What Color Rooms Actually Look Good With Houseplants? These Are the Secrets to Making Color Theory Work With Your Plant Choice

A living room with a brown leather couch on an area rug with a colorful coffee table holding a music ear, a lamp, a vase of flowers, and books. There is a palm plant in the corner of the room near a wood dining set with three pendant lights against a color-blocked wall.

Whether it's a swatch of paint or a vibrant decorative trinket, each and every decision around interior colors is backed by plenty, and sometimes too much, thought. So why does this practice not translate to design choices around houseplants?

Well, perhaps it's the thought of them being tertiary aspects of an interior vignette. But all you really need to help your plants stand out is to find out what colors go with green. Plus, a little help from color theory will aid you in your color palette curation.