Different rooms need different colour palettes. We've got a range of expertly-curated colour collections to paint your perfect house, room by room. Browse below for pigment-rich options for kitchens, bedrooms, home offices, living rooms and bathrooms alike.

From tasteful terracotta to fresh sage green, our pigment-rich kitchen paint lets you turn your cooking space into a celebration of colour. 

From cool blues to classy greys, our pigment-rich bathroom paint has everything you need for a guest-wowing glow-up. 

Drift off and wake up happy with our carefully-curated range of bedroom paints. 

The room you spend most of your time in deserves durable living room paint worthy of its walls. 

Give the little ones a room they'll love with our ultra-colourful range of pigment-rich kids bedroom & nursery paint. 

Be welcomed home every day with a wall colour you love thanks to our range of pigment-rich paints for your hallway.

From sage green to matt black, our pigment-rich dining room paint colours let you turn your dining room into the ideal dinner party ambience. 

Make the outdoors great again with outdoor wood and garden paint in 13 colourful shades.

It’s true what they say: opposites really do attract. Especially when it comes to complementary colour schemes.\n\nThe go-to choice for our Lick decorators, a complementary colour scheme uses hues from opposite sides of the colour wheel. \nPick your favourite paint colour\n and then pair it with its opposite. Not only does this allow you to be more varied with your selection, it creates a look that’s naturally appealing to the eye.\n\nWhether you opt for muted tones or full saturation, a complementary colour scheme is such a success thanks to opposites working together in perfect contrasting harmony.\n\nIn this blog, we’re going to whirl our way along the colour wheel and explore which colours are complementary and the different ways in which you can use them together.

Your basic complementary colour schemes include:\nComplementary colours: pink & green\n\nWe love this pairing. Try \nPink 01\n or \nPink 03\n with \nGreen 05\n or \nGreen 07\n for a grown-up feminine look. For more of a deep dive into how green works in interiors, read \neverything you need to know about green paint colours\n.

Complementary colours: blue & orange\n\nOn the gentler side of things, \nBlue 01\n with \nOrange 02\n creates a chic retro feel. Read about our \nretro colour palette\n and why these colours ooze 70s glamour. Or, if you want to make a statement, raise the saturation and go for \nBlue 05\n with \nOrange 01\n. 

Complementary colours: purple & yellow\n\nIt might seem like an odd one, but in more muted tones, this pairing works. Try using \nPurple 01\n with \nYellow 01\n plus \nWhite 03\n as something of a mediator, and you’ve got yourself a gorgeous trio.

Complementary colours: red & green\n\nOk, this colour combo shouts Christmas louder than Brian Blessed in a Santa suit, but opt for a more pastel scheme and you get pink and green. A much more popular and versatile option.

Then there’s what’s known as split complementary. This is a variation of the complementary colour scheme, using two opposing colours (rather than just one). It creates a strong contrast without the risk of colours clashing, which can sometimes occur with pure complementary hues. A couple of split complementary schemes that we love:\nComplementary colours: green, blue & orange\n\nThey say that blue and green should never be seen, but by using various tints, tones, and shades of the colour wheel, this combo really works. A mix of \nPink 02\n, \nOrange 02\n, \nGreen 07\n, \nBlue 03\n, and \nBlue 04\n creates a timeless vintage vibe that we love.

Complementary colours: green, pink & purple\nWhilst staying on the softer side of shades and tones, using \nPink 04\n, \nPurple 01\n, \nGreen 01\n, and \nGreen 02\n has a soft, feminine feel. 

Next up, there’s the triadic colour scheme. This uses three colours that are evenly spaced around the colour wheel. For example, the three primary colours: red, yellow, and blue. \nA triadic colour scheme uses every fourth colour, leaving three colours between each. This can be a tricky colour scheme to pull off (you’ve been warned!), but when you do, the results are show-stopping. A few triadic colour schemes to get you started:\nRed, yellow & blue\nBy using these warm shades of \nRed 01\n, \nYellow 02\n, and \nBlue 05\n, it creates a nostalgic, retro feel.

