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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Emily Moorman

How many colors should you include in a room? Interior designers share their advice on the optimum number for a balanced space

Conservatory living space with pink and green decor.

Choosing a color scheme for a room can often welcome questions about the ideal number of colors to include. Too many colors and the room can soon look disjointed, while too few colors can fail to feel interesting.

To hear what interior designers have to say on this topic, we asked them for their tried and tested approach regarding the ideal amount of shades to include when curating room color ideas.

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