -16 x 20 geom. paintings to hang on each side of the windows. She had such a large room to decorate and was limited on funds and only had a few picures that would fit with the decor! Oh, she had an area rug with the colors in the geom designs also. We used purple and red candles and vases,etc,gold accents and I painted an older lamp in gold color and highlighted it with metalic gold paint.It really looked good. Everyone thought she did a great job with the large room.It was warm, comfy and vibrant! Good luck with yours!

Answer 5

Take a photo of the fabric on the sectional -- and bring it with you to your local hardware store (like Lowes and Home Depot) or your local paint store. Then start putting that photo near all the paint chip samples in the store -- and believe me -- there can be hundreds there.

From that point, once you have narrowed it down to one or two choices (and take those paint chips with you), then buy a pint of those choices, and paint a sample part of the wall just below the upper level of the sectional to about a foot above. When dry, move the sectional next to the paint samples, and let yourself look at the effect for a few days. Whatever color you like (and you choose one), then you can go back to the paint store and get the required number of gallons to finish the room to compliment the sofa.

It should be the Eye of the HOMEOWNER and Furniture owner that matters, and not someone else's choices. For me, I have a taste for darker wood furniture (and complimentary earthtones in Furniture), and I choose my paint based on MY Choice -- no designer or anyone else to ask. Just remember, if you go too far out on a limb and too bright or too dark, then it may not be easy to sell the residence if you are only going to be in the home for a few years before moving.

Answer 6

Step back and have a view at the big picture.

Many homes become decoration diseasters because the
rooms are decorated independently of one another.

The same applies to a room the approach should be from large to small. Furnishings should enhance the overall plan for the room not the other way around.

Successful decoration is a result of having an overall plan for the house. how do you want your home to feel and how does the living room fit in to that plan? What color are ajoining rooms?

For each room ask how you want to feel when you are in that room?
for example how do you want to feel or your guests to feel when seated in your living room? calm, excited, grounded warm, cold elegant, hungry?

Here is a start on the psychology of colors.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/colors1.html
Learn about which colors evoke the feelings you want.

What are the colours and styles of your furniture drapes flooring etc.?

Ask yourself, How much natural light is in the room?

Do you want the room to feel taller or wider or narrower?
one can dramatically change the size a room feels with color and lighting techniques.

It pays to make up an overall plan even if you are just decorating 1 room as you will have an idea of the impact on the whole house feeling.

Answer 7

Go to a paint store, with a cushion or whatever you have with the color, place it up to all the different colors and go from there. I think earth tones would be beautiful. You will have to consider how big the room is. Remember, if you go dark colors in a small room, it will make it look smaller. Look on the HGTV website. I think there is a place you can ask for past shows. They do lots of Asian theme rooms. Perhaps, that will lead you somewhere. Good Luck!!!

Answer 8

It depends,do you want the focus of the room to be the sofa?If yes,paint a neutral*(if u can spell it) color,tan,very off wht,light yellow.If you want the sofa to blend,then use a red based color,ask at your paint store.You can get all kinds of colors that are red based.Take a pillow from the sofa with you.They do it free at Home Depot and Lowe's.

Answer 9

Golds, creamy yellows, beiges, light browns, sandy colors, etc., for the walls. For accents you can use the same color red as the couch in vases, in pictures/paintings. You can use a variety of the colors I listed above as accent pillows, even black looks really classy with it. Black frames or brown frames for pictures, pretty much lots of neutrals with red and then a few red accents of different shades of the same color.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

I have a green (not real dark, but not real light green, either..."medium green", about like a leaf in the summer...) leather couch. The carpeting is sort of a pink champagne color...not too light, there, either. If it was much darker, it would be "burgundy"...

Looks nice. It's "tied together" with a real marble burgundy and green coffee table.

So, I'm suggesting some sort of red/green "Christmas" combo...depending on what kind of shades of red and green you might work with.

Just a thought.