Pink, yellow & blue\nWhilst this modern \npastel paint\n palette of \nPink 05\n, \nYellow 03\n, \nBlue 08\n has all the vibrancy and bon viveur of an \nart deco interior design\n. Love pastels? Check out \nhow to style the pastel paint colours from our Palette 01 in your home\n.

Double complementary (tetradic) colour scheme\nThink \nmaximalism\n with this one. The colour scheme for those who like to apply the \ngo big or go home\n mantra to their, well, home. A tetradic colour scheme is composed of two sets of complementary colours. It can be in the form of a square or rectangle pairing.

Considered to be the richest pairing as it uses four colours arranged into two complementary colour pairs. It can be hard to harmonise and it requires one colour to dominate or subdue the colours. \nIf you use all four colours equally, the colour scheme will look unbalanced. Another tricky one to pull off, but when you do, the results are spectacular. If you’re scratching your head about where to begin, here’s some inspiration from our colour experts. \n\nAn example of square pairing that we love uses red (in this case, pink) with green, and blue with yellow (or orange). Here’s a palette we created that has a fun and youthful feel:\n\nWhite 03\n, \nYellow 01\n, \nBlue 04\n, \nGreen 05\n, \nPink 05\n

An example of a rectangle pairing that works together uses blue or green with purple and red or orange. This palette manages to use a wide range of the colour wheel, yet retain a soothing and natural feel:\n\n\nPurple 01\n, \nBlue 09\n, \nGreen 08\n, \nWhite 06\n, \nPink 02\n, \nRed 03\n

We hope that’s given you some food for thought and helped you understand complementary colour tones. Not your thing? Perhaps you prefer to keep things simpler with a monochromatic colour scheme or an \nanalogous colour scheme.\n If you still feel like you need a bit more guidance or have any questions for our colour pros, why not \narrange a virtual colour consultation with one of our colour specialists.\n

Image via @teawithruby\n\nColour schemes are the secret to making a room feel relaxing and harmonious while still having a distinct personality. Instead of your favourite furnishings competing for attention, a colour scheme gives each piece its own moment to create impact. When you go a step further and apply a colour scheme to your entire home, you’ll immediately notice how it improves the sense of flow as you look through doorways and move between rooms.\nCreating a colour scheme for an entire house might seem like an overwhelming task, but it’s possible to break it down into smaller steps that are much more enjoyable to plan. Let’s take a look at how to pick the best colour scheme for your own house renovation.\n\n1. Think about the vibe you want to create in your space\nBefore you even look at colour swatches, it’s important to pin down how you want the atmosphere in your home - and each individual room - to feel. Do you like the idea of a pared-back, continuous tranquillity throughout your home, or would you like each room to contribute to a bold, cheerful statement?\nWhen it comes to individual rooms, where do you want to feel most alert, and where should be restful? Which spaces deserve a formal atmosphere, and which should be more cosy and intimate?\n\n2. Consider the time of day when you use each room\nColour is going to play a big part in uplifting you in the morning and soothing you in the evening so, factor in the time of day you’ll most likely be using each room. For example, an en-suite shower room might be a good candidate for bright, zesty colours to bring energy into your morning, while your living room could be a soothing pink or cocooning navy if that’s where you like to curl up after dinner.\nThe natural light in each room will also have an impact on colour. In the morning, light tends to be brighter and clearer, gradually turning more golden and red-toned throughout the day. For this reason, home offices are often best kept in a restful, neutral colour that won’t be too intense at any hour.\n\nRead our blog on \nnorth, east, south, and west-facing rooms\n and how this affects light and colour. Have you got a north-facing room and don't know which colour to paint it? \nCheck out all our \ncolours for north-facing rooms\n.

3. Understand your fixed elements\nWhat items or features are already going to be part of your house renovation? Use them to start informing your colour palette. For example, creating a scheme around a beloved rug, rattan console, vibrant wallpaper or stylish set of furniture to use as a centrepiece. Find the neutrals or background shades to use as the base of your home’s colour palette, then use brighter colours within the patterns to inspire smaller splashes of colour in soft furnishings and accent décor. Check out these \n5 ways to style your room around your favourite statement furniture\n.

