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The most important facts about the colour orange
The colour takes its name from the juicy fruit of the same name. Orange is a favourite colour for many people. Orange colours always radiate warmth and cheerfulness
Effect of orange colour
Basically, orange is created by mixing red and yellow. If the red pigments predominate, you get a reddish orange; if the yellow pigments predominate, the colour tends more towards yellow, becomes lighter and has more luminosity.
Adding white or beige creates a soft, light and friendly colour shade that can range from peach to a beautiful apricot. Adding brown creates a subtle colour shade with a rusty appearance, while adding black or grey makes the colour shade dark and heavy. Adding a bright red, almost pink, to orange-red creates a coral or flamingo colour shade.
Orange combines the energy of red with the cheerfulness of yellow. Orange can give us emotional strength and manages to dispel sadness and hopelessness. This is because the colour effect of orange is optimistic, it inspires activity and spontaneity and ensures a positive attitude to life overall. The colour stands for extraversion, enthusiasm, a thirst for adventure and self-confidence.
Design rooms with orange
We can also utilise the positive properties of orange in our homes. The summery effect of orange tones can be used to create wonderfully vibrant accents in a room. By using orange as a wall paint, there are numerous ways to fill rooms with energy and joie de vivre. Orange is an ideal colour for dining rooms in particular. It stimulates the appetite and any sociability. This colour enlivens any room, creates an inviting atmosphere and encourages creativity and a zest for life.
When orange tones are toned down with white, grey or beige, a very harmonious room atmosphere is created. The resulting soft tones convey cosiness and elegance as wall paint. The combination of orange tones with plain colours such as Grey, White with White and Black is particularly effective. All neutral tones make orange really shine. The important thing here is to always find the right balance between the different colour shades.
You should avoid orange here
In bedrooms, orange as a wall paint can be too uplifting and stimulating, so that it does not contribute to relaxation and prevents you from finding peace and quiet. Orange should also be avoided in south-facing rooms, as the colour can make southern rooms appear slightly overheated
Alternatives to Colour orange
A beautiful alternative to bright orange is a shade of orange tinted with white or beige.
Orange variety
Like all colour shades, orange comes in different shades and gradations. It starts with an intense orange like the yellow-red of the sun and goes all the way to a soft apricot, which is perceived more as an atmosphere in the room than as a colour in its own right. The name burnt orange is used to describe dark shades of orange that contain brown pigments as well as red and yellow and are somewhere between light brown and orange
Shades of the colour orange
The most intense orange, which we encounter in road traffic as a signal and warning colour, can also be used as a highlight in interior design. One such bright colour shade in the Just paint Collection is Orange with Spritz
There are also orange shades that remind us of summer and an orange grove. These include Orange with Tangerine and Orange with Goldfish. The warm Orange with Lava and the bright Orange with Pumpkin also have this colour effect
Orange is also represented in the warm spice colour category. Here, red and brown pigment is mixed with orange, resulting in particularly warm and pleasant colour shades. This includes Orange with Chestnut. These burnt orange shades also include Orange with Chestnut and Orange with Rust, the dark Orange with Copper and the warm Autumn Red from the CosyColours chalk paints
If a strong orange in the interior has too intense an effect for you, you can also choose orange pastel shades such as our Beige with Peach from the Just paint Collection or from the LittlePomp chalk paintsApricot & Cheerful
The effect of the colour orange
If you choose a colour shade from the orange colour scheme, you will bring warmth and cheerfulness into your room. In addition to the warmth, orange tones also create an ambience that spreads optimism and joie de vivre. And last but not least, orange is a colour that stands for creativity and enthusiasm.
Orange colour is suitable for many rooms
In living areas where you want joy, warmth and energy, orange accents on walls and furniture are a way to increase your sense of well-being. In the living room, an orange wall behind a dark brown or blue sofa can be a real highlight. Although the colour is also said to have a meditative effect, bright, energy-spraying colour shades should not be painted in the bedroom. If you want to go for orange here, orange shades tinted with brown, such as Orange with Chestnut or Autumn Red, are suitable.
