How to choose the color of the sofa for your living room

The sofa is indisputably a fundamental piece in the design of your living room, it is the furniture on which all eyes are focused, especially when it has shades that make it the center of attention. Do not worry if you have no idea of ​​the color you are going to choose for your new sofa, since later I offer you the tools so that, in addition to choosing, you can do it with all the confidence of what is safe.

Basic recommendations for choosing the color of your sofa :

I advise you to choose neutral colors for your sofa that give you the freedom to choose and play with patterns and strong, cold, and warm colors in accessories, cushions, and blankets to bring color to the room in a sober, balanced, and harmonious way.

Another fact is that, because we are constantly changing our minds regarding the appearance of the living rooms, we must take into account the fact that it is easier to change the accessories and give the living room another environment than to change the sofa completely or upholster it with another fabric.

If you have children or pets, it is better not to choose very light colors such as white or cream.
I advise you not to use prints on the sofa and also on the ornaments, since it can look very ornate.

Look at other designs and sofas

Seeing other decorations and other designs can help you choose what you like or "make a line" and go around. It is more difficult to start from scratch than to have an idea, no matter how distant it may be, since you are going to materialize it little by little.

Sofa first or later?

If your living room is already formed and only the sofa is missing, then you will have to guide yourself from the surroundings to choose its color and texture, on the contrary when buying the sofa before choosing anything else in the room, you can go from there to decorate the whole room around it.

If you wonder which of the two is preferable, maybe buying the sofa before, you have more opportunities to get the most out of the sofa, doing it literally, because it is where the design comes from, the center of attention of the room.

Visualize the space for your sofa

To choose the color of the sofa, you must take into account elements such as the walls of the place, which should preferably be light colors to bring color to the room with accessories and the sofa. However, if your wall is of another color, it will be better to balance the proportion in the room, choosing a neutral color sofa and combining the cushions with the same color.

If the room where the sofa will be is small, it is recommended that you use neutral colors for the sofa, so that it gives a feeling of depth.

If the place is spacious, you can have an open menu to choose cold and warm colors.

If you want to choose strong colors for the fabric of the sofa, I advise you not to place the furniture in places in the room where the sun shines a lot, because the sun's rays will gradually deteriorate the color, reducing its useful life.

Protagonism in your living room

In most cases, the goal is to make the sofa the center of attention in the living room, however, if your case is the opposite and you want the furniture to blend in with the other accessories and walls, I suggest you choose neutral colors for the furniture as beige, gray or white.

You need to be aware that the color of the furniture is not necessarily going to be linked to the surroundings whenever you use accessories to bring out colors such as cushions or blankets.

Solid or patterned sofa

One thing that will determine the color will be the choice of fabric you have, although there are fabrics with different textures, which can also be unicolor; There are also those patterned fabrics that use two colors at the same time such as squares, flowers, lines, polka dots ... if you are determined to choose a pattern for your sofa, choose one that, in addition to maintaining a relationship with space, has a neutral base color and a strong, cold or warm one as a design, so that you accompany it with cushions of the least prominent color of the sofa (unicolor).

Frequent colors and risky colors for a sofa

Above all else, the color of your sofa must be related and reflect your personality and style. If you are a calm person, you may like frequent, neutral, and pastel colors, while if you are an active and outgoing person you may like bold, strong, warm, and cold colors.

White color

The white color generates a lot of light and it can be combined with accessories of any color.

Black color

The black color can give a feeling of less space, it is advisable to combine it with colors that have light to balance.

Gray

The gray color, like white, is an easy color to combine, but depending on the tone it will be the most favorable color range. For this color, the degradations are very good.

Brown color

The brown color is a delicate combination, it is good to give light through light-colored cushions.

Cream

The cream color is one of the favorites, as it is a color that can be easily combined with any color in accessories, as well as being sober and neutral.

Red

Red is a strong color that can be adorned with black cushions printed with white or red with white.

Violet

The violet is a color that can be combined with patterned cushions white with purple-gray, cream ...

Turquoise

The Turquoise is a vibrant color which you can combine with cushions gradients in gray, white with blue, white, cream ...

rose

Pink looks great with different combinations, even prints. For example gray, cream, very light blue ... pink with gray is a safe combination.

As well as these, there is an infinity of colors that you can choose and play with the colors with the tips that I have already left you.

Color trios

Another thing that you can take into account when choosing the color is the trio color combinations for the design of your room since this will ensure the success of your design, in addition to making it easier for you to choose the color of the sofa because having the whole design you can decide better.

On the other hand, if your room already has colors like this or similar, you can play with it, being able to change it to your preference but keeping the harmony of the general decoration of the room.