Maybe you’re hoping to keep lovely timber floors exposed, or emphasise a gorgeous wood or \nmarble fireplace surround\n? Create a visual connection in other rooms by choosing the same kind of timber, or a multi-tonal wood that picks out the same colours but also pulls in other shades. \n\nIf your woodwork has a clear undertone, you can pick a paint palette that matches and emphasises the shades, or contrasts with it. A third option is to choose \ncomplementary colours\n as the undertones; balancing yellow-toned woodwork with a violet- or blue-toned paint, like \nGrey 02\n or \nGrey 03\n, for example. Shop our \ngrey paint colours\n.\n\nLet the architecture guide your colour transitions. Corners, moulding, staircases and archways are natural points at which to change to a new colour or pattern, and you can break up large walls by \npainting a wall mural\n. Let your staircases's wood tones naturally colour block or paint them a contrasting colour (check out these \npainting stairs ideas\n for more inspiration).

4. Finding your favourite colours and style\nDon’t fall into the trap of renovating just because of a current trend, or to impress friends or neighbours. It’s your space and home: fill it with colours you love and that make you happy.\n\nYour colour palette should be imbued with your favourite colours and should avoid the ones you like least. A good exercise to help you find these is to find lots of inspiration from magazines, Pinterest and Instagram to slowly identify a pattern of what you’re drawn to. Create a visual \ninterior design mood board\n with your favourite magazine clippings and notice how you gravitate towards certain colours and patterns. Find yourself gravitating to bright and bold colours? You'll probably love these \ncolourful bedroom and living room ideas\n. It's all about what works for you and which colours you are drawn to. Check out Tash's advice below:

Of course, you might have known your favourite interior colours for a long time: \nTash Bradley\n, Lick’s Lead Colour Specialist explains, “My favourite colour is a warm, burnt, buttercup yellow. My mum, who is a property developer and interior designer, has decorated all hallways and front doors in this beautiful yellow colour. It’s a very uplifting and happy colour, which always reminds me of my childhood. This is why I’ve used this colour in pockets in my home - it brings me great comfort and instantly takes me back”.

“Your colour palette should be imbued with your favourite colours and should avoid the ones you like least.”

Maybe your colours aren’t as specific, but there’s an era or style you want to evoke.\n\nDecorating a beautiful 1920s home, for example, might have you reaching for the dusky pinks and blues from our \nNeo Deco pastels paint palette,\n while groovy ‘70s architecture is the ideal canvas for \nretro colours like warm reds and yellows\n (read about our \nretro colour palette\n). For something more contemporary, try the \nJapandi style\n and embrace a combination of \nstripped-back neutral paint colours and earthy tones\n.\n\nLooking for inspiration? Check out \nhow to style the Miami neo deco pastel paint colours in your home\n and real all about the \nMiami art deco style\n.

5. Choosing your neutrals\nBright colours can be daunting, so it’s okay to start with a relaxing neutral hue and gradually add colour. Your neutral colours are the motif that appear in every room to tie everything together. It might be on your hallway walls, your bathroom floor, your kitchen counters and your living room woodwork - the arrangement is up to you.\n\nAnd so is the colour - although the majority of people choose a shade of white as their neutral colour, you can use something else. For example, \nlight Pink 01\n is one of our most popular neutral shades.\n\nThere are warm neutrals, like \nWhite 06\n, which has a delicate touch of pink, or \nBeige 03\n, which has gentle yellow tones (read up on the difference between yellow based and \ngrey beige paint\n). Our collection of cool neutrals includes the blue-toned \nGrey 01\n, and \nWhite 01\n, \nWhite 02\n or \nWhite 04\n, which each have hints of grey. To balance a palette that’s a combination of warm and cool, try \nGreige 01\n or \nGreige 02\n.\n\nOr check out our \ncollaboration with Kelly Hoppen CBE\n and the \npalette of 6 timeless neutrals\n we've curated. From\n taupe paint\n to \ncool grey paint\n, these timeless neutrals will work in any scheme.

6. Creating colour harmony\nThere are three main ways to build a colour scheme, each creating a different kind of atmosphere:\n\nMonochromatic colour schemes\n use the same colour in lighter and darker shades, for example, pale blue, mid blue (like our \ndusky Blue 10 paint\n) and deep blue. The effect is usually serene and relaxing - perfect for bedrooms or tranquil home offices.\n

\nAnalogous colour scheme \nuse colours that are next to each other on the \ncolour wheel\n, like supporting a burnt orange with accents in deep yellow and red. The effect is a little more energised to look at than tonal colours and can bring a hint of spice into a hallway or dining area. Another great way to spice up a hallway is through wallpaper. Try an analogous colour scheme in the design and instantly energise the space.

