Q&A: Anybody have some suggestions for ideas on a color schemes for newborn baby rooms?

10 Comments

1. classicoa says:

   January 25, 2012 at 12:58 am

   It depends on if its a girl or boy but a light green or yellow will work for bother or a beige depending on the type of decorations and furniture your going to use.
2. KT says:

   January 25, 2012 at 1:08 am

   try doing mix colors. like if its a girls room, you could do like two walls Pink and two walls purple or something like that. if its a boys room go with green and blue or what ever color you like…
3. candy says:

   January 25, 2012 at 1:49 am

   obviusly theres the typical baby blue, light pink or yellow thing.
   but i would go with light green, it still lets you know theres a baby without using the typical colors.

   * i would do like a border with the colors blue or pink with the green.

   good luck!
4. Julie_26 says:

   January 25, 2012 at 2:41 am

   neutral walls, perhaps a cream colour with a border running around the room with animals or the alphabet and numbers on.
5. momo5j7 says:

   January 25, 2012 at 2:55 am

   Go with a cool color harmony like analogous using blues, greens, violets, and yellows(use yellow sparingly, because the intense color tends to irritate babies’ eyes and make them cry more. You can also go with a monochromatic color theme. Choose your favorite color and use all the highlights and shades of that color. Take out a color wheel and see the many possibilities with color harmonies (diad, triad, tetrad, monochromatic, achromatic, analogous, complimentary, split-complimentary)

   *edit*
   By the way, one of my students had a first hand experience with the effect of yellow on his newborn. He and his wife painted their children’s room yellow and noted that they started crying more than they ever had. After doing some research on color and what it does, they found out that babies eyes aren’t able to adjust well, especially when they are still developing, and so the color can be too much for them.
6. Star says:

   January 25, 2012 at 3:00 am

   a pale yellow w/ touches of a pale blue or green
7. Alice K says:

   January 25, 2012 at 3:47 am

   I like lavender and white for a nursery. It’s soothing, pretty, and works for a boy or girl.
8. 1hotmamaG says:

   January 25, 2012 at 3:59 am

   I did a mix of Little Rascals and Nipper the RCA Dog. I had black and white prints and just did solid colors for the bedding. It was very nice and it wasn’t hokie like most of the boy bedding and accessories I saw in the stores.
9. K says:

   January 25, 2012 at 4:52 am

   http://www.potterybarnkids.com/index.cfm?bnrid=3550101&cm_ven=Overture&cm_cat=Se
10. yowza says:

    January 25, 2012 at 5:35 am

    Here are a couple of photos of nurseries that I like really well:
    http://www.roomvues.com/publicPicture.php?PictureId=183&target=/picturePublicList.php&CategoryId=&PPage=1
    http://www.roomvues.com/publicPicture.php?PictureId=179&target=/picturePublicList.php&CategoryId=&PPage=1
    http://www.roomvues.com/publicPicture.php?PictureId=178&target=/picturePublicList.php&CategoryId=&PPage=1
    http://www.roomvues.com/publicPicture.php?PictureId=97&target=/picturePublicList.php&CategoryId=&PPage=3