How to match your paint colour to your flooring

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It can be tricky choosing the right flooring and paint for your home. Committing to a colour scheme based only on small flooring samples and paint swatches can be very daunting. Our clever PictureIT visualiser tool can help bring your flooring samples to life - just upload an image of your room, pick your flooring and your wall colour and let PictureIT work its magic!

But if you want some expert advice, that's where Tapi comes in! We'll talk you through the most popular paint colours in the UK, and suggest which flooring styles and colours would best complement them.

In this guide:

Green
Blue
Black and dark purple
Pink
Neutral
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Green

Green is fast becoming one of the most popular hues to paint your home. Green perfectly lends itself to wood-look flooring for an earthy, natural, and simplistic look that brings the outside in. For sage greens, pair with light oak flooring to really bring a sense of freshness and light to your space.

With mid-green shades, these are perfectly matched with chestnut wood flooring for a warm and cosy style. For darker greens, such as emeralds and teals, you can either pair with a light birch flooring for contrast, or really evoke a cocooning feeling by pairing with dark-coloured wood flooring

Blue

Blue is another ever-popular choice in homes, especially in living spaces. When matching blue shades to flooring, it’s all about balance.

Blue-grey teals are incredibly popular, and with such a cool tone paint it’s a good idea to pair this with warm pine or chestnut flooring, to make the space seem cosier and warmer. Matching a cool tone paint with a cool tone floor will only make the space seem colder and less inviting.

In contrast, a warmer toned blue lends itself well to lighter cooler floors such as whites and natural hues, to balance the space and evoke a sense of calm.

Black and dark purple

They may not be for everybody, but blacks and dark purples like aubergine are an increasingly popular paint choice, especially in bedrooms as they help to create an uber-cosy, cocooning environment.

When pairing this with flooring, there are two options you should consider. You could pair with shades of mahogany, walnut, and chestnut as these all have rich undertones that will complement darker hues on the wall. If you do this, it’s a good idea to keep two or three walls painted in a warm-toned white or cream otherwise you could make the room too dark and seem smaller than what it is.

To also combat that problem, a popular route is to pair darker walls with lighter flooring, such as white or grey. This will create balance and keep your room looking spacious.

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Pink

Not just for girls’ bedrooms, pink is becoming a staple colour in the home. Which flooring you choose all depends on the hue of the pink.

For softer, dusty pinks, opt for wood flooring in a rich, warm hue (such as oak) to keep the space looking cosy and inviting. Cool grey or bleached flooring will look great with brighter pinks to help balance the cool and warm tones in the space. Check out our guide on blush pink bathroom design for more inspiration.

Neutral

Always-popular, neutral toned rooms are certainly not going anywhere soon. As always, pairing neutrals with appropriate flooring is all about balance.

If you are a fan of cooler flooring such as whites or greys, warm these up by pairing with white paints with a yellow undertone. Alternatively, a warmer flooring such as oak or pine will look great against cooler tone neutrals. For more inspiration, take a look at our guide on grey living room design ideas.

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Find colour inspiration at Tapi

If you're looking for colour inspiration, our lookbooks are a great place to start and check out our other guides on how to choose a carpet colour and 10 easy ways to add colour in your home. Our floorologists in store can also help - just pop in with your paint swatches or fabric samples and they can help you find your perfect flooring match. Alternatively, book a home visit and we can come to you!