\n\nComplementary colour schemes\n involve colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel, like green and purple. These bold combinations are fun and inject life into a room, but can be a little overwhelming in large doses. Try sprinkling these kinds of contrasts into statement kitchens or vibrant living areas.\n

Choosing colours with the same weights and undertones will make even the brightest combinations feel easy on the eye, rather than jarring.\n\nFind rhythm in the repetition of your colours throughout the house. Even if each room has a different base shade, add flashes of each accent colour to keep a sense of consistency and balance. The rule of thumb is that your space should be 60% your dominant shade, 30% your sub-dominant shade and 10% your accent colour.\n\nRemember that colour is everywhere, not just walls. Add textiles, paint woodwork and cover shelving with wallpaper if it helps tie your rooms together.

7. Getting practical: choosing colours and samples\nWe would recommend choosing 8-10 colours for your palette to cover an entire house renovation with some variety. In addition to our pre-curated \nNeo Deco pastels\n, \nJapandi style\n and \n70s retro colour\n palettes that we mentioned earlier, we’ve got \npastel colour tips\n, \nspring colours inspiration\n, and \nthe Year of the Ox shades\n to give you more ideas.\n\nOnce you’ve decided on your colours, ordering \npaint samples\n is the best way to understand how your palette will come to life. Start with one space, like the entryway or the room you want to have the biggest impact (probably your living room or kitchen).\n\nNext, move onto the connecting rooms and areas you can see from the first room, choosing different colours from your scheme. Each part of the house can still have a distinctive style and focus, as long as you link them together through trims, flooring, accents or neutral elements.\n\nOur \npeel-and-stick paint samples\n allow you to move them between walls, helping you to understand the way the light hits the colours at certain times of day and how they look in different rooms and corners. Stick them up 1-2 days minimum to see how they make you feel and you’ll be much more confident that the colours you pick are 100% right.

Renovating a whole house is a big undertaking, but the process should still be enjoyable. Choosing a colour scheme is a surprisingly simple way to add personality and make your decisions easier at the same time. Now that you know how to create a colour scheme when planning a house renovation, check out our range of \npaint colours\n and \nwallpaper designs\n, and \norder some samples online\n or read on for more \ndecorating tips\n.\n\n 

They say that love is blind but when it comes to interiors, that’s definitely not the case. Our research shows that over a third of Brits \nwouldn’t\n continue dating someone if their interior choices gave them the proverbial ‘ick’, and nearly half of you think that good decor makes a person more attractive. What's more, nearly 1 in 2 Brits think that home decor is a better indicator of someone's personality than their fashion choices. As Tash Bradley, our Head Colour Specialist explains:\n

How we style the interiors of our homes and ourselves are really good indicators of who we are, so it makes a lot of sense that colours also play a part in the dating world.

“How we style the interiors of our homes and ourselves are really good indicators of who we are, so it makes a lot of sense that colours also play a part in the dating world. Often couples who have similar interior decor styles and attitudes to their home can find more harmony in their home life.”\n\nThis is not to say, however, that a successful relationship relies on having the same decor style - just a little bit of compromise. So, we’re here to ensure your decorating journey is a harmonious one, with our definitive guide on how to decorate your home if you and your partner have different decor styles.\n\nCouples’ home decor tip: focus on what you both love\nOur International Colour Consultant Charlotte Cropper says “a good starting point is to focus on what you have in common”. Perhaps they’re partial to that urban \nindustrial decor style\n whilst you like all-things \nmodern farmhouse\n? Don’t worry - it’s not time for one of you to move to the city and the other out to the country. Just start by thinking about what these styles have in common: rustic woods, metals, industrial pendant lighting, exposed architectural features, house plants, and a neutral backdrop. In fact, fine tuning your decor choices in this way can actually make design decisions that bit easier.

A good starting point is to focus on what you have in common.

