What Are the Best Colors of Sheets to Have With Tan Walls?

Neutrals

• Fill your bedroom with other neutral colors to complement the tan walls and create a soft and simple room. White, black, chocolate or tan sheets will complement the tan walls and will work with a solid or patterned comforter or duvet in black, tan, chocolate, white or cream. Use a soft pattern, such as tan and white paisley, damask, gingham or plaid if you want patterned sheets. Pair the neutral bedding with neutral furniture, such as white, black or chocolate, for a soothing room. Add a single pop of color in two or three places throughout the room if you want to add interest with the option of quickly changing it, such as a couple of throw pillows, a picture frame or a vase.

Earth Tones

• Create an earthy room using colors you'd typically find in nature. Coral, light pink, turquoise or seafoam green can invoke images of the beach, especially when paired with a comforter in a corresponding color or pattern, such as seashells. Hang pictures of the beach or a simple seashell border around the room to tie it all together. Mix in cream and various shades of brown and green if you prefer a different take on earthy colors. For example, olive green sheets with a tan comforter that features images of trees, flowers or vines with olive green embroidery will complement the tan walls. Hang pictures or a mural of trees featuring chocolate brown trunks and olive green leaves above the bed to solidify your theme and invoke a calm, natural feeling in the bedroom.

Cool Blues

• Any shade of blue will work with the tan walls, though different shades of blue will create different vibes. Light blue, such as robin's egg blue, can mix with tan, cream and chocolate brown for a soft, modern or elegant, spa-like bedroom. Use light blue sheets with a striped comforter featuring tan, chocolate, cream and the same shade of blue. Turquoise, tan and chocolate will work for a modern room or a youthful room. For example, use turquoise sheets with a chocolate brown comforter that has tan and turquoise circles or geometric designs on it for a teenager's bedroom. Add turquoise peel-and-stick wall stickers behind the bed in corresponding shapes for a custom look. Navy blue sheets will work with a navy and tan plaid or checkered comforter for a simple or country look. A navy comforter will also complement tan sheets the same shade as the walls.

Spicy Reds

• Keep your bedroom warm and spicy with different shades of red. Brick red sheets will stand out against the tan walls and a white or black comforter. Decorate the rest of the room with a black, white and red color scheme. Celebrate fall in your bedroom with chocolate brown sheets and a burnt orange or red comforter. The tan walls will serve as a light background against the bolder colors throughout your bedroom. Frame red, yellow and orange leaves -- real or silk -- to hang above the bed and complete the look.

Soft Pastels

• Tan walls also work with soft pastels for a baby's bedroom or a light and cheerful room that can work for someone of any age. Plain white sheets or sheets that feature a pattern with white and tan or white and the color of the comforter is a fast and easy way to decorate the room. For example, white sheets will work with the tan walls and a comforter in pink, lavender, light blue, light green or yellow. Likewise, sheets in any of those pastel colors will work with white, tan or cream-colored comforters.