what colour curtains would go with my scarlet walls?

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In my living room we have painted the walls a scarlet red colour (actually called Pugin Red by dulux) what colour curtains would match?

Answer 1

I'm not a designer but I watch all of those decorating shows on hgtv and I have heard many designers say the color of the curtains depends on the role you want the window to take on in the room. If you want the window to stand out, maybe be the focal point of the room, you pick a color on the oposite side of the color wheel from red (green family) to create a contrast and the eye will be drawn to the window and the curtains and the contrast will really pop. If you don't want the window to take on a central role you can get panels in the same shade as the red you painted the walls, or a color next to red on the color wheel (orange/purple), that will blend in to the walls. Even if the drapes are the same color as the walls, or very close in color, the fabric will add a lot of softness to the window. I have also seen designers match the drapery fabric with the trim color (white, off white, etc) too.

I just saw a living room makeover that had red walls and chocolate brown curtains/drapes, it looked really good. Then they had elements of chocolate brown running throughout the room, dark chocolate stained wood furniture, brown leather pieces, brown iron lamps, brown in the area rug, etc.

You could also go with printed, or multi-color drapes, that have red in them along with other colors. Then get accent throw pillows in red and the other colors included in the print fabric to tie it all together.

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what colour curtains would go with my scarlet walls?
In my living room we have painted the walls a scarlet red colour (actually called Pugin Red by dulux) what colour curtains would match?

Answer 3

What color couch do you have? Do you have art on the walls? What kind of look are you going for? Bright and cheerful or Victorian or gothic, for instance? It's hard to say without seeing a picture of your living room.

I paired a cherry red bathrug with a lavender shower curtain and coordinating towels with red, purple, pink, coral, and orange flowers. The purple and red go together remarkably well and are cheerful and harmonious.

So you could contrast the warm red color of your walls with a cool color, like lavender, in your curtains. Or go all warm with curtains in a copper or cantalope hue. The hot colors in home decorating right now are black, white, and red, so that might be another option. And I remember several years ago that clothing designers were doing all sorts of things in red with light blue trim, and I always thought that looked nice--it's that whole warm/cool combo.

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

Personally, because of the more dramatic colour of the walls I would go with something simple and neutral, like a warm cream colour. I think that would look gorgeous!

Answer 5

Any neutral would go well. Black, white, beige, would all work. Whether you go dark or light depends on what effect you're going for. What colors are your furniture? You need to consider that as well. With such a deep color on the walls, I would go with a light color for the curtains.

Answer 6

Go with a gold color. Your walls are dramatic, gold is warm but fun too. Those colors look great together.

Answer 7

I would probably use a neutral color or even black.... Ivory.. navy blue... it depends on what 'look' you are going for. you could do a stripe or floral with that red in the color mix...

I usually find the window stuff first, then match the paint to one of the colors in that.