Orange & Light Blue Room Color Ideas

Orange and Light Blue Color Scheme

• To create a color scheme for interior decorating, the first consideration is selecting the dominant color. Making orange the dominant color creates a warm and stimulating effect. Light blue gives the room a cooler, lighter and more open effect. Using the dominant color on the walls sets the mood for the room. You can also add an accent color to an orange and blue color scheme, such as hot pink.

Orange-Dominant Room

• An orange-dominant room can feature a key piece of furniture in orange, such as tangerine bedding in the master bedroom or a burnt orange couch in the living room. Flame orange sheers and drapes in the dining room create a lively effect. Adding light blue wall art such as paintings or photographs in sky blue or pale aqua and an area rug that pairs orange and blue can bring the room together.

Blue-Dominant Room

• Light aqua offers a balance of cool and warm tones for a blue-dominant room. Sky blue and robin's egg blue also temper blue's cool tone with warmth because they have a yellow tone. Pale baby blue or light slate blue create a cool effect. Using light blue for translucent shades, sheers or curtains creates soft light in the room. Consider adding medium-orange bedding with a lighter citrus bed skirt and an armchair or bed bench with a matching cushion. A light blue rug can bring this bedroom aesthetic together. Citrus cushions on a light blue couch and sunset orange wall art on pale blue walls creates a living room that balances this color scheme.

Orange & Light Blue Ideas

• Earthy shades of orange, such as dark pumpkin and burnt orange, have more red in them, and bright shades of orange, such as duck-bill orange or squash-blossom orange have more yellow in them. Pale shades of orange such as light tangerine offer a soft choice for walls and window treatments.

  An accent color supplies a third color to add to prints and accessories for a greater variety of color in the room. For example, dark blue or cream work well with orange and light blue. All the neutral colors, including gray, taupe, tan, brown and black can also work with orange and light blue.