Best Wall Colors For Dark Wood Floors

This gorgeous modern living room features dark hardwood flooring that simultaneously contrasts and picks up some of the more orange tones of the wood of the entertainment center and the wall mounted television cabinet.

Best wall colors for dark wood floors.

Bluish grays flatter mahogany by accentuating its depth while greenish grays enhance walnut trim. Grays and greiges are by far the most popular paint colors especially for dark hardwood floors. For instance pair grayish or black wood floors with pale weathered woods and pair warm rich floors like the ones shown here with warm medium to light toned woods like cherry or maple. If the dominant color in the wood appears to be red for example then a green background will enhance and intensify the wood s hue.

Another option is to just use the green color as one or two accent walls depending on the space. Gray can enhance woods like cherry and maple bringing out their burgundy tones. If you want to balance your dark floors and create contrast white is a great choice. Avoid darker variations of brown and yellow as they can be too much of a contrast from your floors causing a clash.

Grey wood look flooring. Here are some of my favorites. This unobtrusive color blends well with dark wood creating low contrast serene effects. As mentioned before you can choose a stark cool white or a warmer off white or even ivory or cream.

For more color you could choose the lightest shade of a color you like. Generally the best wall paint for dark hardwood floors is light. Golden yellow woods look handsome against warm red as well as earthy greens teal or eggplant. Benjamin moore grays and greiges for dark hardwood benjamin moore revere pewter.

Going full color on the walls is a bold choice and selecting a calmer paler green like haven you can avoid the color punching you in the face when you walk in but instead gain a comforting feel. When combined with dark wood gray paint makes rooms look calm and elegant. The lighter wood furniture fluffy white rugs and crisp white walls here provide contrast to the dark wood floors without appearing stark. You can also use the colors in the furniture finish as a cue for wall colors.

The dark wood floors of this modestly sized but comfortable living room are covered by a natural fiber area rug that lends a nautical feel to the blue and white color pallet. Here is mesa verde tan ac 33 by benjamin moore. What color walls go with dark wood floors lovely picture 4 of 50 rug description. The contrast is nice with the trim while the darker colors are highlighted again in the rug.

Green specifically sherwin williams haven. Beige tan and ivory work great with light and dark shades of wood.