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Homes & Gardens
Karen Darlow

What are the best colors for north-facing rooms? Designers offer help and advice

Andrew Suvalsky Designs apartment at Park Avenue with white living room and Midcentury art

If you're thinking about what are the best colors for north-facing rooms, then you're already ahead of the game. The direction a room faces and the resulting quality of the natural light can have quite an effect on how colors will read, so it's a good idea to consider this when planning your interior design. 

North-facing rooms tend to feature a cooler, fresher light, but how you deal with that is a matter of personal preference. Some people will be looking to introduce warmth and brightness to their colors to create warm color schemes for north-facing rooms, while others will look to enhance the cooler look and embrace it with shades from the colder side of the color wheel to create cool color schemes. 

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