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Vanessa Richmond

How colour experts decorate with neutrals – 10 gorgeous ways to use this muted colour palette

White living room with eames armchair.

Colourful dopamine decorating and maximalist aesthetics might be having a moment, but nothing makes a home feel calm and comforting than decorating with neutrals.

This is easier said than done. Of all the best colour combinations, neutrals can be the trickiest to get right. Caroline Milns, head of interior design at architecture consultancy Zulufish explains, ‘Neutrals are often seen as an easy palette to introduce, but in fact they can be the hardest to get right as there is nowhere to hide mistakes and the scheme can easily slip into being beige and boring.’

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