Couples’ home decor tip: find a way to compromise \nThis is just good relationship advice full stop, but finding a way to compromise is key to decorating your home if you and your partner have different decor styles. You might love neons but they prefer neutrals. That’s ok. You can still incorporate colourful elements against a neutral backdrop. Whether that’s through \ncolour blocking\n, \nneon signs\n or \npainting or wallpapering your ceiling\n. There are lots of ways you can inject a little colour into your home even with a \nneutral colour palette\n.\n\nCouples’ home decor tip: create a personal sanctuary \nThat said, we all need a space that feels like a bit of us. According to our Colour Specialist Sam Bramley; “it’s part of our makeup to have territory and to mark it, to make us feel safe. So expressing yourself in an agreed area is good for harmony at home”.

It’s part of our makeup to have territory and to mark it, to make us feel safe. So expressing yourself in an agreed area is good for harmony at home.

Whether that means your very own man cave, a la Jim Chapman or a dressing room that’s a total boudoir. Even if you don’t have space for an entire room, use the principles of broken-plan living to carve out a space that is yours. Whether that’s a reading nook or yoga corner create a personal sanctuary that’s unapologetically you.

Couples’ home decor tip: do it gradually \nOne for the \nmaximalist decor\n devotees and \neclectic decor\n clutter bugs, if ‘more is more’ is your design mantra but your partner prefers things minimalist, then tread lightly. Don’t overwhelm them by creating an entire \ngallery wall\n all at once - add to it gradually. You can also add a few scatter cushions here, a couple of trinkets there, the odd plant pot where you can. Just go slowly and allow them time to adjust.

Couples’ home decor tip: find a colour scheme you both love\nThe colours in our home affect both our mood and how we feel about our partner, whether it’s a first date or long term lover. Whilst almost half of Brits claim they’d be happy if their partner's bedroom was painted white, almost two-thirds of women claim they dread finding out their partner’s bedroom is painted brown. “If your partner hates green but you love it, look at the \nundertones,” \nsuggests Charlotte Cropper. You could go for a neutral with green undertones or even a teal.

This was the case with Jim Chapman when decorating his family home; “I \nlove\n green, but my wife doesn’t”. So they managed to find a happy medium with their gorgeously rich \nTeal 03\n in the living room. Check out how they decorated their family home by watching the home tour below:

Couples’ home decor tip: create a joint bedroom sanctuary\nThe bedroom is a space you both share and want to feel like a joint sanctuary. It’s also a very emotional space, and according to \ncolour psychology\n, different colours conjur different emotions. So think about how you want your bedroom to make you both \nfeel\n. Whilst almost half of Brits claim they’d be happy if their partner's bedroom was painted white, almost two-thirds of women claim they dread finding out their partner’s bedroom is painted brown. In fact, according to our research; brown, orange and black were the most dreaded colours to find in a bedroom.\n\nSo, if your less decor-savvy half is after one of these, some alternatives could include; \n\nGrey 07\n or \nGrey 08\n in place of black\n\nRed 01 \nor \nRed 03\n instead of orange\n\nBeige 05\n or \nBeige 02\n as an alternative to brown\n\nOr if you’re desperate for pink but your partner wants a neutral, look for a white with pink undertones, like \nWhite 06\n or\n Pink 01\n masquerading as white, as seen in Tash’s bedroom below.

One of our top tips is to ask yourself a number of questions; what do I use this room for? When do I use this room? And don’t forget to consider \nwhether your room is North, East, South or West facing\n. Once you’ve nailed these, you can whittle down your choices and pick from the paint colours that are left—a much more diplomatic way to choose. And if you’re really stuck, speak to the experts and book an \nonline consultation with our Colour Consultants\n—happy to help settle all your interior queries.

