Red and Beige is the New Designer Favorite Combo — Here’s Why (and How to Make it Work)

Living room with beige walls, beige chair and sofa, and red and white striped armchair.

Every so often, a power duo emerges from the dozens of color combinations used by interior designers as a winning formula. We saw it with teal and terracotta, periwinkle and bright red – and now the latter has found its new favorite companion in beige.

Designers have been employing beige and red in increasingly confident ways, using this color trend to bring dynamism to a scheme – in fact, it’s one of the top combinations used in spaces that tap into the unexpected red theory, too. Warm and welcoming, confident and forward-thinking, we can’t get enough of this duo of hues.