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Tessa Pearson

How to Create a Calm Color Palette Without Skimping on Character — 8 Interior Designers Share Their Tips

Dark brown living room.

A neutral palette can seem like a quick and appealing fix if your home is in need of some visual calm, but implementing it isn’t always as effortless as it might initially appear. Unless your house has really great bones, architecturally speaking, then you might find that decorating with pale and natural shades can result in an interior that feels a bit, well… beige.

So how do designers achieve that much-coveted balance of tranquility and interest when working with calming colors? When choosing the most relaxing colors for the eye, it turns out there are more than a few tricks that can help to turn a bland space into one with depth and personality.

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