Paint the walls in the children's room in a soft pastel orange to create a creative and stimulating atmosphere. In the baby's room, you can create relaxation with light, reddish orange tones. This is because these colour shades evoke associations with the womb in babies
If you're a fan of the 70s, a kitchen in orange is almost a must. You can set remarkable accents with a green tiled splashback or a green wall
Tips on the trend colour orange
Precisely because orange was an almost forgotten colour shade for a long time, the rediscovery of this colour is often a surprise and leads to real wow effects. Used skilfully with the right colours, it gives you the opportunity to develop your very own, individual interior design style
Living styles and trends in shades of orange
The colour orange is amazingly versatile: for a Mediterranean style, combine the muted orange tones with white and natural tones. For the retro style of the 60s and 70s, orange is almost a classic and brings back times gone by together with yellow and brown tones. If you have a more Nordic interior, use brownish orange for a hygge or Scandi style result
Not to be forgotten: The colour orange is also ideal for an oriental ambience in combination with deep brown and black tones to create a mysterious atmosphere. The colour effect of light orange also works wonderfully if you like a natural living style. The combination of yellow-red with natural materials creates a harmonious picture and provides successful accents
Combine the colour orange skilfully
Orange is a combination of red, which stands for energy, and yellow, which stands for cheerfulness. This is why the colour orange is a wonderful contrast to dark, strong colour shades. The combination with deep night blue, such as Blue with Midnight or the rich Stormy Sky Blue, is particularly spectacular. A calm green such as Green with Olive can also form a very harmonious combination with a delicate orange such as Orange with Salmon
Of course, all wall paints in brown and earthy tones complement orange in a particularly beautiful way, as we already knew in the 70s. Brown with Black gives a strong orange such as Orange with Tangerine a background against which the strong colour of the citrus fruit can shine without being overpowering
Don't neglect the option of combining orange with neutral tones such as white or grey. A dark grey such as Grey with Black from the Just paint Collection makes an atmospheric combination with a soft orange tone such as Orange with Salmon. Warm white such as White with Melting goes well with all orange tones, while brownish orange tones such as Orange with Chestnut create a Mediterranean ambience that radiates joie de vivre
Home accessories & co for the colour orange
Depending on the style, natural materials such as rattan, linen or cotton go well with orange. Decorative items made of ceramic or with a metal look can further emphasise the effect. Plants in rich shades of green emphasise the oriental or Mediterranean orientation of your interior. There are no limits to your imagination and creativity with this colour
Especially in a bright living room with lots of plants, orange tones lift the mood, are inviting in a wide variety of shades and create a good atmosphere with their cosy effect.
Which orange colours can I order from MissPompadour Paint?
You can find orange paint in all colour qualities: orange paint and& orange wall paint in 2 qualities each in the Just paint collection as well as chalk paints for the wall and chalk varnishes in the LittlePomp and CosyColours collections. No matter whether you want to paint your kitchen orange, give tiles a new look or make a wall shine in the cheerful orange-red colour of citrus fruit
Wall paints in orange
With orange wall paints, you can choose between the sustainable wall paint The Valuable Wall Paint or the extremely robust, washable The Functional Wall Paint from MissPompadour, depending on your requirements. LittlePomp's Apricot & Cheerful chalk paint is a very soft, pastel beige colour with orange tones. There are also two beautiful, soft orange-red shades with a chalk base in the CosyColours Collection. chalk paints impress with their velvety, matt surface, just like in the old days
Orange varnishes for painting indoors and outdoors
Of course, you can also redesign a chest of drawers or wardrobe with orange varnishes
Choose between different collections here too. At MissPompadour you will find 2 completely matt varnishes - the chalk varnishes from the CosyColours and LittlePomp collections. Both qualities produce a powdery, elegant surface and are suitable for indoor use
If you are painting heavily used furniture, tiles, metal or other smooth surfaces, use the Easy Eggshell! It is extremely resilient. But you can use this great colour not only indoors. Orange Easy Eggshell! is weatherproof and therefore also ideal for garden furniture or your garden shed
If the surface is rather smooth, such as tiles or glass, you should first prime it with MissPompadour To Bond & Block before painting. To make the paint even more impact-resistant, you can use our To Seal topcoat to finish your coat
Buy orange paint in the MissPompadour Paint online shop
So just try the colour orange! If you don't like it after a while, that's no problem at all. You can simply paint over any of our wall paints and varnishes. Convince yourself of the great opacity with which really every colour shade can be painted over. By the way: you can use our colour cards to decide in advance which orange suits you best. You can also easily find the right combination colours this way
We ship within a few days with DHL GoGreen so that you can process the colours you order as quickly as possible. If you have any further questions or need advice for your project, please contact our expert customer service team.
Which colours harmonise with orange?
The bright colour effect of orange is particularly effective with dark combination colours such as blue or brown. But soft white tones also work well
Does orange go well with wood?
Dark shades of the colour orange go well with light natural woods. Orange colour tending towards apricot or coral is also perfectly complemented by dark wood
How do you combine orange in the living room?
Either combine orange tones with neutral colours such as beige, grey or white tones, or complement the colour with green tones from grey-green to olive, for example. Blue or brown are also suitable combination colours for colour lovers
Is orange modern as wall paint?
By returning to the 70s, when orange symbolised the dawn of a new era and its meaning stood for progress and optimism, orange is back in fashion!
Which emotion is orange?
The colour orange is associated with life, freshness and creativity. It is the most cheerful colour on the colour wheel