A colourful front door is good for the soul. Walking up to a neighbour’s yellow front door will put a smile on your face, for sure. Front door colours matter and should never be an afterthought so here’s an easy guide on how to find your perfect match…\nThings to consider when choosing the right front door paint colour\n
\nNaturally, your door colour needs to be one that turns any frown upside down. In other words, you’ve got to love it for it to work its magic – so don’t pick one to simply fit in with everyone else's on the street. \n\nThat being said, if you live in a line of cottages where front door paint colours all sit in the realm of quintessentially country, it’s worth pausing for thought. Your home’s architecture can point you in the direction of paint colours that will complement it best. \n\nDo you have stained glass windows aside your front door or a patterned tile entryway? Features like these will play a part in the look and feel of your front door so make sure they’re harmonious with one another. You could even pull out one of the colours from the tiled floor and use that as inspiration for your front door paint colour. Also look at your window frames, any fencing or pots and plants at the front of your house so you can be confident the colours you choose work as one cohesive whole.\n\nAnd when you think you might have found the one, order a \npeel-and-stick paint sample\n of it first and check it out at different points of the day to be 100% sure you like it in all versions of daylight. \nHow to pair your front door colour to your home\n
\nNow to get hands-on with your preferred hues as we talk colour harmony. \n\nLots of houses have their entire exterior painted, whether that’s in classic crisp white or a pretty pastel. If that rings true for you or if you’re thinking of cracking open a tin and giving it a go (check out our guide on \nhow to paint your house exterior\n), you’ll want to be as sure as can be that your front door colour is going to complement your masonry paint.\n\nLick colour specialists step right up in that case with colour pairings for all of our \nexterior & masonry paint colours\n:\nGrey front door paint\nWhether you’re going pale and whisper-soft or deep and slate, a grey front door is one that suits all eras of architecture and is so easygoing that it’ll work with all manner of masonry paint colours. If you want to keep things 100% neutral, grey outdoor paints pair well with tones like \nWhite 01\n or \nWhite 04\n. Or, see grey as your neutral and a foil to perkier hues like \nPink 04\n.\n

Red front door paint\nLess pillar box, more warm and welcoming terracotta-style \nRed 02\n that’ll give a rosy glow to home modern and heritage. Just like with yellow, we suggest colour pairings from the neutral camp for a red front door – grey and white outdoor paints, that’s you. \nWhite 04\n is our personal favourite match for \nRed 02\n – a classic coupling if ever there was one.

Pink front door paint\nTurning the dial down from red, a pink front door is the answer when you want something delicate but still with plenty of pick-me-up. \nPink 04 \nhas grey undertones so it’ll work wonders with our other grey exterior paints – choose softly-softly \nGrey 01\n for something more country and \nGrey 08\n for contemporary feels.

Green front door paint\nGreen front doors galore, we say. A feel-good hue that’ll go down a treat in any style of home, don’t take away from its majesty with anything too colourful as its partner paint – neutrals are the best way to go here, which means you’re back to the likes of \nGrey 01\n and \nWhite 01\n. \nGreen 02 masonry and exterior paint\n works a charm with these two. But if you’re keen on colour, \nPink 04\n is the best path to take – they’re something delicate and floral about pink and green in close confines.

Yellow front door paint\nWe’re talking the golden tones of warm ochre yellow rather than anything too dazzling, and brining you our ray of sunshine \nYellow 02 masonry and exterior paint\n. Pair with a neutral to balance things out like either of our grey or white exterior paints. Fancy a bold contrast? Try \nBlack 01\n.

Blue front door paint\nThere’s the barely-there sky blue option of \nBlue 01\n or sultry slate \nBlue 06\n in our blue front door offering,  and if you want to keep things effortless, you can’t go wrong with \nWhite 01\n or \nWhite 04 \nas their partner in crime. Because of its deep sea depths, you can introduce a pop of brighter colour as a foil against \nBlue 06 outdoor paint\n however, like \nYellow 02\n or \nPink 04\n.

Black front door paint\n \nA black front door is bold but it’s also demure and classic. Remember that you can liven it up with a buzzy yellow masonry paint if you're feeling daring or bring out its classic credentials with \nGreen 09\n for company. And as always, failsafe monochrome is waiting in the wings with \nWhite 01\n being the crisper contrast of the two.

White front door paint\nAnd finally, if you’re painting your front door in a pure and simple white, we have some good news. Both \nWhite 01\n and \nWhite 02\n get along fabulously with every single masonry paint colour in the collection. So take a deep breath, trust your gut, and jump right in.

Pick the right front door paint colour for your home with our new \ncollection of exterior and masonry paints\n and learn what your choice in front door colour says about you.

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