12 Fall Color Schemes (That Can Work Year-Round)
September 23, 2024Fall offers some of the richest color palettes to use when decorating your home. However, these rich colors can be used year-round if you like. These fall schemes have a cozy and warm feel, which creates a welcoming home any time of the year. Here are a few fall color schemes that can work year-round in your custom home:
1. Go for Gold
Gold is often associated with Christmas, but it can work in fall and other seasons, too! Gold reflects the warm fall sun as well as deep yellow leaves. Gold adds richness and warmth, perfect for any home at any time of the year.
There are many ways to use gold accents in your home. Try gold accents on pillows, lighting, and photo frames. Pair with red or dark blue for a rich, fall vibe.
2. Use Earth Tones
Earth tones are an integral part of many different types of design aesthetics. However, earth tones work as a fall color scheme because they reflect nature. Fall is all about nature changing, so by using an earth tone palette, you can bring the outdoors in. Muted earth tones connect you to nature and offer tranquility.
There are many ways to incorporate earth tone colors into your home. They’re easy to work with and can easily be updated seasonally to match whatever mood you’re in. Simply switch it up with different colors each season
3. Try Vibrant Greens and Oranges
If you prefer brighter colors, opt for a more vibrant fall palette. Colors like tangerine and chartreuse still offer fall colors, but in a brighter shade. To keep these colors from feeling too overwhelming, use a cream or ivory background color. Even on the dreariest day, your home will feel bright and cheerful.
4. Bring in the Green
As the greenery disappears, bring it into your home. If you want to make a statement, try the color drenching technique. This technique utilizes more color for an entire room. This includes walls, ceilings, and trim.
Deep or bright green can offer coziness and moodiness, perfect for fall or any other time of the year. To make it perfect for fall, decorate with some of the popular indoor fall plants.
5. Experiment With Coffee Shades
Beige rooms have a reputation for being safe or boring. However, beige and coffee-inspired colors offer a wonderful canvas to work with. These shades work well with a variety of other shades and have a warmth to them. They also work well with wooden accents, which tend to be a hallmark of farmhouse decor.
6. Mix and Match Patterns and Textures
Adding texture is a popular fall decor trend. Textures can make your home feel cozy and inviting. Choosing the right fabrics for curtains or rugs can keep your home warm against the chill of autumn air.
Try pairing soft blankets and rugs with plaid patterns. Decorating with plaid may feel overwhelming but it can be done! It’s a quintessential fall pattern that brings some visual texture into your home while the blankets soften the pattern. However, plaid can work any time of the year simply by switching up accessories and different colored throw pillows or blankets.
7. Pair a Cool Blue With Warm Reds or Oranges
While blue might seem like a spring or summer color to you, it can work for fall, too. Think of those crisp fall skies! Blue can work in fall color schemes as long as you pair the cool blue with a warmer accent color. Pairing a dusty blue accent wall with a warmer red will mimic red or orange leaves against a blue sky and is a great accent wall idea to try.
This is good to remember if you have blue throughout your home. Blues can work with accents of reds and orange by layering the space with plenty of cozy textures. This can be achieved with rugs, throw pillows, or blankets
8. Mix Burnt Orange With Tan or Cream
If you’ve felt inspired by fall decor trends of using leaves for your fall wreaths, don’t stop there. A dark orange instantly adds warmth and gives a cozy feeling to any space. During fall, try layering burnt orange and deep red cushions or pillows to look like autumn leaves that have fallen from trees.
At other times of the year, you can mix burnt orange with cream or tan. Pairing burnt orange with tan looks very earthy so it’s a great way to incorporate earth tones into your home. Cream adds some lightness to your room and is a great way to decorate with neutrals.
9. Try Shades of Pink
Pink has continued to rise in popularity in recent years, especially when using more muted pink shades. This interior design trend is almost used as a neutral, much like gray and cream. Use shades of pink such as dusty rose with dark greens. Light pinks pair well with dark green and can emulate fall florals, like chrysanthemums.
10. Mix Neutrals With Autumn Colors
If you prefer color in small amounts, you can still create a fall color scheme in a neutral background. Try a wall color in a cream and add accents in shades of rusty red, brown with orange undertones, and dark blues. Don’t forget to add texture to things such as pillows and rugs.
11. Add Richness With Eggplant
Eggplant is a rich purple color that adds drama to any room and it’s a popular interior color trend. This would be a great color for a bedroom or formal dining room. To add to the drama, add metallic accents in silver or gold. If you want to tone it down, cream or soft yellows add lightness.
12. Warm Grays Add Coziness
If you love the moody gray skies of fall, consider using warm gray in your home. However, you’ll want to make your home still feel cozy. To keep your space from feeling dreary, make sure to pick grays that have pink or green undertones. This gives the color a warm feel and will play well with accent colors like orange and red.
These are just a few different fall color schemes that can work year-round. Using these fall color schemes can bring some fresh, new life into your home. But if no amount of decorating is helping to make your home feel quite right, consider investing in a custom home. A custom home can be designed and built to your style and needs. If you’re ready to start bringing your dream home to life, contact Custom Home Group at 717-284-4090!